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We are also each other.(a trip to the Occupied Territories)(Column)

American Theatre,  July, 2003  by Wallace, Naomi

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"Politics is not separate from lived experience or the imaginary world of what is possible," writes historian Robin D. G. Kelley in his book Race Rebels. And it was this very idea of interconnectedness and imagination that led me to envision making a trip to visit the Occupied Territories, the West Bank and Gaza.

A few months since our return, two things especially have stayed hard in my mind. One of these is our trip to the Aida Refugee camp outside Bethlehem, where our visit interrupted a dancing lesson in progress. The children, aged eight to fourteen, were ...

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