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Month: July 2014

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Losing my mind in Gaza!

July 28, 2014 Dalia Alnajjar 1

*Dalia Elnajjar is a 20-year-old Palestinian living in Gaza I think I lost it. I can’t take it anymore. I can’t handle this situation. I’m […]

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To Jon Stewart… thanks, and no thanks

July 23, 2014 Amer Zahr 36

Dear Jon, I, like many Americans, watch you just about every day.  You’re welcome.  I’m not sure if you know this, and I’m not sure […]

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Israel, listen, I know what I’m talking about

July 20, 2014 Amer Zahr 4

Israel, Don’t you see what is going on?  I won. It’s over. There are protests around the world, all in support of me.  None for […]

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From a mother In Gaza

July 20, 2014 Maysoon Khatib 4

(The following is taken from my conversation with my friend Amaney, who is living in Western Gaza. These are her words, which I felt compelled […]

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Palestinians need to act appropriately

July 19, 2014 Amer Zahr 11

Over the past couple of weeks, many of us Palestinians have been incessantly writing, posting, tweeting, and commenting about Palestine, Israel, and Gaza.  I have […]

Informed Compassion: Reflection on the events of July 16, 2014

July 18, 2014 Susan Muaddi Darraj 0

On July 16, 2014, I was sitting in the library of Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia, reading and writing while waiting for my three children, […]

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Celebrating, Lebanese-style

July 16, 2014 Michelle Nasrine Kemp 0

Last weekend, I ventured back to my hometown of Flint, Michigan and attended the annual Mid-East Festival hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic […]

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The Facebook Intifada

July 16, 2014 Sam Oudeh 0

First, I want to start out saying that my heart and prayers are with every family in Palestine. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what […]

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Palestinian will cannot be broken

July 16, 2014 Zaha Hassan 2

There is an intoxicating allure to allowing oneself to drink from the cup of fatalism as bombs drop—once again—on Gaza. What can we Americans—some of […]

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Israel never surprises me

July 15, 2014 Amer Zahr 8

No one else can understand a Palestinian’s relationship to Israel, and I wouldn’t expect as much. She consumes us, in every sense you can imagine. […]

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Fellaheen rule!

July 10, 2014 Michelle Nasrine Kemp 1

All my life, I was so worried that I was going to turn into “fellaheen.” My mom would use it as a warning to keep […]

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Mother Palestine

July 10, 2014 Hadeel Khalifeh 0

Away from this injustice Away from all this ugliness Can any of us go away? But even if we did, It’s inside of us Not […]

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Thank God Tariq is one of us

July 9, 2014 Amer Zahr 2

Over the past week, the American press has latched on to the story of Tariq Khdeir, the 15-year-old Palestinian American whose beating at the hands […]

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Arab American kids, then and now

July 2, 2014 Michelle Nasrine Kemp 1

When I think of my kids growing up, with all the new advances in technology, and how different it was when I was growing up […]

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Bill Hicks – My American Idol

July 2, 2014 Ahmad Damen 1

21 years and 2 weeks ago on the 16th of June, an extraordinary man was receiving really bad news from his doctor: “You are diagnosed […]

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Soccer in America? I love it!

July 2, 2014 Sam Oudeh 1

It doesn’t take a genius to see the popularity of the World Cup (and soccer overall) increasing in America, and it could not be any […]

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