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

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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From roof to cistern

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Collecting gray water (from dish washing etc) used to water trees

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Sewage from the house, black water

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Black water led to a septic tank, which drains into the aquifer and cistern, polluting both

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Greenhouse water collection system, roof to cistern

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Into the cistern

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Green pepper crop in the greenhouse

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Pumping from a well

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Delivering water to the village of Tubas

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In part, funded by USAID

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Into Atuf, near the Jordan River valley

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