Excuse me, may I please speak? I post this blog to honor Nakba Day, May 15, 2024, 77 years of forced removal from homes, villages and communities—The Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948 On May 9, 2024 a group of us, many from Newton, some Palestinian, some Jewish, organized a program at the Newton Free Public library […]
Read More My Missing Talk at the Newton Public Library Nakba ReceptionThese are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. —Zechariah 8:16, New American Standard Bible. Mainly because of library requirements, the Newton Public Library is exhibiting only half of my intended 24 or so photographs in the series—which in turn is a […]
Read More The Full Exhibit of the Ongoing and Relentless Nakba at the Newton Public LibraryGood news (let’s hope it continues). The Newton Free Public Library in the Boston area hosts my photographic exhibit, The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba-the Palestinian Catastrophe of 1948. May 2-30, 2024 Reception: May 9, 6:30-8 pm. Unfortunately, all will be onsite only, not zoom. Newton Free Public Library 330 Homer St, Newton Center, MA 02459 […]
Read More The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba at the Newton Public LibraryOvershadowed by the savage destruction of Gaza and the massacre of Israeli civilians (with some Israeli military) on October 7, 2023, Palestinians in the West Bank live under another form of siege and potential expulsion: checkpoints, night raids, demolition of homes, destruction of olive and fruit groves, and theft of agricultural lands—an apartheid region, two […]
Read More Fareed Taamallah in the West BankHUMAN BEINGS live, work, study, play, fight, raise children and dream in Jenin, a city of 40,000 people in the northern West Bank, 90 driving miles from Jerusalem. They are confined to a little more than 14 square miles. The refugee camp, administered by the UN Refugee Works Administration, houses some 13,000 to 15,000 people, […]
Read More jenin and the freedom theaterInspired 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. My letter will be […]
Read More Slices of 2022-ConclusionInspired 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 archiveSince 2004 I continue to maintain a website which I designed and love to manage. My website functions as a directory for my digital era photography (I have an earlier analog or celluloid archive which is only partially represented on my website) and a mobile portfolio which I can lead people to with a link. It is also a form of diary, helping me remember not only what and when I photographed a particular topic, but the context for it. I find my website extremely useful, altho at times frustrating because of the constant need to update and maintain. As is well known, freshness—constant new posts—adds to audience growth.
Read More Slices of 2022-Part Three: designing and maintaining my websiteThis blog is a departure from my main photographic project in Palestine-Israel, “The Ongoing and Relentless Nakba.” I need a break as I prepare for my next journey of discovery which begins on May 19, 2022. Invited by the Agape Community in western Massachusetts to reflect on the 13th station on Good Friday, April 15, […]
Read More via dolora: the 13th station—Christ removed from the cross, Palestinian rights, and climate justice
Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography 