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Tahrir Cairo Egypt 2/2/11 January 2011 marked the Arab spring of Egypt. Tahrir square was the symbol. It almost succeeded. Bur the freedom seekers had two obstacles on the road beside Husni Mubaraq who proved the easy task to remove. Religion and army. They lost…

Hatra

25.11.10 |

Journalism

Hatra lies south east of Mosul. Its an ancient city, one of the treasures of the middle east, its inhabitants stoned the besieging Romans with oil bombs and drove them away nearly 2000 years ago.…

Deve Guresh – Camel wrestling

17.11.10 |

Journalism

The Deve Guresh – the Camel Wrestling is a fine festival supported by the food stalls around it – the sausages, the Kebab, the drinks and the Musicians. The music is an active part of the fight – this is how one blesses the camel and inspire combat spirit into the bulls that at that season dislike one another immensely as it is the mating seasons. As do males everywhere on thi…

Land of Gypsies

17.11.10 |

Journalism

Soroca is a city in north Moldova. The Moldovan lives in the grey housing near the river and the Gypsies in the upper city in big houses. They say they get their money from smuggling. And the head of them is the Baron - the Gypsy king…

Deve Guresh – Camel wrestling

12.11.10 |

Journalism

It was snowing in Istanbul because it was January and I took a bus to Izmir. 54 Kilometers east of Izmir lies the small town of Torgutlu, a place of no significance apart of the yearly camel Wrestling, the Deve Guresh, that takes place in an open field near the town. The Deve Guresh – the Wrestling is a fine festival supported by the food stalls around it – …

A day in Baghdad

09.09.10 |

Journalism

1000 Nights The nights in the Sheraton were scores of light arms coming from near & far. It was possible to differ the Americans by the sound of the heavy machine guns opening from the decks of the giant Bradlees. Mitch said that if we hear blasts on round hours it’s the Americans blowing ammunition dumps & if not then its not the Americans. The fires, unlike the American plans, were…

Africa!

20.05.10 |

Journalism

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The fish who fell from the sky

13.12.09 |

Journalism

yafo israel At 2 O'clock, as the clouds did not go away but stopped emptying for a while, we left the house on the known trail From Jaffa to Tel Aviv. We crossed directly to the sea and turned towards the port. We went down from the muddy slope of the hill overlooking the port onto the old British deck that is rusting & crumbling day by day, storm by storm. And just as we stood there, admiring…

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Hatra

25.11.10 |

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Hatra lies south east of Mosul. Its an ancient city, one of the treasures of the middle east, its inhabitants stoned the besieging Romans with oil bombs and drove them away nearly 2000 years ago.…