Image: Film still from Emily Jacir video, *Valley of Fire*, January 5, 2025

Palestinian artist Emily Jacir who lives in Bethlehem posted on IG a short video of driving through what seems a barren landscape called Valley of Fire, accompanied by these words:

“we don't have bomb shelters, nor do we have rocket alarms or missile sirens. we wake up hourly in the night from explosions in the skies above and in the world around us, the windows rattling in their frames.

morning comes and we go on as normal.”