Tel aviv, may 13, 1999 Hello american pig capitalist swine (and you euro pigs too)!! ooops, just kidding. i thought i was back in jerusalem, having cute little, trouble-eyed palestinian kids slam into me while walking through the arab quarter,…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 13, the great sinai
june 2 – 6, 1999 finally. this is the place i’ve been hearing about since arriving in israel almost a month ago. everyone, absolutely everyone, says “go to sinai.” they say “the best” israelis go to sinai. the holy no-man’s…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 14, cairo, mother of all cities
june 7-9, 1999 cairo so i never make it further south to another bedouin camp in sinai. i’m too full and content with my own ras es-satan/head of the devil. i do hitch a ride to terabin for a few…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 16, alex to jerusalem, the history of the tower of david
june 12, 1999 alexandria, egypt it’s 4:30 in the morning. the sky is pitch black. i’m at the main bus station in alexandria. i have twenty four hours to make it back to jerusalem for lihran morav’s bar mitzvah. i…
Corfu, Greece, 1998: looking for larry 1
I’m a lucky man. I teach creativity and self expression at a major university in southern california. Lucky, I say, because although the cloistered world of college academia may not be the most glamorous or best paying job in high…