Annie's New Letters (& notes)

As Israeli bulldozers destroy more homes, uproot more trees, tear through orchards and fields, and alter a landscape that Palestinians have tended for generations, I find myself thinking about another kind of plow. A wooden one. And the hands of the man who held it. I think of my uncle—my aunt’s husband—Abu Ali, and of happier, simpler times....

Mike Hanini Odetalla's uncle  Abu Ali  and aunt,  Jameela,  of Palestine  Abu Ali   a true story by  Mike Hanini Odetalla As Israeli bu...