‘We each have our space and our illusion’. So says Gharib when asked for his identification as an ‘Israeli Arab’. We expect  him to claim to be a Palestinian but instead he says he is ‘Nada’, his chosen name and, as the policeman says, a ‘woman’s name’ (it is conventionally so in Arabic) to which, it is implied, he has no right.

What’s a country that’s at the top of your bucket list? View all responses ‘We each have our space and our illusion’. So says Gharib when asked for his identification as an ‘Israeli Arab’. We expect him to claim to be a Palestinian but instead he says he is ‘Nada’, his chosen name and, as … More ‘We each have our space and our illusion’. So says Gharib when asked for his identification as an ‘Israeli Arab’. We expect  him to claim to be a Palestinian but instead he says he is ‘Nada’, his chosen name and, as the policeman says, a ‘woman’s name’ (it is conventionally so in Arabic) to which, it is implied, he has no right.