When the Alternate Story to Terrorism is Joy

NEW Nonfiction from Jerusalem-based Sarah Sassoon

Sunrise over Jerusalem. Photo by author.

The streets are quiet here in Jerusalem. Sombre. It is lightly raining. The sun peeks through, alternating with the grey clouds. This is a time of funerals. This is a time of visiting houses of mourning. This is a time of taking care of children whose fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters have been murdered or kidna…