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Imagining Palestinian Liberation

Imagining Palestinian Liberation

a free Palestine where Muslims, Jews, Christians, and everyone can see freedom in every direction

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Ahmad Ibsais
May 03, 2024
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“Where is Ahmad?”

The soldier called for my name while we were stopped at the last illegal checkpoint on the way from Ramallah to Jerusalem. I am a Palestinian-American; however, once in Palestine, I am no longer recognized as an American – I am simply Palestinian, denied the basic right to movement and pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

For too long, Palestini…

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