Life Under Lockdown

By Jamal Mahjoub; August 17, 2012 – Znet
http://www.zcommunications.org/life-under-lockdown-by-jamal-…

Source: Guernicamag.com

As we pass under the “Welcome to Gaza” sign, a ripple of excitement goes through the bus and everyone grabs their telephones to record the moment. After three hours spent killing time at the Rafah Border Crossing while the Egyptian officials decided whether they would allow us through (the Egyptian Ministry of Interior didn’t grant us permission to travel to Gaza until the day before our scheduled departure) and eight hours of driving from Cairo, it feels like a victory to have made it through at all.

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