palestinian rhapsody

  I've been avoiding this.
I owe you an update of, what, the last month maybe?
Heres a brief one:
I've roamed the jungles and swum in the springs of the forgotten villiage Lifta,
I've guided my friend in and out of Palestinian marriage,
I've camped in the Golan;
I've skinny dipped Sea of Galilee and the Jordan river
dipping in and out of cooling springs and hot hot valleys
poisoned myself in the spring...
was convinced into Zionism...I can explain
Danced my way through Tel Aviv
became a hobo in Tel Aviv...just for the night
Forgot all about Australia
many art exhibitions...
Painted an olive tree, an aboriginal flag, a gum tree, an aboriginal boy and
a palestinian boy on the walls
got myself kicked out of the dance centre I was volunteering at...
moved into the rich side of town
became a mud woman at the dead sea with a bunch of khalilis
replaced food with arguile (just for two days)
was hosted through the houses of hebron, shaded by barb wire to reflect the rubbish
raining down from the israelis above them
hebron is separeted in two, the israelis have built themselves above the palestinians
the mosque is cut in two, also
all nighter in a Hebron walnut valley, sung arabic songs and cooked midnight dinner on the fire
spent a day at birziets circus school...though mainly meandering through the olive trees
I want to do exchange in Birziet
drinking taybeh beer, black coffee, marimiyye shai
eating fruit fruit fruit, hommos and salad
palestinian womens film festival - so inspiring! I hope its available for australia...
Did a french artist experiment - drawing a line through ramallah and following it as
accurately as possible (through houses and fields) from 12 till the sunrise
and was guided through ramallah as a blind person
went to ni'lin
saw a demonstration
was tear gassed
am on the brink of converting to islam......
i'm going to read the khoran first, dont worry,
third time to Nablus with on a socialist expedition form berlin
Tulkarm is beautifull - though theres an israeli chemical factory built inside poinsoning the
people, and when the wind blows towards the settlements beyond the wall it closes down -
because the settlers won in court - but the palestinian argument is shut down after
years and years of attempts
organic fruits and veges
Nabi Saleh - where the houses are decorated in tear gas bottles tied to rope - like tinsel
on a christmas tree
Fallen in love with the earth of palestine
life in the villiages
where wheat is made fresh into bread and eaten yummily with the finest olive oil, made from
two thousand year old olive trees
oh my
back in ramallah collecting my things and living in nilin for the olive harvest before my flight :)
xoxoxoxo
love sofia