Word: balata
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Despite any reasonable claims that the event was biased, the one-sided nature of the exhibit should actually be viewed as refreshing: Given the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian debate in America is usually so one-sided against Palestinians, the support within the Harvard community for Picture Balata was surprising. It is rare in this country, where criticizing Israeli policies is easily demonized as being “anti-Semitic,” that a forum for an unequivocally pro-Palestinian viewpoint receives much attention. Hopefully, this turnout is not merely indicative of a chance to hear about the conflict...
...Picture Balata is a workshop based in the Balata Refugee Camp—the largest and most densely populated in the West Bank—whose goal is to teach teenagers about photography. The exhibit here at Harvard is part of a six-city tour of the United States, attempting to galvanize support and awareness for the program...
...course, these three teenagers are not alone in the organization. Tahreer, who is involved in Picture Balata but did participate in the tour, explains on Balata’s website that, although her photographs’ subjects—young men killed by the Israeli military—are considered terrorists by much of the world, “I photograph martyrs and their families in the camp, because they are our heroes, and people should know what they have sacrificed...
...advance the peace process. But to refuse to acknowledge that sensitive and intelligent people can voice these feelings as a result of their particular experiences is not only counterproductive but also dangerous. It makes opportunities to meet the “other side,” such as Picture Balata provides, all the more valuable...
Last Wednesday, three children arrived at Harvard from Balata, a small town in the West Bank, and spoke about the trauma of living under Israeli occupation. This was part of the Picture Balata project, which gives young children, ages 11 to 18, cameras and tells them to document life in their small town. The stories the children told were both emotional and moving. However, why would children be chosen to communicate such a complex and controversial political issue...