{"id":8352,"date":"2022-05-15T09:06:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T07:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=8352"},"modified":"2022-05-15T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T07:06:24","slug":"in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Fouad Agbaria, “Harvest,” oil on canvas, 150x200cm, 2015 (courtesy of the artist).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Determined to Stay<\/em> by Jody Sokolower
\nInterlink\/Olive Branch Press<\/a> 2021
\nISBN 9781623718886<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mischa Geracoulis<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"
Determined to Stay<\/em> is available from Interlink\/Olive Branch Press<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Part travelogue, part journalism, and part educational primer, Determined to Stay<\/em> is Jody Sokolower\u2019s contribution to the Palestinian right to self-determined existence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A social studies teacher based in California\u2019s progressive, multicultural San Francisco Bay Area, Sokolower had always thought of herself as aware, even critical of, Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians. However, it wasn\u2019t until after she and her students saw Promises<\/a><\/em> \u2014 a film that examines the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the perspective of children living there \u2014 and then met participants from Seeds of Peace<\/a> (the American peace-building summer camp that brings Palestinian and Israeli youth together), that Sokolower realized there was still much to know. As her students\u2019 many questions begot more questions, Sokolower determined that answers could only be found in Palestine. Thus began her seven years of travel to Palestine and Israel, the results of which are encapsulated in Determined to Stay<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the foreword, Nick Estes<\/a>, Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico, and member of the Lower Brule Sioux tribe, writes of colonizer-oppressor parallels between First Nations in the United States, and Palestinians in and around Israel. Having advocated in places like Standing Rock and the Navajo Nation, Estes understands that where there\u2019s occupation, there\u2019s also resistance. He suggests that occupation renders citizens \u201cforeigners\u201d in their homelands, and he asserts that discourse on any one occupied land cannot be to the exclusion of others. Estes calls Determined to Stay <\/em>fundamental reading for students of all ages (p. 5).\u00a0<\/p>\n

As an educator Sokolower\u2019s commitment to teach on such consequential matters as the Jewish Holocaust and genocide of American First Nations, serves as rationale to also teach on Palestine. Her book illuminates the realities of contemporary Palestinian life through personal accounts and interviews, and with particular attention to the youth. This book thus becomes an urgent appeal to other American teachers and students to learn the realities on the ground in Palestine and Israel. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Focusing on her visits to the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan<\/a>, Sokolower first situates the region historically. Long considered the \u201cbreadbasket of Jerusalem,\u201d Silwan is known to have been inhabited for approximately 7,000 years. As the United Nations explains in its Question of Palestine<\/a>, \u201cEast Jerusalem is recognized as an integral part of the Palestinian Territory occupied by Israel since 1967.\u201d Though Palestinian<\/em> according to international law, Israel claims this territory for itself and incentivizes Jews to move in, not unlike strategies previously used in the United States to confiscate Native American lands (p. 23).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many of Sokolower\u2019s discussions with Palestinians pertain to their children\u2019s ability to attend school amid violence and the criminalization of youth. \u00a0Zakaria Odeh<\/a>, executive director of the Civic Coalition of East Jerusalem<\/a>, makes clear that the problem is due to years of Israeli actions in the occupied territories, including continual arrests of children and students, revocation of Palestinian residency in East Jerusalem, land and house confiscations, demolitions, Jewish settlements, military checkpoints, restrictions, and barriers imposed on Palestinians (p. 137).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Approximately 80,000 Palestinian Jerusalemites live outside the city walls, and though they hold Israeli-issued identification cards, all must pass through checkpoints every day.\u00a0 This includes students and teachers, any of whom can be denied passage at any given moment. Children under the age of 18 are often targeted for arrest (p. 139).<\/p>\n

Learning of the arrests and re-arrests of children, the physical and psychological abuses that they suffer, and frequent interruptions in their education, Sokolower recalls one of her African American students in California. Her student had intimated that every one of his male family members had been imprisoned, and he worries that no matter how careful he is, he too might end up in prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"
Silwan viewed from the Jerusalem Trail (photo Shmuel Bar-Am).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In her seven years of meeting many of Silwan\u2019s youth, Sokolower reports having never met a boy older than eight who had not been arrested at least once (p. 15).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sokolower relays conversations with a university student, who against all odds, was working on a master\u2019s degree. The labyrinthine journey that prolongs the student\u2019s several-kilometer trip to campus from minutes to hours is the main obstacle.\u00a0 Asking if the student considers moving someplace else where it might be easier to study, she replies, \u201cDespite everything, I\u2019m in love with my city! I can\u2019t live outside of Jerusalem\u201d (p. 170).\u00a0 Conceding to a life too untenable would be exactly what the Israelis want, anyway. They want the Palestinians to leave (p. 171).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Each person Sokolower has met throughout her seven years of travel to Silwan has asked her to promise to tell their story. Many also asked that she advise Americans to think more critically when consuming media reports on Palestine and Israel, to ask questions, and not blindly support the government of Israel. Although it is a full UN member and signatory to the 4th<\/sup> Geneva Convention<\/a>, \u201cIsrael has never followed UN resolutions, and the rest of the world has let them deny our rights\u201d (p. 99).\u00a0 Determined to Stay<\/em> is a fulfillment of her promise, and as co-coordinator of the Teach Palestine Project<\/a>, Sokolwer also aims to get more curriculum on Palestine into American schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since Sokolower\u2019s last trip in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has multiplied the hardships in Palestinian lives. During a phone call in 2021 with Sahar Abbasi, educator and program director at Silwan\u2019s Madaa Creative Center<\/a>, Abbasi affirmed her faith in the youth, and commitment to their education. \u201cThey deserve to have their future. This is what keeps us fighting\u201d (p. 222).<\/p>\n

Sokolower succeeds in chronicling Palestinian experiences with humility, always conscious of her white Jewish American privilege. She manages to translate complex and important information into comprehensible text. Though harsh brutalities necessarily fill many of these pages, the Silwanis\u2019 determination to hold their ground comes through loud and clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,24,70],"tags":[546,908,1251,1296,1326,1536,1574],"coauthors":[2050],"class_list":["post-8352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-review","category-tmr-21-palestinian-israeli","tag-east-jerusalem","tag-israel","tag-occupation","tag-palestinian-children","tag-palestinians","tag-separation-wall","tag-silwan","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIn East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom - The Markaz Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Markaz Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mischa Geracoulis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mischa Geracoulis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alia Mossallam\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a30d80e38a0b77eaf8b01531d5d83917\"},\"headline\":\"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1033,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"East Jerusalem\",\"Israel\",\"Occupation\",\"Palestinian children\",\"Palestinians\",\"separation wall\",\"Silwan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Book Reviews\",\"Latest Reviews\",\"TMR 21 \u2022 PALESTINIAN ISRAELI?\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/\",\"name\":\"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom - The Markaz Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Markaz Review\",\"description\":\"Literature and Arts from the Center of the World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Markaz Review\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/cropped-New-2023-TMR-Logo-500-pix.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/cropped-New-2023-TMR-Logo-500-pix.jpg\",\"width\":473,\"height\":191,\"caption\":\"The Markaz Review\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a30d80e38a0b77eaf8b01531d5d83917\",\"name\":\"Alia Mossallam\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=gf4a95880d7bdb8323549766d2827ff7f\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alia Mossallam\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themarkaz.org\\\/oldsite\\\/author\\\/aliamossallam\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom - The Markaz Review","description":"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom","og_description":"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.","og_url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/","og_site_name":"The Markaz Review","article_published_time":"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Mischa Geracoulis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mischa Geracoulis","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/"},"author":{"name":"Alia Mossallam","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/a30d80e38a0b77eaf8b01531d5d83917"},"headline":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom","datePublished":"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/"},"wordCount":1033,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg","keywords":["East Jerusalem","Israel","Occupation","Palestinian children","Palestinians","separation wall","Silwan"],"articleSection":["Book Reviews","Latest Reviews","TMR 21 \u2022 PALESTINIAN ISRAELI?"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/","url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/","name":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom - The Markaz Review","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-15T07:06:24+00:00","description":"Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan through the eyes of its youth, as told by an American teacher who visits for seven years.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Fouad-Agbaria-Harvest-150x200cm-2015.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/in-east-jerusalem-palestinian-youth-struggle-for-freedom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#website","url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/","name":"The Markaz Review","description":"Literature and Arts from the Center of the World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#organization","name":"The Markaz Review","url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-New-2023-TMR-Logo-500-pix.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-New-2023-TMR-Logo-500-pix.jpg","width":473,"height":191,"caption":"The Markaz Review"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/a30d80e38a0b77eaf8b01531d5d83917","name":"Alia Mossallam","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=gf4a95880d7bdb8323549766d2827ff7f","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b5e7f51aad620d218a16a875cab654f98e5fcec8f82cd6b340b00ab4d4587f89?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alia Mossallam"},"url":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/author\/aliamossallam\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8352\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8352"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}