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• Acre Riots and Religious Pluralism

  Yesterday marked the beginning of Yom Kippur, or, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith. It is a pitiful irony then, that it should end in riots accompanied with chants of “death to the Arabs”... Posted Oct 09 2008, 01:07 PM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Religion, Conflict Zones

• Palin-Biden debate

  First of all I am waiting for SNL sketch on this “ here it is ” , be ready Tina Fey will play again Palin and guess what Queen Latifa is going to be the VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill . Second most if... Posted Oct 05 2008, 01:27 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, middle east, media, Women, Israel, politics, Democracy, international, mideast, Lebanon, America, tv, McCain, Obama, Hezbollah, Palin, Tina Fay, SNL, Biden, VP debate

• PhotoHunt 130: Sad

  The PhotoHunt theme of the day is quite fitting: as summer melts into a bleak and bitter chill that brings the gloomy tentacles of winter, Sad epitomises the general ennui that replaces the joy of summer... Posted Oct 04 2008, 01:50 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, Jordan, middle east, Photography, Refugees, Frivolities & Miscellaeny, Imagery

• Too late Mr. Olmert

  Now Mr. Olmert believes that Israel must return back to pre-1967 borders and give back East Jerusalem and Golan !! Is it me or Mr. Olmert is saying the truth after it was too late and when he knows for... Posted Oct 02 2008, 12:31 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Palestine, middle east, Israel, politics, Syria, mideast, regional, Lebanon, Peace, war, National Security, Olmert, Golan, East Jerusalem

• Olmert’s Swansong: Too Little, Too Late

  Is there anything more irksome than an exiting leader offering the world, when their entire time in office has been an utter debacle? While the subject of this post is Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert... Posted Sep 30 2008, 02:12 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, politics, Syria, Lebanon, Conflict Zones, Britain, conflict, Olmert

• Silwan: History Bites Back

  Archaeology has always seemed an innocuous and worthy cause, a means by which humankind can reach into the past and learn, touch, and view the lives of those separated from us by centuries. Until now,... Posted Sep 29 2008, 08:33 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Conflict Zones, Jerusalem, archaeology

• Palestinian Shepherd Attacked by Settlers

  This weekend I commenced the thankless task of reviewing the latest anthology by an Israeli academic. Naturally, his ramblings do not constitute my usual reading list; nevertheless, I am ploughing ahead... Posted Sep 28 2008, 02:46 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Conflict Zones, conflict

• Freedom? Not Quite: McCartney’s Israel Gig

  I am about to do something that is considered blasphemous, sacrilegious, and traitorous on British soil - I am going to quibble over Sir Paul McCartney. During the height of the McCartney-Mills debacle... Posted Sep 25 2008, 02:01 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Conflict Zones, Pop Culture

• The annual Israeli feasts warning

  This post was written before the last tourist kidnap incident at Western desert. Do you remember when I spoke about this strange coincidence between the timing of the latest terrorists acts in the last... Posted Sep 25 2008, 01:38 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Israel, politics, Egyptian X-files, National Security

• Palestinians Reject The Jordan Option

  More in common than you think… Over 70% of Palestinians in the West Bank opposed unity with Jordan, compared to 60 per cent in Gaza, according to the report from the Nablus-based centre When will... Posted Sep 25 2008, 01:16 AM by The Black Iris of Jordan Filed under: News, Palestine, Jordan

• Salt of This Sea

  Last year, I posted a post about Suheir Hammad and featured her videos reciting poetry and prose on stage. Surprisingly, and as I was strolling through the blog dedicated for Lebanese Films, Lebanese Films... Posted Sep 23 2008, 07:55 PM by omar | blog Filed under: Palestine, Arabic, film

• A Message to Mubarak “As if he were going to listen !!”

  Wael Abbas is currently in the U.S to cover the American elections , he made an interview with an old woman that has been camping in front of the White House since 1981. She is against Zionism ,Israel... Posted Sep 22 2008, 03:05 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Egypt, Palestine, media, Women, Israel, politics, Democracy, international, Video, America, Zionism, Wael Abbas, activists, Jewish Lobby, Hosni Mubarak, Washington, American Presidential Elections 2008, White House

• Naji Al Ali

  Naji Al Ali (1938 - 29 August 1987) is one of the most known Palestinian figures; he was a political cartoonist who successfully managed to reflect the critical Palestinian issue and the Arab reaction... Posted Sep 20 2008, 09:33 PM by Soul Blossom Filed under: Palestine, Around The World, General, education, Society & Culture, News & Media, My Inside Out, Palestinian Figures

• Danish T-shirt company convicted of supporting Palestinian terror group

  The Danish High Court on Thursday convicted six Danish citizens of supporting terror, after they were found to have funnelled money from T-shirt and fragrance sales to the Palestinian terror group PFLP... Posted Sep 20 2008, 12:06 AM by The Sugar cubes Filed under: Palestine, cool

• Worldwide reading in memory of Darwish

  Worldwide reading in memory of Mahmoud Darwish on 5 October 2008 The Berlin International Literature Festival is appealing for a worldwide reading of Mahmoud Darwish’s poetry on 5 October 2008. This appeal... Posted Sep 19 2008, 11:53 AM by Iman's Constant Cravings... Filed under: Palestine, Around The World, Memories, Poetry, What I Love, Art & Culture

• On the mind…

  [some photos my brother-in-law took same day of Mahmoud Darwish's burial] Read More... Posted Sep 18 2008, 11:06 AM by Iman's Constant Cravings... Filed under: Palestine, Uncategorized, Memories, Poetry

• Bored with Darwish posts yet ?

  Well I'm not . Muhtaraf Remal is one of the places you must go-see if you live in Amman , and Abdel Aziz Abu-Ghazaleh ( I don't like to refer to him as the owner ,I'd say he is the one who... Posted Sep 16 2008, 06:51 PM by Smokes Blow Filed under: Palestine, Amman, art, درويش

• Dance, Discrimination, and Israeli Security

  As unusual as the title sounds, all three aspects merged in a dire account comprised in this week’s Electronic Intifada Editorial: Israeli security officers at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport... Posted Sep 16 2008, 12:24 PM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, United States

• What is happening in Syrian ??

  I found this news in Jpost and Haaretz today based on this article here in the Reform Party of Syria official website , I found nothing in the Arabic News Websites till the moment of writing this post... Posted Sep 15 2008, 04:10 PM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: News, Palestine, middle east, Israel, politics, Syria, mideast, Hamas, Iran, National Security, Arabic X-Files, Mossad, Emad Mughinyeh, Khaled Mashal, Reform Party of Syria, Al Assad

• Meet Meiruon

  Meiroun is her home village in Safad; Palestine. Meiroun is also the name of the girl with the two long braids in this blog. Amal Kaawash is brilliant. Thank you Amal for your beautiful work and for bringing... Posted Sep 15 2008, 01:00 PM by Iman's Constant Cravings... Filed under: Palestine, Uncategorized, Around The World, Culture, What I Love, Personalities, Art & Culture

• Imagine this …

  What: Live in Concert Who: Marcel Khalife Where: Ramallah Cultural Palace When: Very soon And he would draw massive crowds and smiles reaching all the way to Birzeit… Read More... Posted Sep 14 2008, 11:14 PM by Iman's Constant Cravings... Filed under: Music, Palestine, Uncategorized, Around The World, What I Love, Art & Culture

• September, 15th...

  صبرا – فتاة نائمة رحل الرجال الى الرحيل والحرب نامت ليلتين صغيرتين، وقدمت بيروت طاعتها وصارت عاصمة.. ليل طويل يرصد الأحلام في صبرا، وصبرا نائمة. صبرا- بقايا الكف في جسد قتيل ودّعت فرسانها وزمانها واستسلمت... Posted Sep 14 2008, 01:45 PM by Cinnamon Zone Filed under: Palestine, Arab World

• The Hot Summer, by Jamal al-Afghani

  Amidst the avalanche of deadlines rushing towards me with increasing ferocity is an article on war and the Palestinian art scene, a subject that is proving more in-depth and fascinating by the day. Indeed... Posted Sep 12 2008, 07:17 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Culture, art, Lebanon, Conflict Zones, conflict, note-to-self

• Israel/Palestine: Students crossing boundaries

  For a report from eleven Brandeis students who took up a challenge from Jimmy Carter to visit the West Bank, Palestine, go here. (Via Booman) On this Israel/Palestine issue, also of interest is a discussion... Posted Sep 11 2008, 09:10 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, West Bank, Humanity, Dissent, Resistance

• America and Israel

  “It has been a long honeymoon, but it may at last be coming to an end. The neoconservatives and the Iraq war have had the positive effect of exposing the ways that an ultra-Zionist agenda hurts the... Posted Sep 07 2008, 03:41 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Dissent, Ultra-Zionist Lobby, Ultra-Zionism, Neocons

• Palin and Christian Zionists

  “There has been growing attention on Sarah Palin’s church background, the dominionist worldview reflected in some of her statements and those of her pastors, and an apparent affection between... Posted Sep 07 2008, 03:12 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Christian Zionism, Non-Jewish Zionism

• a whole lot of tears

  Firehouse , by David Halberstam , is a book I found difficult to get through. It’s not long, and the language is not at all complex, but the story recounted in it is so heartwrenching that I found I had... Posted Sep 07 2008, 05:55 AM by bint battuta in bahrain Filed under: books, Palestine, USA, films, Britain, service

• Reintroducing Handala

  At a Palestinian American conference this past July, I saw a group of Arab (I’m guessing Palestinian in particular) girls sifting through a collection of Handala pins and accessories trying to decide which... Posted Sep 05 2008, 09:35 PM by Iman's Filed under: Palestine, Uncategorized, Around The World, What I Love, Personalities, Art & Culture

• كيف تتعلم النضال؟

  كيف تتعلم النضال في خمسة أيام بدون معلم! مجموعة من الدروس المبسطه للمبتدئن 1 تريد أن تمارس النضال؟ تعال إغسل يديك جيداً من ذلة السؤال لدى أبي رغال وكف عن قتل عيال الناس في مقصلة قصيدة أو خجنرٍ مقال معتذرا... Posted Sep 05 2008, 11:09 AM by Abed Hamdan Filed under: Thoughts, Palestine, politics, Philosophy, Caricatures

• Introducing Handala…

  At a Palestinian American conference this past July, I saw a group of Arab (I’m guessing Palestinian in particular) girls sifting through a collection of Handala pins and accessories trying to decide... Posted Sep 03 2008, 09:32 AM by Iman's Filed under: Palestine, Uncategorized, Around The World, Personalities, Art & Culture

• From Lydda to Gaza, Jaffa to Beirut

  “Why did you leave?” I asked Ismail Shammout. His story was the first I heard, but I was later to hear many others like it: “When the British ruled Palestine as a mandated territory,... Posted Sep 01 2008, 04:21 PM by Iman's Filed under: Palestine, Uncategorized, Memories, Personalities, Art & Culture, Books & Journals

• Read how Israel deliberately forgets its history

  Please read this very interesting article by Shlomo Sand;a professor of History at Tel Aviv University. Read it till the end.It is very  controversial because it discuss the origin of the Jews ,sorry... Posted Sep 01 2008, 10:18 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: books, Palestine, middle east, Israel, history, Arab, mideast, regional, Sholmo Sand, Judisam, Jews, Ethnics

• Settler Violence…Again

  What more can be added to this news? Once again, it is merely violence for the sake of being violent: On Tuesday August 27th at 7.30 pm, Palestinian shepherd Khaled, and his son were walking their sheep... Posted Sep 01 2008, 02:47 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Palestine, middle east, Israel, Conflict Zones, conflict

• Banning Arabian Childhood

  ERUSALEM, August 12, 2008 (AFP) – Harry Potter and Pinocchio are apparently not welcome in Israel, at least in their Arabic translations imported from Syria and Lebanon. Arab-Israeli publisher Salah Abassi... Posted Sep 01 2008, 01:09 AM by The Sugar cubes Filed under: books, Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Arabic, Occupation

• No,it is unattractive idea !!

  I do not know why FM Abu El-Gait insists on choosing words that do not go with his important and respectable position as a diplomat and also as a minister. First he will break the legs of the Gazan who... Posted Aug 31 2008, 11:54 AM by Egyptian chronicles Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Arab, politics, mideast, Gaza, Hamas, National Security, Just Opinion, Arab countries, Foreign Minister, Gazans, armies, Abu Gait

• We Need an Obama ! of our own !

  I find myself pretty impressed with Barack Obama ! I hope he wins ,mainly because I believe he'll do us better than McCain would ( Us = Arabs ,Palestinians ) , I've been following the elections... Posted Aug 31 2008, 12:44 AM by Smokes Blow Filed under: Palestine, Political, human behavior

• Laying the Foundations of Discrimination

  Whenever I prepare a post on Palestine, and set my fingers to the keyboard like clackers, I nevertheless feel a twinge of guilt. The posts I love are those which demonstrate cooperation, dialogue and steps... Posted Aug 30 2008, 02:00 AM by Caledoniyya Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, middle east, Israel, Conflict Zones

• Brazilian Cartoonist - Great Artwork on Palestine & Iraq

  These are samples from the work of a Brazilian cartoonist named Lattuf living in Rio de Janeiro, he cannot speak Arabic, but it seems like someone is helping him with writing Arabic in some of his cartoons... Posted Aug 30 2008, 12:27 AM by Tips & Polls Filed under: Palestine, politics, Bloggers, Iraq