The invisible and the Samaritans
Scotland, UK, Edinburgh, December 2019
A tale of two cities
The Christmas market in Edinburgh lights up the Princess Street Gardens. It is noisy and busy. All seems well in Scotland’s capital but 1 in 5...
Hospitality and Inequality
Pakistan, Lahore, September 2019
What is normal?
This question has been swirling in my mind for the two weeks I had the privilege to spend in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Confronted with a different society with different...
Phoenix and coffee to come back for
Germany, Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg, March 2019 Not a minute is lost, life is taken seriously here. During the last 45 years, I have been in Berlin frequently and have seen it change. The broody atmosphere...
All is quiet on the eastern front
Ukraine Donbas February 2019 Slovyansk, Kurakhove, Avdivka, Mariupol.
Video available below article, scroll down In the forgotten trenches of Europe, war is grinding into its sixth year. I am in Kurakhove, east Ukraine. In the distance,...
The cockroaches migrate in summer
Lviv, Ukraine February 2019 Remember your years as a student? The best years of your life they say. A little spartan here and there but overall one big adventure. Here's the story of Tatjana, she...
In Israel everyone comes from somewhere
Israel Tel Aviv Jerusalem February 2019 Who does not want to see Jerusalem just once in his life? It is curiosity that brought me here. Would Israel be like what I imagined based on the...
Stagefright
Ukraine, Ternopil, November 2018 Years of exercise, discipline, and lessons preceded this moment. In only a few minutes your name will resound and all eyes and ears will be focussed on you. How you sing...
Because it is possible
The Netherlands IJmuiden October 2018 Aid Part 1:
Dogs like human feces
“Twelve years ago I visited Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, for the first time. I walked into a park and bumped into an elderly lady...
A glass of water for Vasile, ...
Moldova, Cobani October 2018 Aid Part 2: The final destination
Buckwheat and red beetroot
The elderly couple lives in just one room. The rectangular structure of concrete blocks measures eight by four meters. It is all they...