Archives for the ‘Middle East’ Category

Adventures in Hebron and Nablus

By Wild in Africa • Jun 14th, 2011 • Category: Middle East

I refer to Palestine as that region otherwise known as the West Bank and Gaza and at least nominally under Palestinian political control. I refer separately to Israel as that region on the other side of the 1948 Armistice Line, the pre-1967 borders. I am fully aware that in the complex and convoluted geopolitics of [...]



Iraq – Homeward Bound

By Chris Afir • Oct 5th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

The long-awaited fourth and final part in Chris Afir’s account of being incarcerated in an Iraqi prison cell: Following 17 days in an Iraqi prison in 2005, Chris Afir and companion, Zim, finally get a military escort out of the country.



Georgia – Gori in Pictures

By Arya Kazemi • Aug 16th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

Even before becoming the focus of world headlines in August 2008 after being subject to Russian military attacks and subsequent occupation in the wake of the conflict in nearby S. Ossetia, the Georgian town of Gori was well-known to some abroad due to the fact that it was birthplace and hometown of the former leader [...]



Iraq – Freedom At Last!

By Chris Afir • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

Welcome to Iraq… At last! Part 3 in Chris Afir’s gripping tale of life in a squalid Iraqi prison cell and the eventual, long-awaited taste of sweet freedom



Iraq – Left To Rot In An Iraqi Prison

By Chris Afir • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Middle East

Chris Afir languishes in an Iraqi prison, simply for having the temerity to enter the country. Part 2 of this gripping tale of gross injustice.



Iraq – Jailhouse Blues

By Chris Afir • Nov 5th, 2007 • Category: Middle East

We crossed the border in search of cheaper accommodation. We never realised it would be free. The first in three parts of this compelling first-hand account of life in an Iraqi Prison.



Gaza – The Eve Of War

By Christian Parkinson • Jul 25th, 2006 • Category: Middle East

The first set of gates slammed shut, controlled by anonymous operators watching us on CCTV. There was an ominous silence. We were in no man’s land, caught between two countries.