http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/25/libya-ghadames/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:51:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/25/libya-ghadames/comment-page-1/#comment-23306 …My heart’s in Accra » Some recommended distractions… Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:18:22 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5914#comment-23306 [...] On a slightly more serious note, Global Voices Middle East editor Haitham Sabbah speculates on future fatwahs against his friend and mine, Hossein Derakshan. Hoder is visiting Israel, hoping to report on the lives and opinions of Iranian jews living in Israel. He recognizes that this will almost certainly make it difficult for him to return to his native Iran, as Iran doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist. (Hoder is now a Canadian citizen, but it’s very important to him to be able to return home to Iran.) I’m happy to see that Haitham - who is going through a complex process of assessing his own feelings about Israel and Palestine - is considering a trip to Israel: “… although I really wish to make a visit to Israel, but I would prefer to go through the checkpoints of the Occupied Territories rather than going through cozy gates of Ben Gurion airport… Why? Because if peace has to take a chance, we have to remove the barriers, not jump over them!” [...] [...] On a slightly more serious note, Global Voices Middle East editor Haitham Sabbah speculates on future fatwahs against his friend and mine, Hossein Derakshan. Hoder is visiting Israel, hoping to report on the lives and opinions of Iranian jews living in Israel. He recognizes that this will almost certainly make it difficult for him to return to his native Iran, as Iran doesn’t recognize Israel’s right to exist. (Hoder is now a Canadian citizen, but it’s very important to him to be able to return home to Iran.) I’m happy to see that Haitham – who is going through a complex process of assessing his own feelings about Israel and Palestine – is considering a trip to Israel: “… although I really wish to make a visit to Israel, but I would prefer to go through the checkpoints of the Occupied Territories rather than going through cozy gates of Ben Gurion airport… Why? Because if peace has to take a chance, we have to remove the barriers, not jump over them!” [...]

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/25/libya-ghadames/comment-page-1/#comment-23305 andy carvin Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:16:53 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5914#comment-23305 I'm so jealous... When I was in southern Tunisia in November I desperately wanted to be able to cross the border to visit Ghadames. Unfortunately, there's no border crossing in that part of the country, even though Ghadames is just on the opposite side. That, and the fact that we Americans still can't Libyan visas on short notice. Oh well.... I’m so jealous… When I was in southern Tunisia in November I desperately wanted to be able to cross the border to visit Ghadames. Unfortunately, there’s no border crossing in that part of the country, even though Ghadames is just on the opposite side. That, and the fact that we Americans still can’t Libyan visas on short notice. Oh well….

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