by Reimagining Childhood Studies | Nov 22, 2023 | Letters for Palestinian childhoods
When I was a little girl, I was scared of the dark. I used to slip into my grandmother’s bed in the middle of the night, and nestled against her, all nice and warm, I used to say: “ can you tell me a story?” Invariably, she would start “long long ago, there was a...
by Reimagining Childhood Studies | Nov 22, 2023 | Letters for Palestinian childhoods
The world is dark outside and in, The noise is scary, Even if you put your fingers in your ears. You are hungry, wet and cold, Where is daddy gone? Why is mummy crying? Why is the world so hostile and unsafe? Home is under the rubble, Everything is gone, Even your...
by Reimagining Childhood Studies | Nov 21, 2023 | Letters for Palestinian childhoods
This Saturday, November 25, my daughter Laura turns 4 years old. She wants a unicorn cake and lots of balloons. It’s hard for me not to have mixed feelings when, while I buy her balloons and look for unicorn decorations for her cake, I think of...
by Reimagining Childhood Studies | Nov 21, 2023 | Letters for Palestinian childhoods
This is a letter to the 400 children in Beit Lahia, Maghazi, Deir el-Balah and Rafah who joined the Canaan Institute / Centre for Global Education programme in June and produced the most magical arts and crafts. You showed how much you love learning and working...
by Reimagining Childhood Studies | Nov 21, 2023 | Letters for Palestinian childhoods
I saw your father holding you, wrapped in white. You were born in this atrocity and killed just two days later. We were told that your death certificate was printed Before your birth...
