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Life In Palestine Is Not Easy
New York, United States – One bomb drops, two bombs drop, ten bombs drop. The ground beneath us begins to growl, and the buildings fall one by one; I count them like I count the stars with my father...
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The Silent Ethnic Cleansing: A Glimpse Into the Plight of an “Invented” People
Jerusalem, Palestine – “Yes, Israel does violate international law and is far from perfect,” concedes the “enlightened liberal Zionist, “But it is nowhere near as brutal or contemptible as the Assad...
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A Gazan Vacation
Gaza- When asked to introduce myself, I do not really know how to do it. I simply say “I am a Palestinian girl living in the Gaza strip” because that says it all. Being a Palestinian living in the Gaza...
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Why Believe in a Free Palestine?
Stop for a second. Take a minute to close your eyes and rid your mind of every ounce of doubt and hesitation. Breathe in, breath out. Now, with your heart and every fiber of your being, carve this into...
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Going Home
Ramallah- 64 years since the dispossession and expulsion of the indigenous Palestinian people. 64 years ago marks the ethnic cleansing of a people who have been striving to regain their deprived...
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Tears of My Father
United States- The loud Palestinian music in the background slowly echoed its way out of our kitchen walls as I heard my dad’s tears fall down his cheek to the table. Each tear pounding harder. Faster....
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Eyes From Palestine
Kuwait- I once overheard a woman complaining about how lost she suddenly felt. She complained that she does not know where to find the answers and that ‘home’ suddenly felt like a foreign concept. She...
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The Smell of Occupation
I figure there will be times in life where you wake up in the morning, and the first thought that will come to mind is, “What’s that awful smell?” That was the thought my nostrils flared at the other...
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Visualizing Palestine: Uprooted. The Story of the Olive Trees.
”This week marked the start of the annual Palestinian olive harvest, an ancient tradition on which 80,000 families still rely for their livelihoods. Yet these families face growing economic hardship...
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