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May. 20 2009 - 2:59 pm | 7 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment

Strangulation

By KATE BROOKS

“To blockade, after all, is to attempt strangulation–and sovereign states are entitled not to have their State strangled. The blockade is by definition an act of war, imposed and enforced through violence. Never in history have a blockade and peace existed side by side.”  

From “The Israel/Arab Reader” Second ed. Ed. Walter Laqueur (1971 ed.) pp. 219.

What RemainsA Palestinian woman in Rafah cleans what remains of her home. 4,000 homes were destroyed and 17,000 damaged during Operation Cast Lead. If construction materials are prohibited under the blockade, how can people rebuild their lives?

 
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    10:30 am on 05/21/09
    Nora Barry Nora Barry The Feminine Politique

    Thanks for posting this photo. I think many more like this–including photos of Palestinian refugee camps–need to get out there so people can understand the devastation that is being wrought. And maybe that will lead to the easing of restrictions, the derailment of settlements and the removal of the wall.

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    Kate Brooks began working as a freelance photojournalist in Russia at the age of 20, documenting child abuse in state orphanages. Her photographs from the orphanages were published worldwide and used to campaign for orphans’ rights.

    Brooks moved to Pakistan following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to photograph the impact of American foreign policy in the region and life in Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S-led invasion that ousted the Taliban.

    She then covered the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the beginning of the insurgency there for Time magazine.

    Brooks has since worked extensively in the Middle East and South Asia, working to document daily life and covering many of the major news stories in both regions, including the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, 2006 war in Lebanon, the aftermath of Israel’s assault on Gaza this year and Afghanistan’s recent elections. At the same time, she has established herself in the field of environmental and political portraiture.

    Brooks has been the recipient of numerous international awards and her photographs are regularly published in American and European magazines. She has exhibited in group and solo shows in Europe, the United Sates and the United Arab Emirates and has contributed to various book projects.

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