IN STEREO

Basically, my existence [has been] for twenty years in this street. For sure this street connects to me, and I’m connected to it! There are many stories, of course. Let’s remember, what’s [happened] in the neighbourhood? It’s difficult to remember. But of course, I remember the invasions. The stories that I can’t really forget. How can I tell it? During the forty-day invasion, the church invasion, how the tanks surrounded the neighbourhood, and how they opened fire at a certain hour at us. My son had a lot of operations and he needed me to buy him eye drops. And these eye drops exist only in Al-Madbasa area. My husband and I lost hope and went out, so they opened their guns at us. We got down on the ground and started telling them [our situation], and we raised our clothes [to show] we were peaceful.

Do you know Al-Zarara Arch? There’s a story for Al-Zarara Arch. There were soldiers who entered the church and they wanted to assault the nuns there, right? They attacked the sisters and the church. So at once, hornets came out, and they followed the soldiers until the Al-Zarara Arch. And they started stinging them, stinging until they died. We’ve found the most beautiful story about the neighbourhood! And there’s another important thing that connects us to the neighbourhood: the [celebration parades] pass through it. This neighbourhood is the centre of all the holy days. Even marriages pass by here; even, God forbid, the dead pass from here. So this is street is heritage, I mean. What connects us to it is more than I can talk about. – Nuha