Inspired by traditional end-of-year letters from others, never having written one myself, I’m motivated to try now. Yes, a little late. But with a twist: save for last (if ever) what tends to come first in most letters—family and travels, possibly health but usually not—and begin with what’s for me juiciest. So, here’s what I’ve […]
Read More SLICES OF 2022-PART FOUR (SECOND HALF): MY PLANNED ARCHIVEInspired by traditional end-of-year letters from others, never having written one myself, I’m motivated to try now. Yes, a little late. But with a twist: save for last (if ever) what tends to come first in most letters—family and travels, possibly health but usually not—and begin with what’s for me juiciest. So, here’s what I’ve […]
Read More Slices of 2022-Part Four (first half): my planned archiveFrom my photographic project, The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba— Seventy-five years after the catastrophe of the Nakba, conditions for refugees and their families continue to worsen. This is largely because few in the world notice to the point of working to bring justice to the Palestinians. My hope derives from working with Jewish Voice […]
Read More special edition to honor the 75th anniversary of the nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948: May 15, 2023Inspired by traditional end-of-year letters from others, never having written one myself, I’m motivated to try now. But with a twist: save for last (if ever) what tends to come first in most letters—family and travels, possibly health but usually not—and begin with what’s for me juiciest. So, here’s what I’ve been up to, what […]
Read More Slices of 2022-Part One: Nakba and Extinction RebellionFrancis Day 2022 reflection— As part of a procession to memorial trees during the annual St. Francis Day celebration at Agape, a lay Catholic/Catholic Worker style nonviolence activist center in central Massachusetts, I offered the following reflections at a tree dedicated to suffering and resilience in the Middle East. Agape’s annual Francis Day celebration in […]
Read More Gaza Comes to MassachusettsFrom my journal, letters, and other writing about forcibly expelled Palestinian refugees now in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. Previous dispatches were based on my latest work in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019. Now, drawing from my recent journal entries, I write about how I […]
Read More The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba: Adventure or Ordeal?–Part FiveFrom my journal, letters, and other writing about forceably expelled Palestinian refugees now in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. Previous dispatches were based on my latest work in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019. Now drawing from my recent journal entries I write about how I […]
Read More The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba: Adventure or Ordeal?–Part FourFrom my journal, letters, and other writing about internally expelled Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. Previous dispatches were based on my latest work in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019. Now drawing from my recent journal entries I write about how I decided […]
Read More The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba: Adventure or Ordeal?–Part ThreeFrom my journal, letters, and other writing about internally expelled Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. Previous dispatches were based on my latest work in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019. Now I write about how I decided to cancel my long-anticipated return for […]
Read More The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba: Adventure or Ordeal?–Part twoFrom my journal, letters, and other writing about internally expelled Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. These dispatches are based on my latest work in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019, and my plans to return, the pandemic easing, to Palestine-Israel in mid May […]
Read More the ongoing and relentless nakba: adventure or ordeal?-part One
Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography 