Showing posts with label cave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cave. Show all posts
Thursday, May 28, 2026

"I was just a boy when I learned that my family would soon be leaving my beloved homeland of Palestine to begin a new life in America. To the adults, it was a practical decision—one made in search of opportunity and a better future, away from the suffocating Israeli occupation & oppression. But to me, it felt as though my entire world was being torn away. How could I explain what Palestine meant to a child? It was not merely a place on a map. It was the hills that encircled our small village of Beit Hanina and served as my endless playground. It was the olive and fruit orchards where I wandered freely beneath the sun. It was the caves hidden among the rocky slopes, the handmade kites dancing in the wind, and the familiar scent of earth after the rain. It was home." Mike Odetalla

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Mike Hanini Odetalla oodStpnesricham3u5c1h8l0t0i32265m9143cl9utci8m1327t603251574   ·   The Boy Who Tried to Stay By Mike Odetalla ...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

With the children of #Gaza on my mind and forever in my heart 💔 Moonlight...By Mike Odetalla

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  With the children of #Gaza on my mind and forever in my heart   Moonlight...By Mike Odetalla   As I look outside my window and see a most...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Burqin Church (كنيسة برقين), considered the fifth holiest place for Christians worldwide, and the third oldest church in the world. It is located in the village of Burqin in Palestine’s Jenin Governorate (جنين) in the West Bank, Palestine

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Entrance to Burqin Church (كنيسة برقين) Photo by @feryal27 Hidden Palestine Entrance to Burqin Church (كنيسة برقين), considered the fifth ho...
Sunday, June 11, 2023

Moonlight... a true childhood story of being Palestinian in 1967 by Mike Hanini Odetalla

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  Moonlight...a true childhood story of being Palestinian by Mike Hanini Odetalla   As I look outside my window and see a most beautiful ful...