Creative Resistance 

We visited the Jenin Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp and witnessed the wild creativity of the actors, the beauty of how art can transform community - one child actor in one of the documentaries about the Theatre that we watched said that he wanted to become a suicide bomber, and after participating in the theater program, he wants to live, wants to die of old age.  This is the ignition of hope.  

We also saw a traditional Palestinian debke dancing performance by youth with the Yaffa youth organization in Balata Refugee Camp near Nablus.  

And we had traditional Palestinian kunafeh desert in the old city of Nablus. Amazing how even on streets lined with the names of martyrs, Palestinians who have died standing up for their freedom, there is still such sweetness and so many smiles.  

To resilience and creative resistance… !