The life of W., continued

Yesterday I ran into W., subject of this post 3 years ago, so I thought a quick update was in order. He is now working in the kitchen of a new (and currently quite trendy) Ramallah bar. He is still living in Birzeit, albeit in a new house. He now has two children, a daughter aged 2 ½ and a son aged 1 ½. He said he hasn’t seen them for five days. Given that the place he works at doesn’t close until the early hours, I presume he sleeps there, rather than take the 40 shekel taxi back to Birzeit each night. He also told me that he was shot in the leg by the Israeli Army at the Atara checkpoint about two years ago. He lost 5 centimeters from the aforementioned leg, and now has restricted movement in it and a pronounced limp.