Vladimir Nabokov

Sari Nusseibeh's latest book is very much a Patrician's autobiographical recollections.

Makes one think of Nabokov's "Speak Memory" , only with a (East) Jerusalem spicy flavour...

Jim Henson

Sesame Street in Arabic on the Anniversary of Queen Beatrix, in Ramallah

Fernando Pessoa

Are these the " Dreamland palm tree forests" Pessoa was talking about ?
Sunset on the sea plus palm trees as a bonus, who would ask for more ? ( Jaffa beach, last Saturday)

Patricia Portela

After audio-books and e-books the ultimate multimedia book, "Flatland" by Patricia Portela.
A performance last night at the Al Kassaba Theater in Ramallah.
Do google 'flatland + portela ' and find for yourself.

Anton Tchekhov

The Three Sisters...

Ban Kim-Moon

OCHA's HQ in an old Jerusalem house located on the 1967's "Green Line".

Charles de Foucauld

Christian linguistic abilities. A confessionary at St Catherine's Church in Bethlehem...

Guido de Cortona

Fourth line below Francis Joseph - " SACRA PALESTINAE LOCA"

Giambattista Tiepolo

Mural Art. After Berlin, Bethlehem...

Louise Veronica Cicconi

A live performance of Contemporary Dance at the Cultural Palace, Ramallah .

When did modern dance started to sell itself to Madonna-style antics?

Jacques Kerouac

On The Checkpoint Road... Approaching Qalandia at night time

Robert Parker

An 80 something Chardonnay in a glorious sunset ...
( Port of Tel Aviv )

Rudolf Diesel

A rusty boat engine becomes an Art object (Jaffa Old Port)...

Thomas Gieves

Near Saladine Street, an ancient art kept alive... Gieves & Hawkes' stuff...

Roberto Canal

Paintings hanged on the walls of the Austrian Hospice,

depicting the streets of the Holy City, remind one of Canaletto...

Karl Lagerfeld

The latest fashion, at the Old City souk...

Sari Nusseibeh

A phylosopher-politician at the launching of his book

"Once Upon a Contry / A Palestinian Life"
at the, in the words of a west jerusalemite with unintended irony,

" headquarters of PLO in East Jerusalem, the American Colony Hotel"...

Justerini and Brothers

At "Z", bottles inside bars...

Isadora Duncan

Who would have included Rishon Le Tzion in a restaurant guide?...

Akram Hanieh

In the legend used by the Editor of Al-Ayyam:

"The American broker: Closeness to the Israeli positions, distance from the Palestinian"

Papa Doc

At Newe Zedek, child distraction or voodooish rite?

Frederico Garcia-Lorca

The Al-Kasaba Theatre & Cinematheque in Ramallah, where Lorca has been recently added to the repertoire...

Yukio Mishima

Fading lettering on the streets of Jeru...

Henri Kissinger

Hall of fame at the Dan, T.A. ...

Adam Smith

Not far away from where I parked my car, near the New Gate..

Jamie Oliver

Waiting, in the Arab Quarter, to be turned into trendy fusion food...

Pedro Nuno Bartolo

Russkies are still behaving as in Moscow circa 1995

William Clinton

To compare one's notes on the years 1995/1997 with what really was happening...

Steve Jobs

Anti-globalization defiance in nightlife T-shirt wearing...

Jose Mourinho

The best I could find to see Chelsea FC yesterday. Sound turned off I'm afraid...

Sir Norman Foster

Seated at my office desk, with a non-Wall Street view from the window...

Notre Dame

In front of New Gate, Old City

Michel Sabah

On the morning I paid a call to His Beatitude...

Enzo Ferrari

An unexpected shop in Ramallah...

Warning to blog readers

Since departing from Claudio Coello and soft landing in Beit Hanina, no time for proper blogging. The Right Honourable Reader wil have to excuse this blogger of yours. One can still try to post Cybershot photos that resonate one's experiences. At most coupled with very short legends. Not enough? I'm afraid that there's not much more that can be done under the present circumstances...

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Lunch-time at the American Colony Hotel, Jerusalem

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Lunching at the Askadinya, East Jerusalem

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From an hand-book on humanitarian law to future human rights monitors

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Colorful pudding at an Ajami Beach restaurant, Jaffa

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Easter Sunday at Abu Gosh..

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Notes being taken at the American Colony..

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Waiting for a plane to Ben Gurion at Barajas Airport..

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Cristiano Ronaldo unexpectedly sharing front page honours ...

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Jaffa: Ilan Pivko's Land, ten years later...

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No 8, Ha'zedef Street, Jaffa

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Agonizing merchant ship at the old port of Jaffa..

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17, Ha'zedef Street where this blogger once lived...