Ramallah Moments

Five moments in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestinian Territories.

Written after two days spent there in the month of January, 2008; revised and edited April, 2009.

Further edits for publication on this website in September 2026:

  • Masked the faces of people in the photographs, except for public figures;
  • Fixed some spelling and grammar mistakes;
  • Added alt tags to photographs;
  • Otherwise left the text unchanged, including parts I would write differently today.


Thanks to Anna Leah Jacobson for the help in editing these.


A watchtower at the Kalandia checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank
A watchtower at the Kalandia checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank