Many of you may be familiar with the supposedly old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times“. To many, the curse is puzzling. This is because our Western mind loves ‘interesting’. Is addicted to ‘interesting’. Since when ‘uninteresting’ is something positive to long for? Living in Israel I start to grasp more and more [...]
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May we live in uninteresting times
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ashkelon, israel, Jews, kefiah, opinion, politic, Politics of Israel, pope, West Bank on 22/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas in Israel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bethlehem, celebrations, christmas, cultural differences, different religions, israel, mass, party, tolerance, West Bank on 25/12/2009 | 1 Comment »
I suspect there might be a little confusion around the subject of Christmas in Israel. If names like Bethlehem and Nazareth are highly evocative for the many Christians around the world, a tourist coming to Israel hoping to find an enhanced version of Christmas celebrations will be inevitably disappointed. Christmas day is just another working [...]
Haifa Film Festival 2009 – despite the boycott
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arab citizens of Israel, boycott, Elia Suleiman, Fil festival, Haifa, israel, Middle East, Palestinian people, University of Haifa, West Bank on 06/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 25th edition of the International Film Festival in Haifa kicked off on October 6th. Haifa is the 3rd largest city in Israel, with a mixed population of Jews and Arabs which is often portrayed as an example of peaceful co-existence. Of the 260,000 inhabitants, 10% are Arabs, a percentage which jumps to 30% among [...]
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