…or if anyone who knows where baha’a is right now: please sms me or send me an email. immediately. your jordan cell is not working and i’m very worried about your border crossing!
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Body on the Line- zionist narratives of palestinian land
- a not-so-holy land grab
- on meddling and hypocrisy in iran
- destroying the indigenous at home and abroad
- a walk through beit jala and then some…
- on refugees & idps
- the strange bedfellows of south africa and the zionist entity
- 500 years later and the north amrikan land theft continues…(UPDATED)
- “the genocide of the fta”
- mr. carter goes to gaza
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- electronic intifada
- Hiyam, a Gaza teenager killed as she offered aid July 5, 2009"At 5:30 PM an Israeli shell landed on my brother's house," the father told visitors who had come to offer condolences for his daughter at the family's home on Friday. The shell injured a nephew and Salim Abu Ayish rushed to render aid. […]
- Gaza's sea a "no-go zone" for fishermen July 2, 2009GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "They told us 'go west or we will shoot you,'" says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat." At 6am on 16 June, Sadallah and his broth […]
- Why Obama should fire General Dayton July 2, 2009The US-sponsored "security coordination" program headed by Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, which was launched by the Bush Administration in 2005 to allegedly help the Palestinians reform their security services, has done more harm than good. US President Bar […]
- Gaza aid boat crew detained, threatened with deportation July 2, 2009RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Twenty-one international peace activists were seized by Israeli naval frigates in international waters Tuesday as their boat The Spirit of Humanity tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza. The activists, including former U […]
- Newsroom politics dramatized in "Oh Well Never Mind Bye" July 2, 2009The play Oh Well Never Mind Bye is set in the busy newsroom of an unnamed London-based newspaper -- probably a right-wing tabloid -- in the days before and after London police shot dead a Brazilian immigrant on an underground train. But in a genuinely […]
- Hiyam, a Gaza teenager killed as she offered aid July 5, 2009
- green resistance
- water – a right June 12, 2009This is a thin attempt by the World Bank to argue – once again – that water should be classified as an economic good (or a human need) and not as a human right. The difference? In the former, water would be provided to people by the market – thus pricing it according to supply [...]r.m.
- Food crisis and the global land grab June 10, 2009http://farmlandgrab.org/r.m.
- Radio interview June 10, 2009FYI I have a live interview tonight with a radio station in California. Here are the details: Time: 7.20 pm to 8.00 pm (Beirut time). Last ten minutes will be open to questions from callers Radio:KZYX & Z, 90.7, 91.5, Mendocino Co. Public Radio, www.kzyx.org, 707-895-2324 (Station) Host: Jeff Blankfort Topic: Lebanese elections. Obama’s speech. […]r.m.
- democracy and wealth? June 9, 2009I am reminded of the words of US Supreme Court Justice Brandeis. It applies to Lebanon, and not only the US: “We can have a democratic society, or we can have the concentration of great wealth in the hands of the few. We cannot have both.” – Jeff Blankfort told me just now that, “Ironically, it was [...]r.m.
- Peru and Palestine: fighting for rights June 9, 2009Environmental Rights. Economic Rights. Civil Rights. Once again, we see the confluence of these issues — issues that are presented all too often as separate, but that, in reality, are deeply intertwined. We see it in Peru From Democracy Now: Dozens of people are estimated to have been killed in clashes between police and indigenous activists protesting […]r.m.
- water – a right June 12, 2009
- imemc
- First US Convoy of Gaza Aid lands in Egypt July 5, 2009 Saed Bannoura
- Israel: 'Saudi Arabia did not authorize us to use its air space' July 5, 2009The office of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued a statement on Sunday morning saying that the report regarding Saudi Arabia allowing Israel to use its air space in case of an attack against Iran, is baseless.Saed Bannoura
- Soldiers invade Bil'in, kidnap two residents July 5, 2009Israeli soldiers invaded on Sunday at dawn, Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, broke into several homes and kidnapped two residents, the Friends of Freedom and Justice - Bil'in reported.Saed Bannoura
- Israeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. July 4, 2009 Saed Bannoura
- Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home July 4, 2009Israeli sources reported that senior officials of Bahrain arrived in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back to the country after they were detained by the Israeli Navy following its attack against the Free Gaza Movement ship.Saed Bannoura
- land and people
- Marach inoI went to Little Aleppo again yesterday (Marach Street in Burj Hammoud) and here's what I found:A strange small vegetable, a cucurbit which seems to be a mix of watermelon and snake cucumber (mu'ti) called `ajour. There are 2 kinds in the picture, a dark green with lines (center) and a smaller, paler kind. They are eaten in salad like cucumbers or […]Rami Zurayk
- Environment without peopleThe wheat season has been dreadful this year in Lebanon: Lots of rains early on favored vegetative growth. Sudden heat and drought at the time of maturation meant that grain filling was poor. So many farmers have a lot of hay and no grain. Grain filling was also limited by fungal diseases that have accompanied the (too) wet season. As if this was not enough, […]Rami Zurayk
- Citizen CainThe National Human Development Report for Lebanon "Towards a Citizen's State" was launched a few days ago. The writers included Kamal Hamdan, who is considered to be a leftist economist. I didn't have time to go through the report yet, but Hamdan wrote an article about it in Al Akhbar, entitled "The Human Development Report: Social R […]Rami Zurayk
- No pasaran!From La Via Campesina. I dream of a farmers' movement like La Via in the Arab World.The social movements of Honduras, ready to fight to reestablish constitutional order in the country, demand the reinstatement of President Zelaya.Popular and social movements agreed to meet in front of Universidad Pedagógica Francisco Morazán in Tegucigalpa at 8am. There […]Rami Zurayk
- Lebanese fisherfolk slip further into poverty"We used to go and buy our clothes at 'Nouveautes Khater', an upscale department store," added Taha, 49, who has two children and is expecting a third. "Now even the cheapest place is expensive for us."Rami Zurayk
- Marach ino
- razanisms – رزانيّــــات
- Don’t you Black or White me June 27, 2009Tell me what has become of my rights Am I invisible because you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now I’m tired of bein’ the victim of shame They’re throwing me in a class with a bad name I can’t believe this is the land from which I came You know I do really hate to say it The government [...]Anarchist Queer
- مقتل ثلاث مدنيين على يد الشرطة السورية في الرحيبة June 3, 2009متل العادة, دم الشعب رخيص عند الدولة, وأراضي “البيوت المخالفة” أغلى. اشتباكات بين الشرطة والأهالي في الرحيبة بسورية قالت صحيفة الثورة السورية بأن عناصر من الشرطة تعرضت للاعتداء من قبل مجموعة من “المخالفين” الذين رفضوا الخروج من بيوتهم المخالفة. ووفقا للصحيفة فإن محافظة ريف دمشق كانت قد اعطت ايعازا للجنة الهدم المركزي بازالة المخالفات […]Anarchist Queer
- زياد رحباني يفي بوعده May 31, 2009زياد رحباني في الشام يا شباب .. خاص- ( كلنا شركاء ) : 30/5/2009 كما سبق ووعد عشاقه الصيف الماضي، يحيي زياد الرحباني مجموعة من الحفلات في سوريا هذا الصيف. وقد أفاد مصدر مطلع أنّ زياد سيقدم حفلات ثلاث في 16/17/18 تموز 2009 وذلك بعد الاتفاق مع الدكتورة حنان قصاب حسن أمين عام احتفالية دمشق عاصمة الثقافة العربية [...] […]Anarchist Queer
- سوريون ينظمون حملة لمقاطعة الخليوي احتجاجاً على الأسعار May 26, 2009الخبر الرئيسي بتاريخ 23/05/2009 قامت مجموعة من الشبان السوريين بتنظيم حملة على الأنترنت لمقاطعة الاتصالات الخليوية ليوم واحد احتجاجاً على الأجور العالية التي تتقاضاها شركتا الخليوي في سورية (م تي إن-سيرياتل) ومعهما مؤسسة الاتصالات . حيث قام هؤلاء الشبان ببثّ مئات آلاف الإيميلات على شبكة الأنترنت التي تحض على مقاطعة الموبايل ، وتحت عنوان / قاطعوا الموبايل [.. […]Anarchist Queer
- بيت اليتيم في السويداء مسرح من العقوبات والشؤون الاجتماعية جمهور يتفرج May 23, 2009بيت اليتيم في السويداء مسرح من العقوبات والشؤون الاجتماعية جمهور يتفرج الكـاتبة: رغدة العزيزي وضعت الشريط الأسود على صورتها المعلقة وذهبت حيث تعيش في دار الأيتام. (أنا ذاهبة للموت، لكن إذا لم أمت سأقتل العالم أجمع) هذا ما قالته (ر – د) وهي في طريقها إلى الدار بعد انتهاء زيارتها الأسبوعية لأمها. فتاة أجبرها يتمها على العيش في جمعية [...] […]Anarchist Queer
- Don’t you Black or White me June 27, 2009
- the angry arab news service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب
- Saudi Sunni Sectarian Agitation ContinuesThe headline of the mouthpiece of Prince Salman cites Saddam Husayn claiming that the majority of Ba`th members in 1963 were Shi`ites.As'ad
- Let them eat caviar"The acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say. New reports from the UN and analysts in India, Washington and London […]As'ad
- Arrests that you like"Jordanian police Sunday arrested 11 people, including trade union leaders, to break up a demonstration against fruit and vegetable imports from Israel, protest organizers said."As'ad
- Thus spoke Biden"BIDEN: Look, Israel can determine for itself -- it's a sovereign nation -- what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else.STEPHANOPOULOS: Whether we agree or not?BIDEN: Whether we agree or not. They're entitled to do that. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do that. But there is no pressure from an […]As'ad
- war profiteers"A baker scraping by when American tanks rolled into Baghdad, Mr. Mohsin recently spent $50,000 to throw a one-night bacchanal at the exclusive Hunting Club here. When guests visit his second home, in Baghdad, he proudly shows off the two peacocks he imported from Dubai, to join a menagerie of exotic birds that he sometimes gives away to friends. “I ha […]As'ad
- Saudi Sunni Sectarian Agitation Continues
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habibti marcy i know that bahaa is in jordan visiting his mother and that he’s staying there for 10 days, he had issues with his cell before so it might be broken or something.
i’ll ask around if anyone knows more,
kisses,
p.s i was in a workshop all day for the past three days that’s why i didnt reply earlier, sorry!
hi razan–thanks for the reply. i know he went to jordan and that is why i’m worried. he told me right before he left and he promised he’d sms me when he arrived. he didn’t and his cell is not working. i’m just worried because you know what happens at that border…
for anyone who was looking for baha’a, i found his mom’s cell phone number and have confirmed that he is okay. but i had good reason to be worried…