Mariam Bargudi says normally, this time a year, in her hometown of Ramallah.

Aide is very joyous.

It's joyous because it's the end of the holy month of Ramadan. It's Eid. In this West Bank city, the stores stay open late. The streets close down so people can shop. After one month of fasting, everyone's ready to celebrate.

It's mostly for the children. I associate aid with childhood and me being a child and going to my grandparents as they give me money.

Kind of like Christmas, how Christmas is associated with gifts.

Eid is associated with money.

And as a little girl, I'd pretend to be shy and tell my grandfather or grandmother, no, I don't want the money, but if you insist.

But now I think Aides is about... or grandmother, no, I don't want the money, but if you insist.

But now I think Aides is about the hope to be able to celebrate.

I mean, I'm looking outside my window right now.

Ramallah feels like it's dead or dying.

And there's nothing to celebrate in that.

What is to celebrate?

Mariam says this year, most of her neighbors are locked up inside, watching TV, checking in on loved ones, as conflict ramps up with Israel.

And after taking in all that, some are going out into the streets to protest.

The protests have been ugly, and it's not something we haven't seen before, but because there are more numbers right now in the streets, initially we'd be out maybe a couple of dozen,

50, 100. But right now it's in the hundreds.

The number of screams, just at once ringing in your ear, is very overwhelming.

That's a lot.

The battle's taking place in Israel right now.

They might seem like the same fights people have been having here for years,

fights about who has the right to live where.

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