In 2017, I was awarded the Neville Shulman Challenge Award from the Royal Geographical Society in London. With this support I travelled to in Israel and the West Bank to spend time with the Israelite Samaritans; perhaps the smallest and oldest ethno-religious group in the world. I travelled between their two communities in Holon, near Tel Aviv, and Mount Gerizim, above Nablus in the West Bank, during the festival of Pesach, or Passover.
You can read a newspaper piece that I wrote here.
And, here's a report that I recorded for 'From Our Own Correspondent' on BBC Radio 4. (My piece begins around 22:25.)
Finally, here's a short film that I presented for 'Real Stories' about another visit that I made to the community:
You can read a newspaper piece that I wrote here.
And, here's a report that I recorded for 'From Our Own Correspondent' on BBC Radio 4. (My piece begins around 22:25.)
Finally, here's a short film that I presented for 'Real Stories' about another visit that I made to the community: