With Palestine making the news headlines at the moment in the run-up to their bid for statehood at the UN, it's particularly timely that the Tottenham Palestine Literature Festival is due to place in London next weekend - a collection of events featuring writers, film makers, rappers, photographers, story tellers and Tottenham locals as they "listen, talk, learn, rap, discuss, watch, question and share ideas on Palestine".
Ever keen to support the Palestinian people with our spending power as well as our campaigning power, as part of our trip to palestine earlier this year [link], we endeavoured to find suppliers we could use in the G-Store and half way up a hill on the outskirts of Bethlehem we found Arja Textile Company.
In a week there is only so much you can see, but as we approach the end of our visit to the Holy Land, it feels like we're starting to get a better understanding of the issues involved..
Swee Ang, who was an orthopaedic consultant for the UN in the Gaza Strip during the first Palestinian intifada in 1988-89, spoke at Greenbelt 2010.
The Greenbelt Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the situation in the Holy Land, is in its third year.
Justin Butcher and Ahmed Masoud, the writing team behind Go To Gaza, Drink The Sea (GB09), have a new play - Escape From Gaza - appearing on BBC Radio 4.
There are still places available on the May trip to Israel-Palestine (as previously featured on the blog), with Greenbelt and Amos Trust.
Greenbelt designer Wilf Whitty has a print in a new exhibition in Bristol.
The Jazza Music Festival takes place on the 12th and 13th October 2010 and is a chance to take part in an event designed to bring musicians of all ilks together to raise awareness, support and funds for the people of Gaza.
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