Friday, April 22, 2011

Diary from Palestine 3 - movida

The movement was born March 15 to call for unity between the West Bank (controlled by the PNA, and Fatah) and the Gaza Strip (Hamas). They are young, girls and boys, twenty years or so, which oppose not only the Israeli occupation of territories, including the traditional parties Palestinians, Fatah and Hamas just about everyone.

Demand justice, freedom and equality, refusing the idea of two states, "because Palestine is still a cage." We spent an evening with them in the Palestinian nightlife. The night of Ramallah with locals, drink and music. The streets of pub and disco clogged with cars, girls often look at the wheel.

Here is a generation which is close to the military occupation but also a model of society that no longer recognize. We end up in a disco pub on the fourth floor of a building, there is not much space between the tables and dancing. Also in Danish, Spanish, French and Italian. Who are moved, singing loudly, when the DJ Bella gives hello.

Goodbye Ramallah, next stop ...? In the photo, young Palestinians dancing in a pub on the night of Ramallah. Click to enlarge

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