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My new book is coming out on 6 December 2011. Although it will first be published as a library edition with a hefty price, all income generated from the book goes directly to the Middle East Children’s Alliance so please encourage libraries near you to buy it. Hopefully, the paperback and electronic versions will be [...]
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this blog will be on an indefinite hiatus so that i can give my time to old projects i need to complete, and some new projects that require more time. there are plenty of links for news and blogs in the right-hand column for those who wish to follow news and politics about palestine and [...]
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there was great news coming from the united nations the other day, but like the goldstone report, unless there’s teeth to back it up it will fall by the wayside. it seems that finally the united nations is not going to treat the zionist entity with kid gloves any more when it comes to their [...]
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elia suleiman, one of my favorite palestinian filmmakers has a new movie out entitled “the time that remains.” the film premiered at cannes and i’m hoping it comes to a theater near me very soon. here is a clip from the film, though it is in arabic with french subtitles: here is a synopsis: THE [...]
Filed under: Apartheid, Colonialism, Economy, Film, Human Rights, International Law, Media, Militarization, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, U.S. Foreign Policy, Zionism | Tagged: absurdism, Ali Abu Nimah, anne le more, Barack Obama, ben lynfield, Benjamin Netanyahu, brent scowcroft, cannes, casbah, cinema city, darwish jarwan, electronic intifada, elia suleiman, farouk al-masri, gaza strip, george w. bush, Hamas, hasan abu nimah, hollywood, home demolitions, Jordan Valley, knafeh, london times, Mahmoud Abbas, mecca agreement, Nablus, Oslo, Palestinian Authority, palestinian legislative council, Ramadan, ramalah, salam fayyad, samuel beckett, sawiya, tel aviv, the independent, the time that remains, Washington, West Bank, zbigniew brezezinski | Leave a Comment »
the headline on the united nations website reads: “un mission finds evidence of war crimes by both sides in gaza conflict.” here is the news brief in full and if you want to read the full 575-page report download this pdf file: The United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict at the start of [...]
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here are two inspiring rap songs showing solidarity with palestinians and against colonialism, imperialism and military occupation more generally. the first comes from the palestine education project and the second from rebel diaz: also check out this interview between minister of information jr and mutulu olugbala, otherwise known to the world as m1 of dead [...]
Filed under: Africa, Apartheid, Colonialism, Egypt, Human Rights, Imperialism, Militarization, Music, Occupation, Palestine, Prisons, Racism, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Policy, Zionism | Tagged: black panther, Cairo, charles barron, cleveland, Cynthia McKinney, dead prez, Fatah, Gaza, george galloway, graffiti, Hamas, Henry Kissinger, hip hop, immortal technique, kensington, m1, minister of information jr, mutulu olugbala, nancy mansour, new york, palestine education project, philadelphia, rafah, rebel diaz, san francisco bay view news, scandanavia, shadia mansour, south central los angeles, West Bank, Yassir Arafat | 2 Comments »
last month two comrades in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (bds)–omar barghouti and haidar eid–both of whom i respect a great deal–wrote a statement about the gaza freedom march asking them to adopt a statement of context that addressed palestinian needs and demands rather than impose an american idea of those needs and demands [...]
Filed under: Activism, Apartheid, Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions, Colonialism, Gaza, Human Rights, International Law, Militarization, Occupation, Palestine, Racism, Refugees, Resistance, U.S. Foreign Policy, Zionism | Tagged: al aqsa university, Apartheid, Apartheid Wall, bantustan, bds, ccdprj, checkpoints, christopher j. ee, Civic Coalition for the Defense of Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, closures, Coalition for Jerusalem, colin powell, Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine, curfews, detention, electronic intifada, european union, farm land, Fatah, Federation of Independent Trade Unions, Fourth Geneva Convention, garbirel ash, Gaza, gaza freedom march, General Union of Palestinian Women, general union of palestinian workers, Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, hague, haidar eid, Hamas, harvard university, house demolitions, International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza, International Court of Justice, islamic university of gaza, ittijah, jerusalem, jewish state, jim crow segregation, Jimmy Carter, mahatma gandhi, mich levy, nakba, National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba, nazi, nelson mandela, ngos, noam chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Occupied Palestine and Golan Heights Initiative, omar barghouti, opgai, pacbi, Palestine Right of Return Coalition, palestinian boycott divestment and sanctions campaign national committee, palestinian campaign for the academic and cultural boycott of israel, Palestinian Economic Monitor, palestinian general federation of trade unions, palestinian ngo network, pngo, pulse media, richard falk, ronald reagan, safundi, sara kershnar, sara roy, satyagraha, settlements, Slavery, South Africa, stw, torture, UN Resolution 194, union of arab community-based associations, Union of Palestinian Charitable Organizations, Union of Palestinian Farmers, Union of Youth Activity Centers, United Nations, united states, West Bank | Leave a Comment »
i’ve been reading various articles and blog posts about the anniversary of the massacre of the palestinian refugee camp shatila and the surrounding neighborhood of sabra (no, sabra is not a refugee camp, but many palestinians live there). pulse media and falasteenyia both had nice posts on the subject. ma’an news posted a reflective piece [...]
Filed under: Activism, Apartheid, Colonialism, Human Rights, International Law, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Media, Militarization, Music, Obama, Occupation, Palestine, Refugees, Syria, U.S. Foreign Policy, Zionism | Tagged: akka, Al Akhbar, al awda, al hol refugee camp, al tanaf refugee camp, al waleed refugee camp, Amal, as safir, bad luck 194, Barack Obama, beit itab, bill frelick, california, carlos latuff, chatila, christian science monitor, civil war, Deheishe refugee camp, george mitchell, Hamas, hasaka, Hezbollah, hip hop, Human Rights Watch, Kata'eb, Ma'an News, massacre, matthew cassel, michel suliman, Nahr el Bared refugee camp, patrik jonsson, phalangist, pity the nation, PLO, right of return, Robert Fisk, ruweished refugee camp, sabra and shatila, Saddam Hussein, salam fayyad, Shatila refugee camp, sheik yassin, shi'a, مخيم نهر البارد, نهر البارد, Washington, Yassir Arafat, جهاد بزي, راجانا حمية, رحلة لبلادي | 3 Comments »
there will be a demonstration in trablus in a couple of days to protest the fact that michel aoun has halted the reconstruction of the nahr el bared refugee camp. the reconstruction committee of nahr el bared refugee camp has a new blog where they are documenting the situation on the ground. and you can [...]
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three great new stories on palestinian rappers and how hip hop culture is used as a mode of resistance: first: from a dear friend in bourj al barajneh refugee camp in lebanon. yassin and mohammed are originally from akka and are rapping until and for their right of return: then ayman mohyeldin is reporting for [...]
Filed under: Apartheid, Colonialism, Gaza, Lebanon, Media, Music, Palestine, Poverty, Prisons, Refugees, Resistance, Zionism | Tagged: akka, Al Jazeera, ayman mohyeldin, ayman mughames, black unit, bourj al barajneh refugee camp, breakdancing, camps breakerz, eva bartlett, Gaza, gaza cultural center, Hamas, I-Voice, ips, jackie reem salloum, khaled harara, mercy corps, palestinian rapperz, rachad shawa, rapping, Slingshot Hip Hop, water band | Leave a Comment »
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