PHOTO GALLERY OF IMAGES FROM MIDDLE EAST JOURNEY BY CARLTON MACKEY FEATURE ON CNN BELIEF BLOG

 As you all know from this post about My Journey to Jordan, Israel, Palestine, I was fortunate to bel able to capture images and stories that the Journey.  Accompanying a story by my friend and colleague, Dr. Arri Eisen, a gallery of my images were recently featured on CNN.  This is the first time any of my images have appeared on CNN.  I am certainly happy.

Editor's note: Arri Eisen, PhD., is professor of pedagogy at Emory University’s Center for Ethics, Department of Biology and Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. Carlton D. Mackey, who took the accompanying photographs, is the director of the Ethics & the Arts Initiative at the Emory University Center for Ethics.

By Arri Eisen, Special to CNN

Monday was Martin Luther King Day. Monday, Barack Obama was inaugurated president for the second time.

This was one of the few glimmers of hope held up by many of the Palestinians I met with at the turn of the year in the West Bank: “Who would have thought in Martin Luther King’s day that you would now have a black president? If that can happen in the U.S., then maybe one day there can be peace here.”

READ COMPLETE ARTICLE AT:
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/26/my-take-an-american-jew-finds-mlk-and-a-new-understanding-on-the-west-bank/

FACES FROM THE JOURNEY TO JORDAN ISRAEL PALESTINE

I picked up the story of my journey to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine where I left off here on the blog of my other latest project, 50 SHADES OF BLACK.  The people you see in this collage left such an impression on me.  It has been a pleasure to share some of their faces and stories with you.  Read more at 50shadesofblack.com/?p=1203

Much more from this Journey coming soon.

JOURNEY TO ISRAEL JORDAN PALESTINE - MEET NADINE

It as like a natural instinct.  Before I even thought about it, the image was captured...and smiles were exchanged.

Now for the beginning of the story:

I had just broken away from the group and was strolling casually down the streets of the old city -a historic and distinct part of Jerusalem.  I honestly don't know if I heard the click of the shutter or if I just had that feeling (we all have had it) of someone watching me.

I turn around quickly to find a camera pointed directly at me.  With what must have been just my photographer's instinct, I whipped my camera around and starting taking photos back.  Behind the camera was a college student named Nadine.  In a brilliant move by her professor, she had been given the assignment to take pictures of people in the Old City who were carrying cameras.  She showed me her reel from the day of image after image of folks she had captured.

I don't think she was ready for me to flip the script though.
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Part 4 in a series of posts featuring some of the people I met along this Journey to Jordan, Israel, Palestine -people who have for extended periods of time and sometimes for only brief moments helped me discover more about myself.

As you look at her, what do you see?

Meet Nadine -The student photographer

Photo by Carlton Mackey

*Who will we meet tomorrow?

Meet Naim -the scholar

Meet Yeshambel -the guard

JOURNEY TO JORDAN ISRAEL PALESTINE - MEET YESHAMBEL

Part 3 in a series of posts featuring some of the people I’ve met along this Journey to Jordan, Israel, Palestine -people who have for extended periods of time and sometimes for only brief moments helped me discover more about myself.

As you look at him, what do you see?

Meet Yeshambel -The guard in the Old City

Photo by Carlton Mackey.

*Who will we meet tomorrow?

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Part 1:  Meet Khaled Kanaan

Part 3: Meet Yeshambel -the guard

Part 4:  Meet Nadine - the student photographer

JOURNEY TO JORDAN, ISRAEL, PALESTINE - MEET NAIM

Part 2 in a series of posts featuring some of the people I've met along this Journey to Jordan, Israel, Palestine -people who have for extended periods of time and sometimes for only brief moments helped me discover more about myself.

As you look at him, what do you see?

Meet Naim -the antique collector, guide, and scholar (Amman, Jordan)

This man, a muslim, "read" me more scripture verbatim from memory and knew more about the biblical text and its history than any Christian I know.

Photo by Carlton Mackey.

*Who will we meet tomorrow?

Part 1:  Meet Khaled Kanaan

Part 3: Meet Yeshambel -the guard

Part 4:  Meet Nadine - the student photographer

JOURNEY TO JORDAN, ISRAEL, PALESTINE - MEET KHALED KANAAN

This week I boarded a plane headed to one of the world's most sacred, beautiful, and complex regions.  Having traveled to Amman Jordan, visiting sites, meeting people, and being welcomed by His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, I am now on the ground in Jerusalem with a group of deans, trustees, scholars, writers, activists, and artists (mostly) from Emory University determined to truly immerse ourselves and be transformed by our experience.

"These immersion experiences, part of a program called Journeys of Reconciliation, examine root causes of conflict and struggle in various parts of the world. By visiting these communities and supporting their work of reconciliation, we open ourselves to possibilities, understanding, affirmation, hope and healing.  The program invites groups to encounter the world's complexities, to hear stories of pain, liberation, hope and healing and to seek wisdom outside university walls. "


On Facebook, I have already made several posts highlighting some of the "places" that we have Journeyed.  There are so many more images that I'd like to share and will hopefully be able to post many more here on my travel blog.   I'd like to transition and begin to share some of the "faces" of the people I have encountered.

In a series of upcoming posts, I'd like for you to meet some of the people I've met along the way...people who have for extended periods of time and sometimes for only brief moments helped me discover more about myself.

As you look at them, what do you see?  What do their eyes say to you about them?  What do they say to you about you?

Meet Khaled Kanaan - The photographer (Amman, Jordan)

Photo by Carlton Mackey

*Who will we meet tomorrow?

Meet Naim -the scholar
Meet Yeshambel -the guard
Meet Nadine -the student photographer