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Hebrew Lessons at the Learning and Creativity Center in Susiya

Hebrew Lessons at the Learning and Creativity Center in Susiya

Guest Post – Yael Arbel “You must come to see Susiya.” In all truth, I am fascinated by the stories I hear about Susya. I have not been there since the cold, muddy winter of 2002, when we trekked with Ta’ayush activists to bring blankets for those living there, only to be detained by the army. I don’t think I even got to see them at the end of that march. [editor comment: that particular march did … Read entire article »

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Villages Group: Some Creative Ways to Counter the Occupation

(crossposted from the Villages Group blog, where more pics can be found) The text below, beautifully written by David, can be seen embedded in the images by clicking on this sentence (pdf) The desire for a permanent house is a most conventional desire in our society. A house is usually conceived as a structure of four walls, a floor below and a roof above, and the desire for such a house is mostly fulfilled using the mortgage system. But what seems to be such a conventional desire in many societies may prove rather unconventional in a society living under the conditions of prolonged Occupation. In fact, in the small Bedouin community of Umm al-Kheir, among the families who live close to the settlement of Carmel, such a basic desire for a four walls’ … Read entire article »

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Villages Group: Yasmin Opens the Braille Little Oxford Dictionary

Villages Group: Yasmin Opens the Braille Little Oxford Dictionary

by Assaf Oron. Yasmin Gebara is a very special young woman from the village of Salem near Nablus. Yasmin is blind from birth.  In September 2004, Yasmin’s father Saael, a taxi driver, was killed in cold blood by a settler who later managed to escape the country before going to prison. Last month as Yasmin graduated from Nablus University with an English major, we sent an email asking for donations of English literature CD’s, and possibly a … Read entire article »

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