She talked most eloquently about the disconnections of time and geography in a place where the journey to Nablus, which should take an hour, can take all day. She told us how time is measured by curfews and checkpoints, themselves so arbitrary that people are constantly disorientated and can rely on nothing. Where roads are constantly blocked, disappeared and reinvented. Where everything conspires to obliterate certainties and instil a low thrum of fear and humiliation. Where you can never, ever, simply get on with your life. (If you want to see this thrilling woman in action, log on to her
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