Palestine in 2018 Christina Samir Youssef, Ramallah
I went to my neighbor Haeem’s shop, who lives in one of the twin towers that are located in Jerusalem. They look exactly like the twin towers that were destroyed in the U.S.A. After greeting him with the ISRATINE language (a language that was invented specifically for the Palestinians and Israelis) and sharing with him the greeting of the peace of the braves, I took my the stuff that I bought from him and went back to my apartment located on the 150th floor of the tower.
After packing my staff, I took the bus and headed to Tel-Aviv, and there I entered the holy site which contains a triangle of a synagogue, a church and a mosque built on a hundred acres. I prayed and went to meet my friends Shola, Lojayn and Katty, and we headed to Lebanon in my car to have lunch.
Taking the highway, which links Palestine with Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, we arrived in downtown Beirut within two hours because we were driving fast. We had lunch and went for some shopping; later in the evening we went back home.
The next day I went to my office which is located in a skyscraper in central Ramallah. When I arrived I received a phone call from my grandfather who was one of the refugees who immigrated to America after being evacuated from his hometown in Al-Led in ’48. I was invited to dinner at his home on Saturday with my Jewish friend Sholla, my American friend Katty, and my Lebanese friend Lojayn.
How much it is great to live in an independent Palestinian State that lives in peace with its neighbors, with wide clean roads free from barriers or obstacles and without boundaries between Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan and the other Arab countries – to sleep safely due to enhanced security and the removal of military checkpoints, and the end of the anarchy of arms, which only ten years ago was as a scary nightmare occupying every moment of our lives.
After praying to God and asking him to bless my family and our president, I sat down on my bed thinking how Palestine would be today if a peace agreement was not achieved ten years ago...?
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