Aida Refugee Camp Night Raid, 7/21/14 Raw Video

The Crossing Borders Project conducted a project with those living in Aida Camp.  The violence continues not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank.  My question is, why is the IDF in Aida in Bethlehem?  Why are they still bothering these people?  The wall is up.

We share as a continuation for voice

A place to Play in Aida Refugee Camp

There is no room in Aida Camp for the children to play. The living spaces are cramped and surrounded by the new Israeli Security Wall. Most of the time, the children play in the dirt roads or at the community center. They used to play in the olive trees beyond the wall before the wall was constructed, the olive trees were once owned by an Aida citizen, before the Israeli State took the land from the family. The video was done by the organization: "Voices Beyond Walls"

Crossing Borders Book

You can order my book now!  Titled "The Crossing Borders Project"  If you order from Amazon, the price will be double than if you order from my website, because they take out a ton of commission to list the book on their site.  On the Amazon link, you can scan the book to get a peek at what is inside.
Sales from the book, help to pay for the project and hopefully, the ability to exhibit in Palestine, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, which is what the project is all about...crossing borders.

I know that the project has been finished for a while, but I work hard at trying to keep it alive!  Power to Crossing Borders and providing tools for local citizens be their own voices regarding issues of concern.

Press Release Italian and English

“Crossing Borders” è una mostra fotografica itinerante che cerca di mettere in evidenza l'esistenza quotidiana del Popolo Palestinese costretto a convivere all'interno del' ”Israeli Separation Barrier”, il “Muro” che divide i Territori Palestinesi della West Bank da Israele dal resto del mondo.
Susan Brannon fotogiornalista americana, ha organizzato e condotto un workshop fotografico con tre gruppi di palestinesi della West Bank: con un gruppo di donne del “Aida Refugee Camp”,del Campo Profughi di Aida, vicino a Bethlehem, con delle donne del” The Turner Institute for Education Youth Group “ di Ramallah ed con altro gruppo di donne del “ Society for Women “ sempre a Ramallah.
Il progetto si proponeva di offrire ai palestinesi una via diretta per esprimere con voce propria ciò che riguarda la loro vita quotidiana, piuttosto che altri lo facciano a posto loro.
“Gli ho messo a disposizione delle macchine fotografiche affinché riprendessero la loro esistenza per conto proprio e gli ho chiesto di registrare e raccontare la loro vita quotidiana attraverso l'obbiettivo fotografico e con annotazioni scritte.”
Susan Brannon si è occupata per sette anni. come fotogiornalista di conflitti del Medio Oriente
Il suo lavoro è stato pubblicato su giornali e riviste e attraverso le agenzie di aiuto umanitario in tutto il mondo. Essa mostra la vita reale, gli effetti e i retroscena dei teatri di guerra dai punti di vista di coloro che sono stati marginalizzati dai conflitti.E' membro del National Press Photography Association, e di Reporters Without Borders.

Crossing Borders is a traveling photography exhibit that gives light into the lives of the Palestinian People who live inside of the Israeli security barrier that divides the West Bank from Israel and the rest of the world.
Photojournalist Susan Brannon conducted a photography workshop with three groups in the West Bank, “The Crossing Borders project was to create an avenue for the Palestinians to create their own voice concerning their lives, rather than other people doing it for them. I gave them disposable cameras to photograph their own existence and asked them to record their lives through the lens and through text.”
Susan Brannon has been a photojournalist in the Middle East covering the conflicts for over 7 years. Her work has been published in newspapers, magazines and humanitarian aid agencies throughout the world. She exposes the real life effects and behind the scenes of war through the lens on those who have been marginalized from the conflicts. She is a member of the National Press Photography Association, Reporters Without Borders, and American Photojournalists.

A'mir Refugee Camp, Ramallah

Photograph by Lina with the Tamer Institute in Ramallah. We took a workshop field trip to A'mir Refugee Camp in Ramallah.
Book Links:  Ramallah- "Sharon and My Mother-In-Law: Ramallah Diaries", by Suad Amiry

Palestinian Voice

The Palestinian Voice is finally finding its way out of the isolation in the West Bank of Israel! An Exhibit is in its making, to be shown in Florence and then traveling to other cities in Italy. The project is sponsored by....guess who? Me of course. I have found that no-one wants to be affiliated with funding to projects concerning the West Bank, due to the Hamas situation. Even though, there are starving people everywhere in Gaza, that does not seem to matter.
For me and the project participants, this is good news!
Book links:  "funding" Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits:  Real-World Strategies that work, by Ilona Bray J.D., Nolo Legal Editor
"Palestinian"  Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape, by Raja Shehadeh
"Gaza" Drinking the Sea at Gaza:  Days and Nights in a Land Under Siege, by Amira Hass