On an early spring morning in a suburban Tokyo park, Hanin Siam stands proudly in her thobe, the blooming cherry blossoms around her in stark contrast with the rich red embroidery of the traditional garment from her native Palestine.Siam moved to Japan with her family when she was seven years old amid a period of intense conflict in her birthplace of Gaza."I didn't know it wasn't normal until I left," she said, recalling how surprised she was to encounter "a world not filled with troops, random airstrikes, the sound of drones" or checkpoints.For Siam, now 27, the Palestinian struggle agains…READ FULL ARTICLE
