A Nabulsi Story

Chapter 115 Parent teacher conference

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:07:00 PDT

"Oh we expect to be in Nablus for a long time. Except if the Israelis attack... then we'll go to America." "She's never gotten over when the PA took her father away for a month. After he was...

Chapter 114 Seriously, hike

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:33:00 PDT

You thought I was kidding about the hiking stuff didn't you? You smiled and nodded gently thinking it was the giddy excitement of novelty. You accepted them on the basis they resulted from the...

Chapter 113 Over the counter

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:36:00 PDT

'Hello Pharmacist, do you have something for an itchy throat? It's not hurting or anything, just a little uncomfortable' 'Of course! Let me take a look. Aha! Here they are. Take these three times a...

Chapter 112 The West Bank's Biggest Secret

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:56:00 PDT

"You can hike around the West Bank?" You can hike SO MUCH around the West Bank. You could get dropped off anywhere, head off in the direction of the nearest mountain, and find yourself surrounded by...

Chapter 111 Running

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:02:00 PDT

Visas. Practically currency in the West Bank. A 20 year old, wearing boredom in her holster and two years of compulsory khaki, determines your fate with youthful carelessness. She occupies, is...

Chapter 110 Where we winter

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:18:00 PDT

Jericho is the lowest city on earth. Which means it's always warm. Which is one of the many reasons I like it. It's also one of the many reasons Palestinians like it. Jericho could conceivably be...

Chapter 109 Snow Day

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:14:00 PST

thank you to @PalestineRage for this beautiful picture. Ramallah "It's going to snow tomorrow." "No it's not. You know it's totally not." "No really, everyone says so." "Everyone says so every...

Interviewing Change

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:10:00 PST

Susan Macaulay has been a friend of mine for a few years and is someone I have a lot of admiration for. She built her life and success with her bare hands and took every setback, every obstacle,...

Chapter 108 Nazareth - a city of two tales

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:52:00 PST

There are two Nazareths. One is the Nazareth of legend. Stunning Ottoman architecture, floating spires, and fantastical churches; standing; watching; outliving us all. Setting the stage day...

Chapter 107 Legal tender

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:51:00 PST

In 1927, the British Mandate introduced the Palestinian Pound as legal tender. It replaced the Ottoman lira and the Egyptian Pound, which had slipped into circulation following the fall of the...

Chapter 106 Antiquing

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:24:00 PST

Lots of antique shops around Nablus. They have specialized buyers that travel to all the neighboring villages to value and buy old items and family heirlooms. Dusty shop walls literally overflowing...

Cameo

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:28:00 PST

I was delighted to be asked to write a guest blog for Alexander McNabb's blog. This is his second blog and expands on the realities and background behind his recently published book Olives - A...

Chapter 105 Strength

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:52:00 PST

Nabulsi women are among the strongest women I know. A Nabulsi woman of my age is living a life very different from my own. 9 times out of 10 she is married with at least three children. A...

Chapter 104 Products and posters

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:43:00 PST

The desire to make money, regardless of the means, is well served by the simultaneous existence of the need to make ends meet. This is also helpfully facilitated by controlling the flow of products...

Chapter 103 Mmmmmusakhan

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:44:00 PST

Warm, doughy flat bread topped with cooked onions, summac*, roasted chicken and almonds... drenched... practically dripping with pure home grown olive oil. Tear at it with slippery fingers, olive...

Chapter 102 Ads on wheels

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:09:00 PST

A form of advertising that's gaining popularity in Nablus. Now that's my idea of a yummy car ;)

Chapter 101 The great maqloubeh race

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:24:00 PST

If my students have learned nothing else, they have learned that Miss Sara's favorite food is maqloubeh. It's been on their worksheets, slipped into their readings, used as essay topics and inserted...

Chapter 100

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:52:00 PST

100 chapters. 100 stories that have altered me. Some very little while others with an impact that will never be erased. It's always been about Palestine. It's always been about trying to highlight...

Chapter 99 All the time

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:46:00 PST

They've lost their novelty haven't they? The checkpoints I mean. Isn't everyone just about over it by now? I'm not speaking in terms of big ideological principles either. I'm not talking about...

STOP SOPA

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:52:00 PST

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Chapter 98 The park

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:29:00 PST

Next to my school is one of the few parks in Nablus. It could be beautiful. But it's not. Carpeted with trash and broken glass, most of the jungle gym facilities are broken or falling apart with...

Saving Samar

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:04:00 PST

Update: Samar's operation was successful. God bless. A quick update for everyone who's been following the #SaveSamar campaign. She arrived in Italy on Saturday and is being operated on...

Citation - Olives

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:52:00 PST

I don't generally enjoy fiction novels that take place in the Middle East. I find that the culture is badly misrepresented, the politics over simplified and the endings too neatly tied up to ever...

Chapter 97 On the down low

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:55:00 PST

She went on with her story, deftly slicing courgettes into discs as the children were in the other room, supposedly doing their homework. The pot bubbled quietly on the stove. 'I just...

Chapter 96 A cool little corner

noreply@blogger.com (Sara) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:38:00 PST

Ili Kan. One of my favorite sheesha places in Nablus. More and more funky little places cropping up. Cannot get this pic upright for some reason Awesome painted ceiling