Change of Plans
It’s been 10 days since my Ramallah-to-Jerusalem walk and more than a week since I described it here. After that, I got even busier and more worn out. A six-week Middle East visit seemed like a good idea when I planned it, but after a month the thought of dragging my luggage from place to place for another two weeks began to lose its allure. When some things back home became more pressing I decided to shorten my post-Ramallah stay in Israel and Jordan by a week.
And then, on Tuesday, a family issue became more urgent and I left that night. Now I’m back in Boston, where the jet lag got me up much too early the second day in a row. Truly a drag.
I’m sorry to miss visiting friends I planned to see during my final days in Tel Aviv/Jaffa and in Israel’s Negev and Arava. I was scheduled to give a slideshow at a Bedouin high school, meet Bedouin activist Nuri El Okbi and anarchist writer Uri Gordon, and see the work of Irit Rosenberg, who will be using one of my photos of the Separation Wall in one of her thought-provoking ceramics pieces. Next time.
I will soon post here abbreviated descriptions of my final week in Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv, and hope soon to add more extensive photo galleries to my website. And someday, of course, the book….
This Sunday morning I’m going to be interviewed on Sherif Fam’s radio show, This Week in Palestine, on Boston’s WZBC 90.3 FM (also online). The topic is last month’s conference on Siege and Mental Health and the general Gaza situation. The show is scheduled from 9:00 to 9:45. If the jet lag holds I should have no trouble waking up for it.
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