On belonging

This was Aziza’s response to the question: ‘what makes you feel you belong to your home?’ Aziza defines herself as a Palestinian. She lives in West Jerusalem, has Israeli citizenship, although she does not identify herself as an Israeli. What are her reflections on her sense of belonging to the different environments identified in the book? This chapter aims to deconstruct this notion not only as an abstract element but also as a notion related to people’s daily practices in the different layers of space, starting at ‘home’ and continuing to the ‘city’.