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The stone houses and the olive presses
and the alleyways of the old city were demolished in the fifties. But, in that
square kilometer of what was once Old Lydda, one still feels that something is
very wrong. There is a curious ruin here, and unexplained ruin there. Amid the
ugly slums, the shabby market, and the cheap stores, it is clear that there is
still an unhealed wound. Unlike other cities where Israel’s modernity has
overwhelmed old Palestine, here Palestine still makes itself felt.
-Ari Shavit, Lydda, 1948, from the New
Yorker.
[Ruins of a building on Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis.] |
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i like the last one :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to meet you at the Park Lot a few weeks ago. Based on your wide variety of writings on urban topics I pass along a link You may find interesting:
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