Orthodox Easter in Palestine
Here is one about the Christian Orthodox Easter celebration that each year bring hundreds of Scouts’ marching bands to Ramallah. Shot for MEE.
Disability Rights in Palestine
This one is about two homegrown Ramallah initiatives that seek to advance the rights of people with disability. Written for IPS.
Right to Movement 2016
Here some photos from the 2016 Right to Movement marathon in Bethlehem. Shot for Middle East Eye, you can see more photos at this link: MEE
Natural Heritage
Here is one I wrote for IPS about two very different initiatives in the West Bank that seek to revive Palestinian natural heritage and boost the local economy.
Radical Neighbours
I visited Hebron on the day two young Palestinians were killed, one by a soldier, one by a settler, and both for alleged stabbing attempts. Hebron is a glaring example of how the presence of Israeli settlements, illegal under international law, represents the main obstacle to a just solution.
Life on hold
I visited Mufaqarah for the first time in 2011. Mufaqarah sits in a beautiful spot in the lunar landscape of the South Hebron Hills but that spot is on the edge of one of Israel’s army firing zones. Firing Zone 918. More simply put, Mufaqarah is in an area for …
Palestinian Circus School
In September, back in Palestine, I spent a day with the students and founders of the Palestinian Circus School. If you are lucky you might catch them at a tent near you.
Rooftop Gardening
I visited Deheishe in Bethlehem, to meet the people behind the greenhouses that have been appearing on the roofs of many homes in the overcrowded refugee camp.
Verona app: Montecchi e Capuleti in medio oriente?
Ho parlato con Matthew Nolan, che non è un programmatore qualunque, lui la tecnologia la vuole usare per abbattere le barriere che ci separano. E così ha creato un’app per far avvicinare (e magari innamorare) palestinesi e israeliani.
Love thy neighbour?
My latest article for Middle East Eye looks at how Israel’s expansion of illegal settlements and legalisation of outposts is allowed to go on unchecked in the occupied West Bank and details its effect on nearby Palestinian villages. Here with extra gallery.