by Peter Speetjens | 11/07/2018 | Middle East
When Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister ever to set foot in Israel in July 2017, he made a quick stop at the grave of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the World Zionist Organization and spiritual father of modern Israel. The 67-year-old placed a small...
by Peter Speetjens | 08/04/2018 | India
Ayodhya ligt slechts 150 kilometer ten noorden van Varanassi, maar met de lokale stoptrein ben je toch al snel een dag onderweg. Wellicht is dat de reden dat de geboorteplaats van Rama nauwelijks westerse toeristen trekt.Wel arriveren er elke dag bussen vol Indiase...
by Peter Speetjens | 21/02/2018 | Art & Culture
Born in South Africa, Dean Bradshaw grew up in Australia where he spent much of HIS childhood catching lizards and other reptiles. Having obtained a degree in zoology, he worked as a field biologist before moving to California to become a full-time photographer known...
by Peter Speetjens | 06/02/2018 | India
Zo heroïsch als soms het leven soms, zo ironisch is vaak de dood. Mohandas ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi predikte zijn hele leven lang geweldloosheid en religieuze tolerantie om uiteindelijk op 30 januari, 1948, door een hindoe-extremist te worden vermoord. Gandhi werd 78. Een dag...
by Peter Speetjens | 06/12/2017 | Middle East
The Dutch chapter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement recently asked me to write an essay for Art, Solidarity and Palestine, a day of conferences and debate about the pros and cons of an Israeli boycott due to be held on 29 November, the United...
