Muarrajat, January 20, 2023. Text: David Shulman

‘Auja, May, 2022. Photograph: Margaret Olin

Umm Rashid, the most intrepid of the ‘Auja shepherdesses, has sold off most of her sheep and goats. I don’t have all the details; a close friend of hers sold her herd a few months earlier. I assume she couldn’t take any more of the ceaseless harassment, beatings, and threats from the settlers. But I don’t think this is the end of the story.

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January 7, 2023    Gawawis, Ar-Rakiz, Twaneh. Text: David Shulman

Gawawis, August, 2022. Photograph: Margaret Olin

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Jibrin says, “I hardly ever sleep. Maybe an hour in the night.”

“Because of the settlers?” I say.

“Yes. I’m afraid. A thousand times they have told me they will slaughter me.”

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