Voices: A Palestinian Lesbian's Story
Series: RN Focus on Torn Lives - Stories from the Holy Land
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:11:58
Cindy is a 26-year-old Palestinian who lives in Israel. She and a dozen other Moslem women have set up a lesbian group, called Aswat or Voices. Its goal is to provide support to Palestinian and Arab-Israeli lesbians and to try to overcome some of the taboos regarding homosexuality.
For more information, contact joan@schardtmedia.org
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Piece Description
Cindy is a 26-year-old Palestinian who lives in Israel. She and a dozen other Moslem women have set up a lesbian group, called Aswat or Voices. Its goal is to provide support to Palestinian and Arab-Israeli lesbians and to try to overcome some of the taboos regarding homosexuality. For more information, contact joan@schardtmedia.org
Transcript
My best friend, she told me that she had a crush on me and that was when I was like 20. I didn’t understand it and I couldn’t even deal with what she was saying and the whole time I was just trying to explain to her that she was just confuse because she was 2 years older than me and you know, at that age, they really don’t know what they are doing or what they are feeling. Like I kept telling her, no, no, no, you’re just confused. It’s because we’re best friends. It’s because we really care about each other. No, no, I don’t think so. And then after a while, I found myself having the same feelings for her. And this is how it started. It lasted for a year. You actually began a relationship with her. It was a terrible one, I have to admit because it was her first time and my first time. I t was really, really hard for both of us. The hardest part was actually to confess to yourself that you...
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Emily Corwin
Posted on July 03, 2008 at 06:41 AM | Permalink
Review of Voices: A Palestinian Lesbian's Story
Cindy really stands at the intersection of three overlapping and often contradicting cultures. A wonderful window in!