A history repeated The Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2008 In the run-down Shapira neighborhood, near the Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, the sounds of a drum circle – comprised of Israelis and African refugees – ring through the air as the sun eases itself down in the sky. Row after row of tables …
A sample of the stories and poems I’ve published: Hills Behind Us, Narrative Magazine, Story of the Week, November 29, 2010 Back to Hebron The Kenyon Review, Summer 2010 Jerusalem Syndrome Babel Fruit, Winter 2008-2009
BBC World Service, Newsday, September 20, 2012 Le Monde Diplomatique (German), Through the Sinai Desert to the Promised Land, September 14, 2012 Al Jazeera, The Stream: In Israel, African migrants under attack, May 8, 2012 Rolling Stone Middle East, Out of Africa, May 3, 2012 Galei Tzahal (Israeli Army Radio), discussing the “Welcome to Palestine” fly-in, …
I am an award-winning journalist and the author of The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others, which offers an intimate look at the lives of African asylum seekers and Southeast Asian migrant workers in Israel. Critically acclaimed, The Unchosen was short-listed for the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. After spending almost a decade living in …