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+972: A tragically unexceptional story of life and death under occupation

by | May 12, 2015 | Sam's Writings

+972 (Hebrew link below)

A tragically unexceptional story of life and death under occupation

By Sam Bahour

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My father-in-law, Mughira Barghouty, is dying. At age 91, his health has severely deteriorated over the last six months. He has three daughters: Sawsan, Serene and my wife, Abeer. Serene and Abeer  live in Ramallah and have become full-time caregivers to their now bedridden father. Sawsan lives in Amman, Jordan. Of late, Mughira has repeated a single request: to touch his daughter Sawsan’s hand one last time. It was about to happen on the last day of April. Sawsan got all the way to the Israel border crossing, Israeli tourist visa in hand, but she was denied entry and told to go back to Amman. The family is crushed, but not surprised. 

READ ON AT:

ENGLISH: https://www.972mag.com/a-tragically-unexceptional-story-of-life-and-death-under-occupation/

HEBREW: https://www.mekomit.co.il/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9F-%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A1/

UPDATE – May 30, 2015

From left to right: Abeer, Sereen, Sawsan and sitting is Fadwa Barghouty

My sister-in-law Sawsan is in Ramallah.

She missed seeing her father before he passed away.

She missed her father’s funeral.

She missed the three days of mourning.

Why?

Because on April 30th she was deemed to be a threat to the security of
the state of Israel and was denied entry from Jordan, where she resides.

Her father died on May 15th.

On May 18th the Israeli authorities granted her approval to visit the West Bank for two weeks.

She entered the West Bank on May 19th and is pictured here with her mother and sisters.

We remain focused on getting her Israeli-issued West Bank Residency ID
reinstated. Like thousands of others who were born under occupation in
the West Bank and Gaza, her ID has been confiscated by Israel for
decades.

For the full story read here:

http://bit.ly/sawsan-en (and in Hebrew here: http://bit.ly/sawsan-he)

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  • Sam Bahour

    Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.

    Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).

    He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.

    A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.

    Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.

    He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

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