By Tom Kenis
I got the job. The phone interview with a crackly connection, one time zone away, had gone well. Belgian development money would pay for me to go and support a small organisation that’s active in the field of women’s rights, youth empowerment, and democracy.
As I was packing my bags, TV news blared out the increasingly alarming vital signs of Yasser Arafat. I had just about finished packing those bags when the curtain finally came down for the old man, and an era ended. It was November 2004.
Goodbye Belgium. My odyssey to the Palestinian territories had begun.
Photo courtesy of Tom Kenis. Tom's website is at http://www.sasshay.com/
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