This fear has been fueled by media images, political treatises, and by the
long culture of conflict and violence in the region. Academic treatises, too,
have historically maintained popular perceptions of the otherness of the
Arab people. Studies of colonialism caution us that the scientific study of
Fig. 3. Signifiers of Separation.Source: Kalandia Checkpoint from Jerusalem to
Ramallah. Photo taken by the author.
Fig. 4. Images from New York Times.Source: New York Times Online (2011).24 CHRISTINE LEUENBERGER