When Palestinian children make the news, it’s often–let’s face it–because they’ve died. A combination of “no news is good news” reporting and the simple sadness of everyday life in Israel and Palestine create a bleak portrait for those of us trying to follow the everyday lives of relatives, friends, or even strangers. So what are children from Gaza doing on the news, if they’ve escaped unharmed?
They’ve broken a world record–the most kites flown in the air simultaneously in the same location, to be exact. Thousands of children from the Gaza strip gathered along a beach in the north of the [...]