As a result , he was neither able to visit his sick mother nor attend her funeral after she died in 2003 .
According to his personal website , Atwan has been banned by Israeli authorities from visiting the Palestinian territories since 2000 .
Atwan was neither able to visit Atwan 's sick mother nor attend her funeral after she died in 2003 .
According to his personal website , Atwan has been banned by Israeli authorities from visiting the Palestinian territories since 2000 .