Awlad Al Ghito Esmi Adam | Elias Khoury

“Manal does not know the meaning of the word “ghetto,” or where it came from, all she knows is that the residents of Lod, the city fenced with wires, heard the word from the Israeli soldiers, so they thought that the word “ghetto” means the Palestinian neighborhood, or the Arab neighborhood, as the Israelis decided to name Only Mamoun knew: “The ghetto is the name of the ghettos in Europe.” “You mean we became Jews?” said Manal naively...