On 6 June 2019, we as a family, commemorated the first anniversary of the passing of our mother: a mother of five, and grandmother of seven. Beautiful, dignified, elegant, smart, selfless, humble, and a resilient woman. Her beautiful soft silver hair captured the years of endurance since the date she became a refugee in 1948, exactly 70 years before […]
Please read this post also on my facebook page I am sharing here my comments on a post by Janeen Rashmawi. (see separate posting by Janeen Rashmawi on facebook to see the related beautiful photos) “Thank you Janeen Rashmawi for starting this thread about the story of our mother, your grandmother, and how she and her parents and siblings were forced to […]
Quite often when I meet people for the first time they ask me where I am from? I say Palestine! But where from, they ask, as they insist to know more details? I find this very difficult to answer: I and all my 4 siblings were born in Gaza … lived there for a few years, but then we moved […]
Sorry I have not been posting my thoughts … I have been thinking … new blogs soon!
Excuse this stream of consciousness, but I cannot find a way to put these confusing issues in an organised train of thought, and I am not going to try do that…. The last few days has resulted in close to 200 deaths in Gaza and over 11000 injuries. Less than ten people have been injured in Israel. While the world […]
I have been travelling to Egypt frequently in the last two years. I happened to be there just when the revolution stated and was traveling out of the country on January 28th 2011, just before the first massive protest took place which lead to the overthrow of Mubarak. I then saw the sheer of determination of protesters to change Egypt. […]
The Human Rights Council of the UN is convening now. One of the main issues that is being pushed forward by a number of prominent NGOs and some states is the need for a serious discussion on protection of human rights defenders who cooperate with UN mechanisms. This is not a new issue! and despite repeated alarm by various UN expert bodies […]
Being based in Britain and watching the Olympics feels very strange. While I am enjoying very much watching some sports which I like, I cannot help but feel I wish we have same facilities in Palestine and the rest of the Middle East. Why can’t we enjoy the same? Yet again, while I am thinking this I read the news […]
