A Confession

July 20, 2005

I feel conflicted in writing this post – part of me thinks that it’s okay, while the other part of me is kind of sick that I feel this way. So, what’s the confession you ask?
I am Western…
…and I like that.
I have loved traveling for around the past 6 weeks. I have met some amazing [...]

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Once upon a time…

July 19, 2005

…there was a host-son named Adam whose host-mom gave him a sandwich and two plums in a sack for lunch one day. Adam was grateful, but forgot about the sandwich and plums, which just happened to be in his backpack. Adam had a roommate named Andy, and Adam & Andy had already had some problems [...]

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Aristotle Open Doors

July 19, 2005

Yesterday, we decided we wanted to go to Nablus. Simple enough, right? Not in the occupied West Bank. But thanks to my Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Katie’s knowledge of the Muslim commentators of Aristotle, we were golden. Let me explain.
We started off the day leaving Beit Sahour at 7am with our driver, but as [...]

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Nablus

July 17, 2005

Just a quick note for all of you out there. I don’t know if anyone ran across any news of there being some shooting in Nablus early this morning. Someone just mentioned that to us when we got home today from Nablus, but everything seemed fine (as “fine” as things can be in Nablus). We [...]

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More on The Wall

July 16, 2005

The Wall. What does one call it? A separation barrier? An apartheid wall?
There are some who don’t like the word apartheid, while even the Archbishop Desmond Tutu has compared what is happening in the Middle East to what happened in South Africa:
“In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people. They [...]

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On Stone Throwing…

July 16, 2005

We stood in the front of the non-violent demonstration against the continuing construction of the separation barrier known as The Wall. Various Israeli peace groups, internationals and Palestinians joined in the chants against the occupation and presence of Israeli soldiers on occupied land. And then the stones came.
At first it was just a few – [...]

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I did it…

July 14, 2005

Coptic cross (had to put a better picture online)…done in Jerusalem. Only $35. I’m happy…

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My Experience in Bil’in

July 11, 2005

A few more thoughts about my experience in Bil’in. Also, the Bil’in photo album is here. First, I searched Google News for articles that talked about the demonstration and came up with the following links:

The Electronic Intifada: Article from a Boise State University Professor
Ynetnews: This is the first article that I saw, the one that [...]

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Worship at Sabeel

July 11, 2005

Last week a few of us went into Jerusalem for the morning – we made it to the Temple Mount, although actually entering the Dome of the Rock is only for Muslims, and apparently it’s been that way for a few years now. It is absolutely gorgeous architecturally – it’s hard to imagine that this [...]

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Bil’in Demonstration

July 8, 2005

[Sorry Sarah, mom and Sarah’s mom]
Today was a day of many firsts for me. I will upload pictures as soon as I am able, but it may not be until Sunday, because tomorrow our group will travel to Jenin.
What were the firsts for Adam?

It was my first time in Bil’in (click here for the ISM’s [...]

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