How do we see ‘most of the world’ from Sheikh Jarrah?
Isn’t this simply the matter? Isn’t this what ultimately unites us? These are the questions that wandered through my head as I observed the cartoon illustrated by Doaa el-Adl. Along with the hashtag #SaveSheikhJarrah, the cartoon shows a woman getting dragged from the waist up by a group of soldiers. Her lower body resembles a tree whose roots have been entrenched in the soil for what appears to be ages.
Traditionally, there are two narratives through which we know those who
remain in place, those who plant their bodies in the land, or hold onto the roots like Mahammad Abou Suweilam at the ending scene of