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21 Oct

Gaza’s River of Excrement

From over-capacity cesspools to a contaminated aquifer, the water and sewage systems of the Gaza Strip are a living nightmare. “Personally I’ve never been so overwhelmed by …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Clips, Middle East, News
Tagged aquifer, Gaza, Gaza tunnels, Hamas, Mediterranean, palestine, Rafah border crossing, waste water, waste water treatment
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26 Jul

How to get out of Gaza. Kind of.

I have crossed many borders, most with my brother Ben in southern Africa, but Rafah was the worst. The Palestinian National Authority stamp I now …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Egypt, Middle East
Tagged Cairo Press Office, Egypt, Gaza border crossing, Hamas, Palestinian passport stamp
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21 Jul

Tunnel and Pilgrimage

“Ya Hussam, inta baa’rif Rachel Corrie?” I asked the taxi driver last Sunday: Hussam, do you know Rachel Corrie? Sadly, he did not. Dropping the clutch …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Egypt, Middle East
Tagged Gaza, Gaza tunnels, Philadelphi Strip, Rachel Corrie, Rafah border crossing
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16 Jul

Jazz, Rap and Oud in Gaza

From what everyone tells me, the jazz, rap and oud concert in The Gallery, Gaza’s premier venue, was abnormal. Since Hamas took over, music has …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Egypt, Middle East, Photography
Tagged blind oud player, Gazan music, German jazz, video
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16 Jul

Meena Al Gaza

I nearly fell on my ass boarding the official boat of the Gazan Shurta Buhayra, or coast guard. Cackling with laughter and telling me to sit down, the …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Photography
Tagged capsize, Gaza coast guard, Gaza port, water pollution
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14 Jul

First shots of Gaza

A few snapshots from the Mediterranean beauty of Gaza City, a port town ravaged by but resilient under brutal occupation. Drones above, missiles below, bullet …

By ST McNeil
Tagged Gaza, Gaza port, Mediterranean, sunset
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11 Jul

Palestine’s Coast

Nagoua pulled up in an enormous SUV right at seven am. With reflexes slowed by a night spent drinking Egypt’s finest Stellas in the famous …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Africa North
Tagged Cairo, Gaza pollution, Gaza tunnels, palestine, Rafah border crossing, Suez Canal
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09 Jul

July 8 Tahrir Square: Revolution 2.0

The July 8 protest in Tahrir Square, Cairo was packed full of people. An estimated 100,000 attended from nearly every one of Egypt’s 160+ new …

By ST McNeil
Also posted in Africa North
Tagged 25 January Revolution, Cairo, Egypt, Tahrir Square
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14 Jun

The stink of control

Sewage thickens the waters of the once pristine Zomar river in northwestern West Bank. With no nearby treatment plants, sludge like this coats the lands, …