Special envoy to Ramallah
At prayer time, in the middle of the day, the faithful flock to the Abdel-Nasser mosque, slaloming between cars stuck in traffic jams.
In the adjoining streets, sellers selling fruit and vegetables on small carts shout to attract customers.
Sitting at a table along a window, in a café at the top of a small building opposite the religious building, Ayah slowly drinks fruit juice, looking, from time to time, at the hustle and bustle of these arteries. bustling city of Ramallah, a few floors below.
At 36, the young woman, carefully made-up, considers herself lucky: she is one of the rare Palestinians who found a job after losing her previous job in Israel.
A relief for this smiling and shy single woman, who lives with her two retired parents and her sister in a village near Ramallah and worked for several years in the Hebrew state.
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