I remember when I bought my first copy of Benny Morris’ book on the Birth of the Refugee Problem. It was book-week in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, over ten years ago, all lit up and bustling with crowds of people. I didn’t know what to expect: a part of me didn’t want to know, really [.[...]
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Nepal: Land of the Landless, Government of Non-Governments
In Hebrew, Nepal is still referred to as a “poor country,” but in English development practitioners have long ago adopted the much nicer sounding term “impoverished.” Progress seems to have come to the very discourse of progress itself. But in my bilingual program Tevel Be’Tzedek (The Eart[...]