[soundscape] Israel and Palestine 1-11 March 2018

06/23/18 • 11 min

Godcast —Conversations About Religion, Spirituality, and Being

From Danielle--A collection of sounds and poems (written by me) from my trip to Israel and Palestine March of 2018. The recording begins with one of our tour guides singing in a cistern at Masada, moves to the refugee camp in Bethlehem, and from there consists of a combination of sounds from Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Hebron, Mahane Yehuda Market, and several other locations throughout Israel and Palestine. For the full artist's statement, see https://danielleisbell.wordpress.com/2018/06/23/israel-and-palestine-soundscape/

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