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Laila Shadid

Laila Shadid

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Laila Shadid is a journalism fellow with the Pulitzer Center. She is also the editor-in-chief of Fenjan, the University of Pennsylvania's premier journal on the Middle East

Follow her on Twitter: @ShadidLaila

The story of Al-Eizariya: The town forgotten behind the wall

The town of Al-Eizariya is a forgotten place. Once a bustling suburb of East Jerusalem, the town's fate was irrevocably changed after Israeli authorities began the construction of the Apartheid Wall, separating the town from life itself.

10 November, 2022