الفلسطينيون al-Filastiniyyun: In Search of Jerusalem Airport

It was an eye opening experience for me listening to Abu Jamil retelling me his personal memories of the airport, a Ramallah book keeper who used to travel more than once a week to Cairo and Beirut to acquire books for his shop, .... He spent his vacation in Jerusalem and stayed at the American Colony Hotel during the shooting of 'Lawrence of Arabia' in Jordan. He would approach us to chat and I recall him commenting on our hairdo in his lovely Egyptian accent. ...