Nora Lester Murad, PhD, is a writer who lives in Jerusalem, Palestine. Her non-fiction has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Mondoweiss, OpenDemocracy, and Al-Adab, among others, and on her blog, The View from My Window in Palestine, at www.noralestermurad.com. She is a co-founder of Dalia Association (www.dalia.ps) and Aid Watch Palestine (www.aidwatch.ps), and tweets from @NoraInPalestine.