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 11, sleeping with camels
Sleeping with Camels this piece can be heard as it was radio broadcast on npr’s “the savvy traveler” on december 7, 2001. click http://www.savvytraveler.org/show/rundowns/2001/20011207.shtml then click “Listen to the Whole Show”, and fast forward to 32:40. “sleeping with camels” is…
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…