Photograph by Steven Higgs
Former Bloomington journalist, fire dancer and IU student Deema Dabis visited her ancestral home in Palestine in October and November 2008 as a fire dancer with the Olive Tree Circus. In March 2009, the Palestinian American moved to Bethlehem. Below are regular dispatches from her Web blog, which are reprinted here with her permission.
Read Deema's Posts
2009
Internationals create human buffer around Palestinian farmer07.26.09
Finding Tony’s house in Jerusalem - 06.14.09
Refugees of consciousness - 05.31.09
Resisting confiscation in Palestine - 05.17.09
Re-membering, Part II - 04.19.09
Re-membering!!! - 03.22.09
What may come of the tragedies? - 02.08.09
Honor the dead, light a candle for the living - 01.11.09
2008
The fire of resistance - 12.28.08
Bullets to bubbles - 11.22.08
Feasting in the olive groves - 11.15.08
Songs of freedom - 11.08.08
No Arabs Allowed!! - 11.01.08
A border passage - 10.25.08
2008
The fire of resistance - 12.28.08
Bullets to bubbles - 11.22.08
Feasting in the olive groves - 11.15.08
Songs of freedom - 11.08.08
No Arabs Allowed!! - 11.01.08
A border passage - 10.25.08
