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Bird on a Wire

Raja Shehadeh
May 1, 2003   |    This article appeared in the May 19, 2003 edition of The Nation.
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I didn't have to wait long for Ziad, the plumber, to come to my house.
It had been a year since the current Palestinian intifada broke out in
September 2000, and unemployment was at record leve

About the Author

Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is the author of Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine, and When the Birds Stop...

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Raja Shehadeh
May 1, 2003   |    This article appeared in the May 19, 2003 edition of The Nation.
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