Jenin, Jenin…
My route through the checkpoint to Jenin was surprisingly quick – much faster than the previous occasion, and punctuated only by the sarcastic “if you DO want to go to Jenin…” from the security guard as I tried to find my way out of the terminal. I had reached the terminal by bus, sitting [...]

If I’m not going to blog, then…

Though the blogging has slowed to a trickle (which I’d credit to this double life going on physically between the kibbutz-based program and the family I’m staying with and more generally with the political and cultural perspectives), I’m still reading a lot on the Middle East and conflict studies through the assorted blogosphere, and sharing [...]