Jul 20
What I really liked about Mornings in Jenin is that even if it is a story of generational trauma, grief, ethnic cleansing, and genocide, it's also a story about love. There's anger and rage as well, but those feelings would not have existed if the characters did not love one another. Amal comes to love her daughter despite herself. When Amal reflects on her mother, she know that Dalia loved her, even if she did not openly express it. Amal's final actions are out of her love for Sara. Yousef's final chapter are about how he cannot leave Amal alone in the world. The powers at be did (and do) whatever they could to devoid them (and Palestinians) of their humanity, and they still loved.
