Meandering home

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 19 June, 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 7 November, 2018

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 7 November, 2018

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 7 November, 2018

Al Aysa, Jerusalem, old town, shekel

Travel