My glasses (somewhat symbolically) have broken; perhaps my brain does not want to see any more, but there is so much to witness. Even with… Read More »June 22, 2014 What do I know? I am just a Bedouin. A lot.
We have not had enough sleep in days and are suffering from that weariness that comes with bearing witness to injustices that seem overwhelming, over… Read More »June 22, 2014 Crying and Shooting part two
So why should Jewish Israelis care about what happened to the people they defeated 67 years ago? The Arabs rejected the Partition Plan, there was… Read More »June 22, 2014 Zochrot: Bending the Arc towards Justice part one
I first met Abu Arab and his museum of artifacts from destroyed villages last year. Jonathan warns us to be respectful and to remember that… Read More »June 21, 2104 Memory Keeper part three
I know Jonathan Cook explained this last year, but the topic is so contorted and bizarre I am going to give it another try and… Read More »June 21, 2014 Can You Be an Israeli Citizen and What Does That Mean Anyway? Part two
Today, Jonathan Cook, a brilliant British journalist and writer now living in Nazareth with a Palestinian wife and family and Israeli citizenship broke my heart.… Read More »June 21, 2014 There Was No Farewell part one
We leave for the tortured city of Hebron later than expected (tear gas, food, and embroidery), and H. (Palestinian from Ramallah, just graduated from Yale)… Read More »June 20, 2014 And for Extra Credit: Hebron part two
Feigning bravado and an ambivalent sense of group confidence, our delegation sets off for the West Bank village of Bil’in (see the documentary Five Broken… Read More »June 20, 2014 From Tear Gas to Maqluba part one
Our host father and his two young daughters begin the tour of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem after a breakfast we prepared together with… Read More »June 19, 2014 The Tigers, the Butterflies, and the Birds
Spending a few hours with Tamer Nafar, the hip-hop artist for the group DAM (see the incredible documentary Slingshot Hip Hop) is always a trip.… Read More »June 18, 2104 Scarlet Johansson Has Gas part two
Last night, as we leave Elbeit Alnisa’I for dinner, the nine of us wander off into the dark streets of Beit Sahour, past churches and… Read More »June 18, 2014 The World According to Sami part one
After a frightening moment with a billowing forest fire, we meet Umar in the village of Imwas in the middle of Canada-Ayalon Park, a major… Read More »June 17, 2014 The Stones Do Not Lie part two
The gunfire stops around midnight and we sleep well at the Yaffa Cultural Center in the Balata Refugee Camp. In the morning we learn that… Read More »June 17, 2014 Walking with Ghosts part one
The Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus is a concrete maze of twisting, narrow, sometimes shoulder-width paths, two main streets for the schools and the markets,… Read More »The Main Course June 16, 2014
Today our health and human rights delegation of nine energetic women in various states of jet lag is about to encounter walls: the kind that… Read More »June 15, 2014 To Exist Is to Resist: Challenging the Occupied Mind
