On January 26 2012 our study tour of the Middle East crossed from Jordan into the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Following is my account of that journey. I’m at the Jordanian end of the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge, the first stage of the journey from Jordan into the Occpupied Palestinian Territories. It’s a little box with dirty [...]
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On one square kilometer of land in southern Beirut, around 22,000 Palestinians live on one square kilometer of land. A very high proportion of the people are children. The Bourj el Barajneh refugee camp has been here since 1948. Beirut grew up and around the camp; generations of Palestinians have grown up inside it. It’s [...] I need to get this down now, soon, before I forget what I’ve seen and the people I’ve met, and life goes back to being about nothing much in particular. It’s already dragging on me; I can feel it, all those things that were cramming into my time before I went to Palestine, demanding that [...] I’m doing something quite unusual ahead of my study tour to the Middle East (I step on the plane exactly two months from yesterday) which is to try and do some detailed reading about where I’m going before I get there. Usually I just book some flights, read Lonely Planet long enough to work out [...] Yesterday I found out i’ve been accepted to go on a study tour of the Middle East in January and February next year. I’m pretty excited. The study tour is run by APHEDA – Union Aid Abroad. From talking to a few people who have been previously it’s going to be a real positive experience. [...] |
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