Monday, November 4, 2013

Love under apartheid

Louay and Areen in their wedding.
Tamam Abusalma (Mondoweiss) 
Palestinians Louay Odeh and Areen Sweetat had to get married in Jordan because they lived across checkpoints from one another. Their friend Tamam Abusalama explains in this piece that love under occupation is especially complicated when one’s lover has a different Hawiyyeh (ID card) from that of the other.

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