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Reading: In Jerusalem by Mahmoud Darwish

Today I read a poem by Mahmoud Darwish (1942-2008) in a translation by Fady Joudah. Darwish was born in Galilee, in a village that doesn't exist anymore. He lived in exile in Beirut and Paris and published a lot of books. I know that he was considered a 'resistance poet' and served on an executive committee of the ...

24 July, 2018

anthology, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Darwish

Poetry

Daughters of Charity

Bethlehem, Israel/Palestine. November 24th, 2009Daughters of Charity is an orphan home providing shelter for children irrespective of their religion. They also support female victims of domestic violence.

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NameDaughters of Charity BethlehemAimTo take care of maltreated, orphaned, undernourished, abused, or abandoned children from the Palestine territoriesSince1883Staff45 people work ...

24 November, 2009

Bethlehem, Daughters of Charity, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle-East

Travel

November 17. Knaffa in Nablus.

I wake up in the Bargouti apartment, have a cup of instant coffee and start cleaning some windows. Lazar and I say goodbye and I take a bus to Hebron, the West Bank's largest industrial city and biggest humanitarian catastrophe. I cross several semi-abandoned checkpoints on the way then arrive in Hebron in the ...

22 November, 2009

Daughters of Charitz, Hebron, Jerusalem, Knaffa, Nablus, Nativity Church, TIPH

Travel

November 14.

Are you enjoying Jerusalem old town? Of course. I walk around and meet a lot of good people. Patricia who is working for Save the Children in Gaza tells me about her mission as we stroll along on the defense walls. We have a delicious lunch together, and exchange contacts, than she does the free ...

22 November, 2009

Al Aysa, Jerusalem, old town, shekel

Travel