Palestinian Youth Reflections

Palestinian youth reflection on olive picking and planting - Raeda Mousa - 16 years old

Category: Palestinian Youth Reflections
Created: 25 July 2023

Raeda MousaThe olive tree is an inseprable part of our Palestinian culture, and we consider the olive harvest season as the most important season for us as farmers. In October 2021, I joined an olive picking activity, with the JAI, together with other Palestinian teenagers and youth, which was a remarkable experience with great memories.

We have also received Danish students in early 2022, to whom we introduced our culture, connection and love for the olive trees. We planted olive trees together, where I showed many of them how to plant the trees, and what we usually do and what songs we sing during the planting.

I consider the olive tree as the best represntative of Palestinians, it is rooted in the land as we are, always steasfastening whatever happens.