Abstract
ABSTRACTBorders of nation-states have become the natural barriers that constrain and organise the movements of people. These borders have entry and exit points such as airports, seaports and border crossings. Besides being an essential element in defining the national identity of the majority of people who live inside their geography, t borders can be used as a political tool to control the movement of people. They are also used as means to restrain their political engagement. In the age of mobility control, inequality in general, as well as the refugee crisis and the Arab Uprisings in particular, the Palestinians of Gaza have been excluded from the external world. They have been isolated in the Gaza Strip through different mechanisms related to borders and visas. This article is an autobiography of occupation, travels, airports and border crossings. It describes life under occupation, visa and border violence in the Rafah borders and the Israeli Erez checkpoint, Allenby, and then experiences in European and Middle Eastern airports and borders. The article explores the ‘State of Exception’ of living under occupation as a Palestinian. I examine operations of systematic profiling of the Palestinians in Arab countries’ borders.
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