8 Gates: portraits from Jerusalem's Old City

20/08/2017

Elia Kahvedjian's iconic (but once forgotten) photos of Jerusalem captured the city at a different time but the art of photographing the city and its people has survived a turbulent century.

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08/08/2017

Why do some young American Jews see going to one of Jerusalem's most important holy sites (Al-Aqsa to Muslims, the Temple Mount to Jews) as a mission? Shaina Shealy took a journey to try and explore why people with a similar background to her own get so absorbed by such a contentious issue

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22/07/2017

It's been a tough, bloody week in Jerusalem, of things both new and very familiar. The latest 8 Gates episode is about all of that.

It's been a week that sums up Jerusalem. An attack and consequent changes at a holy site expose the city's cleavages. A new, non-violent movement's born but death isn't far away. 8 Gates is a podcas

15/07/2017

Have you listened to the latest episode? It's the story of Aseel, a young woman trying to navigate friendships and security in the Old City she grew up in.

"If you just move...then bye bye" The story of a young Palestinian woman navigating friendships and checkpoints within the Old City she lives and grew up in. 8 Gates is a podcast about the stories

23/06/2017

Ramadan started with celebration: people poured into Jerusalem's Old City to pray and spend nights eating sweets and drinking coffee. Then things took a twist. Hear the story on the latest episode of 8 Gates.

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A diary of Ramadan, the month that transforms Jerusalem's Old City from a tense, uneasy place into one filled with life and lights - until that all falls apart. 8 Gates is a podcast about the storie

22/06/2017

The next episode's around the corner and it's about Ramadan. The month's almost ended but yesterday was one of the most important nights, when almost 300,000 came from all over to pray.

16/06/2017

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10/06/2017

"We saw the planes, we thought they were Egyptian planes...or Iraqi."

We asked people who remember the Israeli takeover of Jerusalem's Old City what the most memorable first sights were. Listen to the first episode of 8 Gates to hear how Muhammad, from the African enclave, and others answered.

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08/06/2017

More exciting news! If you get your podcasts through TuneIn, you can also listen to us there now. If you want to listen on your computer or Android, check it out!

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07/06/2017

The first episode; it's here. These are the memories of Umm Adam when soldiers walked through the streets she lived in 50 years ago today and of Simon, who walked into the Old City for the first time, his experience amplified by some special nargile.

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06/06/2017

If you podcast through iTunes, then you should know we're there now. You should also hit subscribe. (First episode very soon)

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05/06/2017

The first episode's coming soon, in the meantime, you might want to know what this thing's actually about. Listen here (and soon on iTunes and other podcasty places):

Few places guard as many untold stories as the walls of Jerusalem's Old City. 8 Gates is a podcast about those stories and the people telling them.

04/06/2017

We're a new podcast bringing you stories from inside Jerusalem's ancient stone walled city. Stay tuned!