Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

Idan Raichel joined the military and found peace. That solace moved him to make music that celebrates an Israel unknown to much of the world: a melting pot of nationalities, cultures and musical ideas that trumpets a message of conciliation and peace across the Arab-Israeli gulf.

It all started in New York, when a friend insisted I spent a few days in Israel for Passover with his family.

… As I turn myself around and around I can’t stop relating to these images. They are strange, extremely disturbing yet at the same time they are constantly talking to my deranged soul.

This post is dedicated to my new friend Ze’ev Lavie, for being so adorable in taking his time to show me around day and night until dawn in the hidden and secret places of his beloved city of Tel Aviv.

Although it is dwarfed both by the Jordanian Desert and the Sinai Desert, the Negev desert is a relatively small area with a great deal to offer particularly to first time desert travelers, steeped in history and home to a host of geological wonders.