Alice Rothchild

The day started with a shock, it seems that today is day light savings time in Gaza (who knew?) and I have already lost an… Read More »March 27, 2015 This could be my reality.

Because Gaza is so isolated with the long standing blockade and constricting siege, visitors are often asked to multitask as sherpas, bringing suitcases filled with… Read More »March 26, 2015 part two, We Are Not Numbers

In another universe, driving along the coast of the Mediterranean would be one of those vacation dreams filled with fresh fish and relaxing moments baking… Read More »March 26, 2015 part one, Sunshine, sand, and post assault dysphoria

Today I return to the Aisha Association for Woman and Child Protection to learn more about the impact of war on women and their families.… Read More »March 25, 2015, What do you say to a mother who has lost everything? Jump into the sky.

There is a photo hanging in my home of a juicy looking orange hanging from a tree; the fruit is pierced by a large screw,… Read More »March 24, 2015 part three, Passport toilet paper

When the taxi stops in front of a large institutional looking building, the Palestine Avenir (is that Avenue lost in translation or what?) for Childhood… Read More »March 24, 2015 part two, Happy (late) Mother’s Day Pink Bunny

UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, has been given an impossible task.  Originally a temporary agency… Read More »March 24, 2015 part one, The Most Massive Child Abuse In The World

Through some personal connections in Detroit, I end up calling two cousins who live in Gaza City, planning to share with them my documentary film,… Read More »March 23, 2015 part four, I want you to see what is beautiful!

The UN OCHA data is blunt: The 2014 military operation in Gaza left 302 women and 582 children dead, 10,870 wounded, (2,120 women and 3,303… Read More »March 23, 2015 part three, Patriarchy, addiction, poverty and the crushing culture of violence: The constriction of women’s bodies and minds

Wejdan Diab, Marwan Diab’s sister, welcomes me to the Meera Kindergarten in Gaza City where the walls are painted Disney bright; I spot many photos,… Read More »March 23, 2015 part two, Kindergarten: see German definition: Children’s garden

I first met Dr. Mona El-Farra several years ago in Washington DC and I have followed her work and reports primarily through the Middle East… Read More »March 23, 2015 part one, Running on Empty

I first saw the spanking new administrative buildings for the Gaza Community Mental Health Program in 2005; ten years later there is a rusty shabbiness… Read More »March 22, 2015 part two, No time to mourn

The drive to Erez checkpoint is deceptively bucolic as the rain trickles through lush rolling farmland, vineyards, fruit trees, wineries reminiscent of the valleys of… Read More »March 22, 2015 part one, Mish mushkela, No problem

The Shabbat streets are quiet and a cool cloudy day soon punctuated by a more serious rain greets me and my colleague as we take… Read More »March 21, 2015, History in the hills: what keeps me up at night

Friday is a get-over-jet-lag schmooze-with-friends-and-colleagues kind of day, much of it spent in a lovely modern apartment in the Germany Colony, a neighborhood in southwest… Read More »March 20, 2015, Schmoozing East Jerusalem style