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In this updated interview with Robert Massoud, founder of Zatoun, a Toronto-based organization dedicated to supporting Palestine’s olive farmers, I ask him how the situation has changed since 2008, when we first spoke. I am unhappy to report that things have seriously deteriorated in the past three years.
Update: This article (Electronic Intifada, March 11, 2013) explains how crucial fair trade is to the security of Palestine’s olive famers.
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.
