African Diaspora in the Holy Land
In a spacious, mellow room in Jeruaslem’s Old City, a crew of Arabic-speaking youngsters chats about football, oud, and Allah. Although these young Jerusalemites at the Qalawun Center consider themselves wholly Palestinian, there is something noteworthy that distinguishes most of the people in this community center from their coreligionists in East Jerusalem – African origin. […]
SF Camerawork and the Other
Point and click back. I just attended the media opening of a local photo gallery that specializes in presenting visually stunning photography about historical events involving the “other.” Entitled “Ghosts in the Machine,” the photos dug back into the collective subconscious in several different parts of the globe. The pastiche format blended together an investigation […]