PALESTINE - ISRAEL - JORDAN - SINAI

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LGBTQs in Palestine and Israel

By Miri –  Last week was very much associated with the LGBTQ1community, both for the good and for the sad. Last Thursday, Jerusalem held its 10th Gay Pride Parade, while on Saturday, the Tel Aviv community commemorated the third anniversary of the shooting at an LGBTQ centre that left two dead and fifteen wounded on […]

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African Refugees in Israel

By Miri –  Mob attacking Ethiopian bar, South Tel Aviv, May 2012 This year’s May saw an unprecedented level of violence during riots that originated in the working class neighbourhoods in South Tel Aviv. The protest expressed the residents’ anger and fear regarding the increasing number of African refugees, many of who had settled down […]

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Microbreweries in Palestine and Israel

By Miri –  The summer of 2011 is commonly referred to as the Israeli Spring, or at least as an attempt at it. During the course of this summer, the new born social justice movement managed to mobilise thousands of people to the streets, which culminated in the biggest protests in the history of Israel. […]

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Culture and Art in 21st Century Amman

–> By Miri –  Travel guides to Middle Eastern countries tend to either reduce local artistic expression to antique artefacts, usually found at historical or archaeological sites, thereby situating the apex of creation in the past, or, to emphasise what is commonly referred to as “authentic” or “folkloric” culture, such as Bedouin tents and belly […]

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