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Former Palestinian prisoners once jailed for murder, now dole out dessertThe two men behind one of Gaza's most famous kenafeh shops spent more than decade in Israeli prison for conspiracy to murder and planting bombs.
Israeli archaeologist finds common ground underneath Sinai's shifting sandsAvner Goren lived and worked among Bedouin in the shadow of Mt. Sinai for 15 years. Now he鈥檚 applying his knowledge of Arab culture to help bridge the Israeli-Arab divide.
Hebrew lives on in Hamas-run GazaPalestinian Daniel Fares, fluent in Hebrew from his days working in an Israeli Coca-Cola factory, still tunes in to Israeli news stations daily.
A goat farmer, lured by the green GalileeAvi Yankelevitch, who runs an eco-tourist goat farm in the Galilee, comes from an archetypal Israeli pioneer family 鈥� European Jews, enchanted by the land they feel called on to work.
Fashionable and ready to fight'I always teach my children that Palestine is for us,' says Shireen Qawasmi, a Palestinian聽mother of three.- In Gaza, a dream of sailboats meets land's limited horizonsMahfouz Kabariti spent years trying to round up a fleet of sailboats for Gaza's children as a distraction from their violent life. The boats arrived, but remain beached in his yard.
- Welcome to The Olive PressChrista Case Bryant introduces a new blog focused on the life stories of people in the Middle East.
