A Must Read: “One Occupied Gazan Summer” ~ by @48Refugee

“One Occupied Gazan Summer” is a three-part personal narrative by Mariam I. (@Refugee48) who explores her thoughts and retraces her steps during her most recent visit to the Gaza Strip. SMPalestine | Oct 2012 | Miriam I. – @Refugee48 Part one of three In Gaza, everything stops at night, including the wind As summer ends and fall […]

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A Refugee Is What I Am ~ by @YasirTineh

June 20, 2012 By Yasir Tineh | Beyond Compromise Weblog Kuwait – A refugee is what I am, a person whose body resides far from where his heart and soul chose to live, heartless because as simple as the saying goes, home is where the heart is. It is hard for most people to understand […]

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Must Read: Beyond Compromise: Unifying the Palestinian voice ~ by @docjazzmusic

Friday, 22 June 2012 | Docjazz.com | By Dr. Tariq Shadid So, what exactly is the news? A new online web project? They come and go, don’t they? This is what might be going through your mind, if you were told that a new Palestinian web project has been launched. For a number of reasons, […]

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“I wish Dad was here celebrating Eid with me”

Related: Refugees of Palestine – in pictures by Shahd Abusalama | 6 November 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes | ISM The day before the start of Al-Adha Eid is the day of Arafa. It is said that a believer who fasts on this day expiates the past year’s sins and the sins of the […]

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Between The Lines of The Abbas Speech ~ by @YasirTineh

September 25, 2011 | Yasir M. Tineh This is going to be a thorough analysis of the speech Mahmoud Abbas gave at the 66th session of the UNGA after he submit the application for Palestinian statehood to the Secretary General of the United Nation Ban Ki-moon. The Transcript of the speech can be found here in (Arabic) […]

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Gaza, where nothing’s forgotten! ~ by Ruba Monzir

. “Gaza Walls, unique papers of stone..!” By Ruba Monzir | 12/9/2011 |  I am a Gazan Weblog Do you want to know something about Gaza? Well, it’s too simple. Have a tour in Gaza streets and you will know every single minute detail about it. Gaza is the place where you are free to the […]

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A Palestinian mother, a Palestinian son, and Eid in America ~ by @samikishawi

By Sami Kishawi « Sixteen Minutes to Palestine | Aug 31, 2011 In 1993, my mother made it a point to enthusiastically celebrate Eid. I was only two years old and she was still settling into her new life in America. Having left her home, her family, and her friends in Gaza City one year […]

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The Story of Shaheed Ismail Nimr Ammoum, an Elderly farmer murdered in Israeli airstrike in Buriej

Gaza Under Attack- in pictures | Part 1 | Part 2 | 26 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Ismail Nimr Ammoum worked his whole life as a farm laborer. He did not have land of his own, he worked for others, planting, watering, weeding, whatever needed done. He was a strong man, and […]

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May Odeh’s Diaries: Celebration, Beauty and Transcendence

 Nezar Andary | Jadaliyya | Aug 1, 2011 [Screenshot from Diaries. Image from Unknown Archive] In the concluding voice over of Diaries, May Odeh declares, “It is difficult to allow occupation and political factions to steal away the last breath of the people who live tomorrow.” Her poignant film breathes more life into a Palestinians […]

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Make A Dream Come True : Just Once, Please – for Nader K.

UPDATE | Aug 4, 2011 Today august 4, 2011, Nader received devastating news from the university, while reaching the final selectionround, he was not selected for a scholarship. So our appeal is to donate a little, if many do so, we may be able to change his hopes into reality and change a life. Please […]

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A family in Gaza struggles to rebuild following repeated Israeli attacks

Ruqaya Izzidien on June 17, 2011 | Mondoweiss The Abu Sa’ad home in Jahr el Deek. (Photo: Ruqaya Izzidien) 37-year-old Nasr Abu Sa’ad is holding a demonstration with his children outside the United Nations in Gaza with the aim of convincing them to rebuild his home which was shelled five times in July 2010 and […]

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The Eagle of Palestine

June 18, 2011 | Reham al-Helsi | A Voice From Palestine source: google images It was his face that drew my attention. It was his powerful eyes, the look of pride in them. As I went through the local newspaper, scanning the daily reports, some of which reach the outside world, but the majority remaining […]

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Oh, Jerusalem! – by Jenny Baboun

Posted by Jenny Baboun on June 12, 2011 Pentecost or the fifteenth day is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples of Christ after the Resurrection. It is celebrated seven weeks (50 days) after Easter Sunday. On this day, June 12, 2011, […]

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My Jerusalem Diaries : A Permit for Home – by Rana Baker

Published June 12th, 2011 | By Rana Baker | Al Bawaba Born in Jerusalem, with home in Jerusalem, but barred from Jerusalem. This is a common scenario from many that have recently had their ID cards confiscated. What a pity being asked if you have ever been to your capital city and all that you […]

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I am Palestine – by Nadine

Poem by Nadine ⋅ May 19, 2011 I am Palestine I am Palestine. The stone homes my people built are now replaced with rubble. The olive trees that once stood are now replaced with despair. I am Palestine. While imperialists live in leisure on my land, my people live in refugee camps barely making it. I […]

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