How to Gain Teaching Experience To Support a TEFL Job Application

Some countries around the world require not just TEFL certification but also at least one year’s teaching experience.  It’s that old vicious circle, how can you get teaching experience if you need teaching experience to get a job?! Teaching experience will not only put you in line for some really great jobs in the country … Read more

How Palestine’s last keffiyeh factory is helping olive trees to flourish

Hirbawi Textile Factory, located in Hebron, is the only producer of the original keffiyeh in all of Palestine. The factory was founded in 1961 by Yasser Hirbawi. Photo by Eloise Bollack Environmental activist Morgan Cooper found a sustainable way to fund the planting of trees in Palestine for its people: selling local artisanal products online. She … Read more