Coexistences.

Intertwined Worlds

09 September 2011

A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews, will take place in Cambridge this weekend.

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Ben Ezra Synagogue

Treasures of the genizah

01 September 2009

How did an Egyptian storeroom come to hold a thousand years worth of manuscript fragments and why are they one of the greatest literary treasures ever found?

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Barrier from Isawiyya village into Jerusalem

Conflict in cities

01 September 2007

Conflict is inherent to the urban condition, yet only in some cities do contention and dissent erupt to unacceptable and destructive levels. How do contested cities absorb and reflect this conflict?

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