American author Russell Banks is scheduled to attend the first annual International Writers Festival in Jerusalem.
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Approximately 2,000 pastoralist herders and farmers live in caves carved out of the hillside south of Hebron. Their way of life is unique in Palestine, as they have survived by farming the rocky...
The first International Writers Festival is scheduled to take place 11-15 May 2008 in Jerusalem, just three days after Israel's official celebrations of 60 years of independence.
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Latest Podcast: On "Occupied Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche"
On 29 March 2008, Arthur Neslen spoke at the AICafe in the offices
of the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour. Arthur is the author of Occupied
Minds: A Journey Through the Israeli Psyche, which was published in 2006 by
Pluto Press. The book features a series of first person narratives,
gathered from interviews with more than 50 Israelis from across the social and
political spectrum, shedding light on the dynamics of Israeli identity and consciousness.
Arthur was formerly the London correspondent for Aljazeera.net and
the website's only Jewish journalist. He was international editor of Red Pepper
Magazine for five years, and worked between 2001 and 2004 as a broadcast
journalist at the BBC. Additionally, he has written for publications including the
Guardian, the Independent, the Observer, the New Statesman and Private Eye.
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