During the past ten years, Jerusalem has reemerged as the spark that sets off Palestinian revolt, culminating in the Unity Intifada of 2021.

Hurriyah Ziada reflects on how the Arab uprisings and Palestinian youth movements revealed the best and worst of society.

Mariam Barghouti introduces Mondoweiss’ Reflections on a Decade series, a collection of personal narratives by Palestinians who participated in a youth movement that attempted to redefine Palestinian politics in the wake of the Arab uprisings.

Abdaljawad Omar on the decade of youth movements that attempted to reshape Palestinian politics: “I choose to believe that despite all that has passed, and all that remains impassable, the relics of an obscure ‘we’ endures. There is at least a ‘we’ that lives within me, until perhaps another ‘we’ emerges yet again.”