November 27, 2001
Folks at the Arab-American University of Jenin have been talking to the Israeli military authorities about the new roadblock - they have promised to "see what we can do". This roadblock affects them very directly. Experiencing this it becomes clear why this place gets politicized so quickly.
Even so, we gathered with a big gang of the AAUJers (the ex-pats who are affiliated with the University) for a birthday celebration for one of the ex-pats. It coincided with the time every day when students and faculty gather in the cafeteria to break the Ramadan fast together. We dubbed our party's women in black "Yasser's Angels". Don't mess with them.