Wednesday, October 17, 2007

ignorance is bliss

From my growing list of "things you should know when planning a shoot in Israel, learned the hard way":

Your Israeli guide and your Israeli bus driver are not welcome in Arab neighborhoods.
That whole Israeli/Arab thing is really a pretty big deal.
When someone says, "only Arabs live there", they aren't being stereotypical or racist. It's fact.
Money changes everything.
Relationship is more important than honesty
to many people. Cover your buns.
There are many more Christians than you think living in Israel.
Israelis have the best pronunciation of "Sara" I've heard.
The government needs to know where you'll be always. Saying "in the wilderness" doesn't count.
They don't have cows.
Their sheep have "fat tails."
A six hour time difference is a pretty big deal, unless you have months to plan.

There will be more, I'm sure...


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