The National, February 20, 2010 If the layout of Nazareth’s old city seems to defy human logic, that’s because it does – when men laid the first roads here during Roman times, they traced donkey paths. The Fauzi Azar Inn is tucked deep in this labyrinth of slivered streets, and although the resulting jumble is …
The Jerusalem Post, February 12, 2010 In 2003, Newsweek ran an article titled “Poetry is Dead. Does Anybody Really Care?” Its author, Bruce Wexler, writes “It’s difficult to imagine a world without movies, plays, novels, and music but a world without poems doesn’t have to be imagined.” Why? According to Wexler, the “art form is …
The Huffington Post, February 4, 2010 Yesterday, the Israeli Knesset debated the “Infiltration Prevention Law” which Israeli human rights groups are calling “one of the most dangerous bills ever presented in the Knesset.” The bill, if passed, will allow for the immediate deportation of anyone who enters Israel illegally, including African refugees fleeing genocide who …
The Huffington Post, February 2, 2010 Maan News Agency, February 2, 2010 Despite police plans to end the demonstration with force, more than 300 Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli activists gathered in Sheikh Jarrah on Friday afternoon to protest the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes. Armed with only drums and handwritten signs that read …
The Huffington Post, January 28, 2010 In Kuwait, the clock is ticking for a Filipina maid who faces execution. Jakatia Pawa, a Muslim from a southern province of the Philippines, was convicted of murdering her employer’s daughter in 2008 and was sentenced to death. But Pawa, 34, says that she is innocent. And her attorney, human …
The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2010 I first fell in love with ice cream in Barcelona. It was spring and I walked La Rambla—that grand, tree-lined avenue—with many a cone of milky espresso-flavored-dessert in hand. In Venice, I traipsed along turquoise waterways licking creamy almond gelato. And during summer in Alexandria, I cooled down every …
The National, January 23, 2010 After a week spent fighting a deportation order, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news service, was expelled from Israel on Wednesday. His departure brought his legal battle to a sudden halt, closing a case that many critics viewed as an Israeli attack on press freedom. But …
The Huffington Post, January 21, 2010 After spending over a week in a small, windowless room in Ben Gurion International Airport, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news agency, was deported to New York yesterday. The move brought Malsin’s legal battle to gain reentry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to …
Zeek, January 14, 2010 Yesterday, I received the happy news that Mohammed Othman, a vocal proponent of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, was released from an Israeli military prison after a lengthy detainment. Othman was held without charges since September when was picked up as he attempted to enter the West Bank via Jordan …
The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2010 The first time I visited Julie, I felt transported. I’d turned onto Shabazi Street in Neve Tzedek and, somehow, left Tel Aviv. I’d stepped into one of those classic Egyptian eateries—a humble kitchen turned bustling restaurant, tucked away on a nameless alley. I stood at the counter before a …