| ID | 130510 |
| Title Proper | Engaging grandmothers |
| Other Title Information | Israeli and Palestinian women share their stories, an Israeli woman and a Palestinian woman find friendship through the shared experience of bereavement, and participate in a dialogue group for grandmothers from both sides |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Slutzker, Jillian |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In a small office in the West Bank town of Beit Jallah, just 10 minutes by car from Jerusalem, Tamara Rabinowitz and Siham Abu Awwad sit sipping thick Arabic coffee and finishing each other's sentences. To many in their communities they would seem a very unlikely pair of friends. Tamara, who immigrated to Israel from London in 1960, lost her son Ido in 1987 when he was serving in the Israel Defense Forces in Lebanon. Siham's brother Youssef was shot and killed by an IDF soldier at a checkpoint near their village. Her mother was a Palestinian political activist who served time in Israeli prison, along with three of Siham's brothers. |
| `In' analytical Note | Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol.17, No.3-4; 2011: p.92-96 |
| Journal Source | Palestine-Israel Journal, Vol.17, No.3-4; 2011: p.92-96 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Palestine ; Israeli Women ; Palestine Women ; Zionist ; Jewish ; Muslim ; Jerusalem ; West Bank ; Ottoman Empire ; Colonial State ; Palestinian Political Activist ; Israeli Prison ; Israeli Defence Force - IDF ; Arab - Israel War ; Arab - Israel Conflict ; Israel-Palestine Conflicts |