At a teach-in on Israel’s blockage on Gaza
Henry introduced me to Sylvia
She was very involved in the growing Free Gaza
movement
She came from an unusually committed family
Sylvia’s mother's family hid Jews
During the Nazi reign of murder
The way some people are obsessed with sports
As a playwright
As a CP member
As an animator
As an instigator
14 hour days were typical
For this woman who pushed herself her whole life
long
Noticing the awed expression on my face
As Henry was telling me about her
eighty-year-old mother
Sylvia told me that her mother regularly badgers
her:
“So, why are you taking you so long to go back
to Gaza?”
On another occasion she told her mother
She was going out dancing with some friends
Her mother glared at her:
"You want to go dance while Gaza is being strangled?"
On another occasion she told her mother
She was going out dancing with some friends
Her mother glared at her:
"You want to go dance while Gaza is being strangled?"
-- Dear Layla/Welcome to Palestine: A Novel
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