Vegetarian/Vegan Travels in the Holy Land
By Miri Being vegetarian or vegan in your home country or your country of residence is usually not such a big deal. It may take a little time, it may take a little practice, but at some point, no matter what the local cuisine has to offer, you will figure out and learn how to […]
“What Keeps Mankind Alive?” – Introducing Jenin’s Freedom Theatre
By Miri “What keeps mankind alive?” asked Bertold Brecht in his Threepenny Opera that premiered in Berlin in 1928. Brecht’s answer was “first the grub, then the morality”. Obviously the deprived working class had to be fed, but almost equally important to Brecht was their exposure and access to art and cultural expression, specifically theatre, […]
The Story of Shuhada Street
This Friday, February 24th, for the third time, the residents of Hebron call upon the international community to stand in solidarity with them and demand the open access to Shuhada Street. In the recent two years for the Global Day of Action to Open Shuhada Street, direct actions and protests took place in Hebron, Israel, […]
Act NOW Against the Expulsion of 30,000 Bedouins in the Negev
Most of the human rights issues covered by international media and NGOs concern the Palestinian population living in the West Bank and Gaza. Notwithstanding the fact that the Bedouin communities living inside Israel are being increasingly deprived of their resources, the discrimination they are facing usually receives less attention by the international community. A visitor […]
Next Stop Gaza City
By Miri The images that we associate with conflict zones are usually grim ones that are inextricably linked with those of war, suffering and poverty. For an outsider it may be hard to imagine that from within those places, so occupied with survival, art may emerge. A West Bank tour that includes visits of cities such […]
The ABC of Palestinian Hospitality
By Miri The contradictions between common representations of the Palestinian population in predominantly Western media and actual real life encounters as visitors to the country usually experience them could not be greater. Images of angry mobs burning US and Israeli flags, of masked fighters roaming the streets, shooting their guns into the air and screaming […]