http://www.ellenogrady.com Art & Activism in North Carolina Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:41:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have an article in this month's Foreign Policy in Focus. Please check it out. Their promo for the piece: Artist and activist Ellen O'Grady provides a snapshot of life in the Occupied Territories in Visiting Hani's House. Accompanying the powerful text are O'Grady's equally compelling drawings, which document her ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/i-have-an-article-in-foreign-policy-in-focus/ During my time in Tel Rumeida, there were many mornings I stood on Shuhada Street as children walked past on their way to the Qurdoba School. If you look at the photo above, the school stands just around the corner of the buiding on the right side of the ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/shuhada-street-hebron/ Back in Jerusalem, where, once again, I have access to the internet. It's nice, but also daunting. There's too much to write about. Tomorrow I leave for the US. Tonight I have been listening to interviews from the past weeks. I keep coming back to my interview with Rachel ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/i-live-on-the-ruins-of-palestine/ Internet access has been sporadic and slow this past week. I will attempt to upload clips of interviews later. Below are reports I wrote with my friend Astrid tonight, regarding attacks on us by settlers. 5th May 2007 Tel Rumeida Hebron Region At approximately 3PM this afternoon two Human Rights Workers (HRW) ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/tel-rumeida-2/ This morning I watched a settler boy beat on a Palestinian girl as she was making her way home from school. There were six border police close by that did nothing to intervene. Since Monday I have been in Tel Rumeida, a small neighborhood in the H2 area of the city ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/tel-rumeida/ This weekend I talked and shared food with four Palestinian families who live near the wall that snakes in and around Jerusalem. Because of the wall two of the four families have been forced to close their businesses, two have been forced to move from their homes, and one of ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/the-wall/ I bought a plate of hummus for dinner, however when I came to the table Meiko offered me some octopus. It was my first time eating octopus and I loved it. There are a lot of interesting and generous folks here at the Faisal. Pictured with Meiko is Mordechai Vanunu. ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/octopus-at-the-faisal/ http://ellenogrady.com/multimedia/soundsfromfaisalbalcony2.mp3Share This http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/view-and-sounds-from-faisal-hostel-balcony/ Writing from the Faisal Hostel in Jerusalem, just near Damascus Gate of the Old City. Tom and Claude took me out to dinner before my flight and then to the airport. I slept a good part of the 12 hours on the flight from Atlanta to Tel Aviv. None ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/thursday-night-jerusalem/ It has been months since I have posted anything, so writing this feels a little like putting a message under a rock. However, I am heading back to the Middle East and figure I should get back into the habit of writing blogs. For four weeks, I ... http://www.ellenogrady.com/2007/durham-nc/