Nablus and Environs, Winter 2007: the City of Fire and the Region’s Hydropolitics—part 1

Photographs by Skip Schiel & Teeksa Photography

Observations of a people in turmoil

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A brief tour of the city and its region, why the city is called the City of Fire and how water is unfairly distributed. A call for justice.

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Huwaara checkpoint
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Huwaara checkpoint
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Military outpost near Huwarra
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On the road between Nablus and Jenin
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City's garbage dump, salvaging scrap metal
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City's garbage dump
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Looking north
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Wadi Fara'a
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Tomato cooperative, Wadi Fara'a, village of Tamaun
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Farmers bringing in tomatoes from greenhouse cultivation
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Coop leader (L), with Kanan Swade of the Palestinian Hydrology Group
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Examining a newly dug cistern
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Inside the cistern
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Pumping to the roof top tank
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Residents of the home
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Cistern
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Roof of house, collecting water, draining into the cistern, pumped up to the tank—down then up
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