![]() I have written two memoirs in English about growing up in Palestine, 'Tasting the Sky, a Palestinian Childhood', and 'Balcony on the Moon, Coming of Age in Palestine'. That helped me to lose the feeling of insignificance that colonialist forces try to instil in the colonized, and I developed a broader perspective. So, it became easy for me to see myself as a historical figure too - my actions, my perspectives, my feelings and creative impulses being a continuation of a great and complex history of both beauty and strife, needing me to rise to the page and do my part of writing history in my own ways. ![]() People referred to and invoked the names of those ancient figures as much as they called the names of people they lived with on a daily basis. I could hear it humming old songs and sometimes it smiled at me and at other times it frowned. ![]() History was always walking side by side with me wherever I went. I walked on the same alleys that Jesus, Mohammad, and many ancient and “larger-than-life” figures walked on. Ibtisam Barakat: Growing up in Jerusalem was like growing up in two worlds - one invisible - made of history, and one present world. ![]() ![]() caught up with her to explore her own childhood, enduring influences and the emotions common to all young people across creeds and religions.Īkrita Reyar : How was it like growing up in Jerusalem – the cradle of many civilizations as well as unresolved conflicts? ![]()
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