Feilidh Dwyer: A journey through Israel & the occupied West Bank Territories

This August I spent two weeks travelling through Israel during a meltingly hot summer. Aside from visiting holy sites in Jerusalem, partying in Tel-Aviv, worshipping air conditioners and chowing down on pita and hummus, five of my days were spent in Palestine’s West Bank. While the intention of this piece is not to apportion blame to only one side in the longstanding conflict between Israel and Palestine, from the little I observed, there is a massive power imbalance at play in the region.

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Q&A | Walk Sew Good travelled 3500km in search of positive fashion stories

For the last year, Australians Megan O’Malley and Gab Murphy – who together run the Walk Sew Good project – have been slowly walking across Southeast Asia telling “good” stories about ethical fashion. For someone who claims to be inspired by their trip, starting to follow their social media this week, as Hannah did, is almost too late. Instagram is where they’ve been sharing daily updates of life on the road. That means those Insta stories, which stay online for just 24 hours, are long gone. Oops, missed that, says Hannah:

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