A neighbour of mine, Matt has just got back from Palestine. He's been blogging his trip here
Jenin is split in two; Jenin city and Jenin camp (dating back to 1953). The theatre is located in the camp - a network of narrow winding lanes navigating around haphazard concrete houses across the hill side. Images of young men (either drawn stylized or photos) holding large guns - martyrs - are all most the only images on the streets. Some are lit up almost as shrines, others are faded posters on shop front shutters. The imagery is pervasive; for it to be normal is as far alien to me as anything else I have ever seen. But yet for the residents normal is what the martyr has become.
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cool!
Hey just to let you know that I've uploaded a video of our tour of Palestine and Israel.
See it on youTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHobGi8XtQo
Or a better quality version on my blog: icklematt.wordpress.com
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