Divine Intervention is the title of a spectacular movie by Elia Suleiman, a genius Palestinian director from Nazareth. Elia Suleiman was also the star in this movie about love and pain. The movie was nominated for a Palme d’Or award in 2002 at Cannes Film Festival making Suleiman the first Palestinian to show at Cannes, [...]
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“Smile, you’re in south Lebanon” is a great documentary I was lucky enough to watch last week in Souk Jara. The 1 hour and 20 something minutes documentary by a brilliant Dalia Kury filmed the life of a southern Lebanese family and how they deal with fear and hardship.
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Israel’s prime minister has said that the country’s military could launch fresh large-scale military operations in the Gaza Strip.
Ehud Olmert’s warning on Friday came as Israeli raids on the occupied Palestinian territory left at least one person dead and at least 17 injured.
“According to the information we have now, the pendulum is much closer to [...]
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A friend of a friend took this fresh picture of a giant key-of-return in Bethlehem just a couple of days ago. I’m not sure if it’s true, but this key is going to be registered in Guinness Book as the biggest in the world. But regardless, how cool is this? if you look closely, it [...]
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In my memory…
60 years ago my father, an 8 year old boy at the time, along with his family took a bus from Ayn Hawd , a small village in Haifa to the West Bank. That wasn’t a trip though; they were so frightened and in a hurry that they left everything behind. That was [...]
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By Sandy Tolan, professor and author
Air Force One will travel back in time this week, banking low near the southern Mediterranean coast and touching down on contested soil where the past is always present.
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On the 15th of May, bloggers everywhere will unite through blogging to help raise awareness about the Palestinian cause and what happened (and is still happening) 60 years ago on the 15th of May, 1948.
Your post could be a picture, an article, a video, a poem or something you’d like to say about it.
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I often share music files with my close friends, so it was about time I got acquainted with psychedelic trance. And I must say, I’m glad I did, ’cause I never thought I’d like this sort of music but what do you know. A couple of weeks ago, I was in such a musical mood [...]
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This week in Palestine: Gazans decided to go on strike in protest to violence caused by Hamas-linked groups two days ago. This is the first strike since Hamas gained power three months ago; the majority of shops, universities and even hospitals were closed on Sunday. Hamas shrugged it off and considered it an attempt by [...]
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This week in the Palestinian blogosphere, bloggers tackled serious issues such as the academical boycott of Israel, checkpointsEdward Said’s mural in San Francisco as well as lighter topics such as a Palestinian swimmer participating in a regional competition in Beit Sahour and other personal stories.
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