Ajami, Agami or Adjami, or however you spell its name, it's home. In spite of all.
The word "home" carries many associations. Mine is located in Jaffa (Yafo), once (meaning before 1948) "The Bride of the Sea", now a slummy southern Tel Aviv suburb.
Over the last few months the police used a drug-addict as their agent. A violent young man, an only son, pampered by his doting parents until it was too late.
A good football player, an intelligent boy, good-looking too. But something went horribly...
My friend E. lives in a small shack located next to several large houses and newly constructed villas in Ajami.
She has three young children.
Her much richer neighbors decided to do some home improvement and replace the asbestos roof of their home...
Different streets in Jaffa were opened up in order to carry out major maintenance work. As usual, the archeologists go in first, then all the other relevant companies; electricity, sewage, water etc.
One huge construction and infrastructure company...
Israel Hadani, a fairly well known sculptor, designed a six meter high monster, a headless woman, legs-bound, a victim if there ever was a victim; Andromeda.
Its shape reminds one of a rather unelegant doll of "Oscar" Award style, perhaps something...
It's a smallish and brand new street leading from the southern part of the harbour to Kedem Street (or street nr. sixty), constructed in the area where the Al Adassi home was until the municipality demolished it, some two years ago.
That very same...