Kim – France

Zajel is an incredible experience. I am enjoying every second of it, thanks to the Zajel team and the local volunteers who are very welcoming, friendly and sharing with us the Palestinian culture and taking us around the city. Nablus and its Old City are wonderful, as well as the old and new campuses. Teaching has been very challenging so far but also rewarding and I hope to be useful for my students. Our trips to Hebron and Bethlehem were very emotional and confronting. From the apartheid wall to the ghosts city of Hebron, the tons of checkpoints we had to go through and all the stories we heard from Palestinians living the conflict and the occupation. It was the realization of what is really going on in Palestine. I am extremely impressed by the way Palestinians handle the conflict and their perpetual hope in the future.