In Masafer Yatta, we need more than awards — we need protection

In my mind, I often replay the moment we learned “No Other Land” had won an Oscar. My cousins and I leaped with joy, racing through our village of Susiya, shouting, “the Oscar is ours!” at the top of our lungs. I was so proud to see pictures of my cousin Basel Adra and his parents Nasser and Kifah wearing traditional Palestinian dress on the red carpet. Videos of the celebration thrown by the Palestinian community in Los Angeles for Hamdan, Basel, and my…