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Stories written by Mats Svensson
Mats Svensson has been living in Jerusalem for nearly four years. He spent two years working in the Swedish Consulate. For the last two years, he has been on leave from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). He is walking the separation wall in the West Bank from south to north, following house demolitions in Jerusalem and settlement expansions, and documenting life under the Israeli occupation. He has previously worked in Congo, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and South Africa.

In the Shadow of the Wall, the West Bank is Burning

Today’s wall is longer and higher, and it does not stop terrorist activities inside the West Bank. Houses are demolished, land is destroyed, and people are dying. It is night.…

‘Recently I was someone, now I’m nobody.’

‘Recently I was someone, now I’m nobody.’

I have visited Muhammad around sixty times. But it is only now that we begin to really talk to each other. Seven years ago, I met Muhammad for the first…

I am just wondering how you are doing

It is early evening in Ram, a neighborhood in the outskirts of Jerusalem. The workers are on their way home to their families. The queue is long. I am sitting…

Yesterday Communists, Today Islamists, Tomorrow We Fight?

Yesterday Communists, Today Islamists, Tomorrow We Fight?

The year is 1974. It is my second Sunday in Brazzaville. I am for the first time invited home to a family in the district of Poto Poto. The house…

Apartheid on two continents

Apartheid on two continents

Tor Sellström has, in his work, documented what Sweden did to fight apartheid in southern Africa. South African researchers have now found signs of apartheid in Palestine. But how do…

“Comrades, your enemy is yourselves!”

“Comrades, your enemy is yourselves!”

The participant was silent when Mavivi as her last point spoke about the struggle in southern Africa and the need for unity, and unity behind a strategy. To work towards…

Playing Beach Tennis While the Helicopters Pass By

We hear the sound of choppers. Three helicopters slowly approach us from the north. We see the couple playing beach tennis stop for a short while and look up at…

The Red and White Bird in Gaza

The Red and White Bird in Gaza

On the morning of the last day of the war, the soldiers stopped their heavy metal box and aimed the long cannon barrel at the house. That was the morning…

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