Under the skin

Inside out – the past week was rather enlightening, in terms of looking more deeply at different perspectives: the half day we spent in Ein Hudh, a displaced Arab community in sight of the homes they been forced to flee; the time spent in the Artist’s Colony set up in those forbidden homes; the time [...]

The Holy City

Success – across the border, in Jerusalem, and no stamp on my passport! To be fair though, five hours to travel 40-odd miles is a little tedious.
Jerusalem is spectacular, no two ways about it. The mighty walls, narrow streets, and hordes of tourists and pilgrims – wearing hats and head-coverings of all shapes and [...]

So close…

Yesterday night Nadim and I were, on the spur of the moment, asked if we wanted to go along with some young people down to the Dead Sea. They were off to a dinner for volunteering in the Jordan Rally a month ago. Anyway, our obvious response was that we’d love to, so 6pm yesterday [...]

Israel and the Jordanian Media

Selling the newspaper bags today was a good chance to get a general impression from editorial cartoons, of portrayals of Israel in Jordanian media. As the above photo shows, this paper doesn’t feel Israel gives too much respect for the independent media, and the Jordanian media has certainly been having a field day with the [...]