The following essay, Two Days in Palestine,’ was written in April1989, soon after a brief trip to the occupied territories with some colleagues.It was published in two parts in the August 1989 (pp. 11–18) and September1989 (pp. 21–27, 36) issues of The Message International (New York),the monthly magazine published by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA).The editors, in their wisdom, changed the title to In the Eye of theIntifada, A Muslim’s Journey to the Land of Oppression; they also addedpictures and inserts of their own. Here is the original text, with some minorcorrections, and some pictures that I took during the trip