being thrown between the two groups, a profound insult in the Arab world. I got out my camera and began filming while simultaneously being swept along with the herd. Thankfully, I found myself near the sidewalk, saw a fence, and like many others climbed over it. Still the throng swarmed. Like riding a human wave, it carried me with it and I remember clearly thinking, Don’t fall down, that’s how people get trampled. But this small eddy of humanity on the sidewalk found an opening in a metal corrugated