20 Feb Our Favorite Middle Eastern Foods That Aren’t Falafel!
We love to try new foods and savour the local cuisine of everywhere we go, but the Middle East has some of our favorites!...
Middle East
18 Jul Camping Under the Stars in the Negev Desert
Not a bad way to cap off a busy first week!...
16 Jul Finding Our Way Around Jerusalem
Our program kicked off with an orientation, familiarizing ourselves with Jerusalem. ...
06 Jun Peeling Back the Layers of the Middle East
Everything happens in layers…very much like an onion....
26 May Real Life in the Old City
After dark, when the crowds thin, normal life is revealed. ...
04 Mar Matt & Miriam’s 6 Gems of the Middle East
Skip the crowded tourist spots and go for the hidden gems....
21 Feb Childcare Assistance for the Women in Hebron
Childcare facilities allow the women in Hebron to get involved economically....
02 Aug A Day in the Life of Operation Groundswell…All Around the World!
Posted at 12:58h in Southeast Asia, OG Headquarters, West Africa, South Asia, Past Programs, Haiti, East Africa, Central America, South America, Middle East
What are we up to? Where are we anyway? ...
22 Jul Losing and Regaining Hope in Hebron
I want to share my walk through the streets of Hebron...
10 Jul The Grey Scale in Israel-Palestine
It's east to see things in black and white here...
12 Aug Chickens and Tractors and Wells, Oh My!
The week has been a whirlwind for OG Middle East. Monday thru Thursday passed in a haze of pickaxes and flying dirt as we continued to help Ishmael dig his cistern in the south Hebron hills. In those four days, we learned how to work...
06 Aug Communes, Caves and Cake in the Middle East
We got bittersweet news about our volunteer placement. ...
03 Aug Dead Sea = Dead OG
An exhausting hike through the Judean desert....
31 Jul Seeing Both Sides of a Coin: Traveling to a Settlement and a Refugee Camp
The visit reinforced the importance of learning about lives in Israel and Palestine....
26 Jul High-Fives are a Universal Language
Al-Nour has posed a slight language barrier...