I wrote that little poem years ago and never published it. (The title, if you are unfamiliar, refers to a Japanese art form that involves repairing broken ceramic vessels by fusing the pieces back together using gold.) It’s been on my mind a lot lately. I’ve been struggling, for months, to write about what this […]
Video of Maqlooba Ceremony from Scarf Sisters!
A few months ago I shared a short story of mine, Scarf Sisters, about an Israeli settler who bonds with a Palestinian woman over their identical headscarves. When I read the story to an audience in Jerusalem, I was asked by several people it was based on a true story. It wasn’t, but there were elements […]