Editor’s Note

s The Blue Between Sky and Water" focuses on "the Palestinian connection to the homeland" through analyzing the motifs of the River Suqreir and the Gaza Sea that symbolize "identity formation" and survival in the homeland despite the tragedies that befell the Palestinian people.The dislocation of Beit Daras villagers to Gaza in the Nakba speak to their struggle in safeguarding their history from slipping into oblivion.In doing so, the authors globalize the concept of the "blue humanities," as they release it from its bondage in Western cultural frameworks.Kalthoum Belwefi's article "Homes Under Siege: Trauma Processing and the Burden of Exile in Hala Alyan's Salt Houses" analyzes exile, diaspora, and trauma through the lives of four generations of a Palestinian family.Salt Houses is tragic, moving, and traumatic, which allows Belwefi to use trauma theory to show that escaping trauma was an impossible process even through four generations of the Yacoub family.Ahmad Asem Al-Hiari's article "Exploring the Politics of Large Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study of Collaborative Governance Failure in the Amman Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)" transports us into the realm of policy and politics observed in governmental projects.The author highlights the way in which multiple narrow interests squander time and resources.They shield themselves from blame for project failures or delays, simply by lying dormant without initiative necessary to yield positive results.The author relies on diachronic timeline analysis of public data to show what needs to be done to guarantee outcomes in the public interest.Ashutosh Singh's introduction and the interview he conducted with Saleh Bakri portray Palestinian cinema as an integral part of Palestinian life, as it reflects resistance against Zionist oppression.Asingh does an excellent job both in the introduction and interview.Saleh Bakri, the actor, represents the Palestinian people in their agency, which is a refusal to be erased as they move forward towards liberation.