IT was the day of my graduation ceremony. Muhammad wanted to surprise me by coming from Hebron. But no, he couldn’t make it. The Israeli army arrested him at a military checkpoint and sentenced him to prison for 16 months. What was his offence—wanting to attend his fiancé’s graduation ceremony?
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