Penny Johnson, a writer and researcher based in Ramallah, is a member of the JQ editorial committee. Her most recent book is Companions in Conflict: Animals in Occupied Palestine (Melville House Publishing, 2019).
Raja Shehadeh is a lawyer and author based in Ramallah. His latest book is We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I (Profile Books, 2022). This essay is from the authors’ ongoing book project exploring lost memorials, monuments, and places in historic Palestine.
