| Women and Youth Are at the Forefront of the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation I grew up in a household of women and children that, as my sisters and I matured, eventually became a household of only women. My father was frequently gone on long overseas business trips before his untimely death when I was seven. I often wonder if this is the reason the expression 'women and children' strikes me as essentially flawed: It suggests that women and children are the more vulnerable' |