REBECCA GEBAUER
PhD Researcher
Category: Reflection
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Reflections on studying and experiencing the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Imagine you intensely study a conflict region and its narratives for a whole year and then you travel to see the situation on ground for yourself. You think that you are well prepared and that you understand why the conflict is what it is. Power imbalances. Corrupt politicians. Contested truths and histories. Legacies from colonial… Read.
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Travelling the “Holy Land”
I have just started a new book: Kissing Fish by Roger Wolsey. The first thing that jumped at me was the very first quote that Wolsey chose for his introduction to the book: The message of Jesus as I understand it, is contained in the Sermon on the Mount unadulterated and taken as a whole. Read.
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The Hangover
Friday was a tough day. I had not slept much after a night of excitement and thrill. Once noon had passed, I eventually made it out of bed to meet up with friends in a pub and I stunned them by ordering a large cappuccino rather than a pint when I arrived. The diagnosis was Read.
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Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise.
Let me introduce myself as a German who through the most unlikely of coincidences ended up in Scotland and made it her home. Read.
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