Access Denied: Entering the Gaza Strip I arrived at the Erez land border to Israel an hour before it was set to close after traveling 6...
Arab Hospitality in Ramla My first 6-weeks with an Arab Muslim family in Israel would be among the most memorable of the year. It’s hard...
Israeli Border Control Background Life is balance. We all act within a globalized system of organized chaos. The pressures from these activities...
A Year in the Middle East Background These are my updated memoirs from over a year in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region between July...
My Internship Sweet Spot Internships can be stressful. It might feel like you have two feet in different worlds: one in a domain...
Networking with Attention to Detail In the last two entries, I discussed the process and substance of a crowdfunding campaign designed to raise awareness...
Crowdfunding for Arab Communities in Israel I designed a crowdfunding campaign to draw attention to a serious concern often overlooked in Arab communities in Israel,...
Once Upon a Crowdfunding Campaign Funding efforts at an NGO never cease to be a priority (as discussed in a previous post). To develop...
From Jaffa to Bethlehem: The Twasalo Exchange Twasalo is the Arabic word for communication – a practice so ingrained in daily life that it is easy...
Feedback is a Two-Way Street Not all feedback is good feedback. At times, criticism may be mistaken for feedback coming across as flat, generic,...