A year forgotten, left prey to “resistance” and “support”

From Marwahin to Yarin, Dhayra, Bustan, Zalloutiyeh and Umm al-Tut, the two Octobers, around this time of year, were a season of goodness and blessing. The olive groves would turn into a popular festival, bustling with the footsteps of pickers, while olive presses became places for evening gatherings, and stories lit up the nights in the villages, where people…