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| Visualizing Palestine |
Friday, November 4, 2022
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Rima.... a poem by Anne Selden Annab in Growing Gardens for Palestine
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Rima
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| Rima Najjar in a traditional Palestinian Embroidered Thobe |
Rima
Rima- connected
by family and Palestine.
She travels the world online and on foot,
following the art and the history
of and for Palestine.
Rima's goodness
(her greatness)
has a reach far beyond
the leap of literary awareness
and books, far beyond
the rainbow colors and hues of paint
and tile and trees and flowers in spring
all for and of Palestine.
Rima shares, shares the beauty she finds,
shares the challenges and routes
whereby humans connect
over and over through the years.
Rima shares knowledge and facts
and empathy and compassion
and character
Rima is as exquisite
as the roses her sister tends.
Where music and art for Palestine might be
she is there, in body or spirit
she is there for and of Palestine.
poem copyright © 2022 Anne Selden Annab
Friday, October 28, 2022
Palestinian Arab coffee shop with gramophone outside - circa 1900 to 1920
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| Palestinian Arab coffee shop with gramophone outside - circa 1900 to 1920 |
Monday, October 17, 2022
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Tax Payer Funded Religious Tyranny & State Sponsored Terror ... Since 1948, Zionist Israel wants the land, but not the Palestinian people of that land. #RayanSuleiman 7 years old
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| Since 1948, Zionist (Jews-preferred) Israel wants the land, but not the Palestinian people of that land. |
IN CONTEXT:
"It's a familiar scene, unfortunately: Soldiers armed with the latest deadly weapons storm into homes and schools, chase children and treat them with unbelievable brutality. The whole world watches on television and social media, but does nothing. When it comes to Arab children, especially Palestinians, the international community has no conscience; it protects the occupation state and its non-existent "right of self-defence". The UN is incapable of holding Israel to account for its crimes. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres refused to add the Israeli occupation army in 2012 to the blacklist of countries and groups violating the rights of children in conflict areas, despite the grave violations against Palestinian children in the occupied territories, the West Bank and Jerusalem.
On World Children's Day 20 November 2021, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the Zionist occupation had arrested 1,149 Palestinian children since the beginning of the year. The club also indicated that since 2000, the Israeli occupation state had arrested at least 19,000 Palestinian children. Moreover, in 2020, Defence for Children International noted that Israel is the only state in the world to systematically prosecute children before military courts, with between 500 and 700 Palestinian children facing trials every year that lack justice and basic rights.
Ever since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, occupied Palestine has been the scene of brutal crimes committed by Zionist thugs and gangs. Many children have been killed alongside women and men in Israeli massacres of Palestinians. The so-called "Israel Defence Forces" appear to target Palestinian children deliberately, and this is reflected in the increase in the number of children martyred. According to official Palestinian statistics, about 2,230 children have been killed by Israelis since the 2000, most of them in Gaza during the past four Israeli military offensives.
Rayan Suleiman was thus not the first and will not be the last Palestinian child to be killed by the Israeli occupation. The settler-colonial state will continue to kill Palestinian men, women and children for as long as the international community maintains its pro-Israel bias and turns a blind eye to the crimes of the occupation authorities."
October 3, 2022 at 1:14 pm
From Muhammad Al-Durra to Rayan Suleiman my heart grieves for Palestinian children
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221003-from-muhammad-al-durra-to-rayan-suleiman-my-heart-grieves-for-palestinian-children/ AS ALWAYS please go tot the original link to read the story in full.
Friday, September 23, 2022
Flag of Honour: Iranian women hoist chopped hair on stick as most powerful symbol of dissent. We call on women and men around the world to show solidarity #hairflag #MahsaAmini #Hijab #GenderApartheid
Removing hijab is a punishable crime in Iran.
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| Hair flag, protest sign of the murdered Iranian young woman Mahsa Amini |
"Massive protests are being carried out in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her detention by country’s morality police. In rage over the incident, female agitators cut their hair and burnt hijabs to express their anger over veiling of women."
Female agitators in Iran have cut their hair and burnt hijabs in protests against the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She was detained by country's morality police on 13 September and after three days she died
FP Staff September 21, 2022
When did Mahsa Amini die?
Mahsa Amini was on a visit to Tehran with her family in western Kurdish region when she was detained on 13 September by Iran's mortality police. She collapsed at the police station and died three days later.
Why did police detain Mahsa Amini?
According to a report by news agency The Associated Press, police detained Amini over wearing her hijab "too loosely".
CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour declined to wear a head scarf in front of Iran's president, walking away from the interview amid ongoing hijab protests over the death of Mahsa Amini
- CNN's Christiane Amanpour walked away from a long-anticipated interview with Iran's president.
- The anchor "politely declined" to wear a head scarf since the interview took place on US soil.
- Her decision follows a history of women journalists declining to wear the clothing for interviews.
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| Christiane Amanpour at 67th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York, NY USA June 16, 2008 |
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American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib: I stand in solidarity with the #IranProtests as they fight for a woman's right to bodily autonomy and against police brutality in the wake of the horrifying murder of #MahsaAmini |
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Picnics For Palestine any where any time #PicnicsForPalestine
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| Today: taking the solidarity for #Palestine outside Parliament |
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| Good Morning from Palestine |
Join us in solidarity with the Palestinian people under an illegal oppressive occupation.
Throughout August and September we are asking everyone to head to parks, green spaces or your garden throughout the nation to show your support and solidarity for Palestinians.
Palestinians are subject to a system of oppression and control and one example of this is being forced out of public spaces by Israeli authorities, just because they’re Palestinians and often for something as simple as having a picnic.
To protest Israel’s colonisation of Palestine we ask you to grab your loved ones and head to any green space to show your support for Palestine. Take photos and videos and upload them on your social media using #PicnicsForPalestine to encourage others to take part.
If you’d like to organise or attend a Picnic for Palestine then please email picnic@foa.org.uk you will receive a Picnic Pack which will include:
- Information and ideas on how to organise your picnic
- Palestine Quiz for the picnic
- Palestine bunting
- Palestine flag
- ‘Most Creative Photo’ competition details
- Injustice illustrated booklet
- Free Palestine Stickers
- A4 ‘Picnic for Palestine’ Posters to promote in your area
We look forward to seeing all your picnics!
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Growing Gardens for Palestine: The story of Randa Sedar, 8-year-old chess player from Palestine
Growing Gardens for Palestine
The story of Randa Sedar, 8-year-old chess player from Palestine
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| Eight-year-old Randa Sedar has instantly earned global attention and fame. The young chess protege from Palestine is the youngest participant at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram near Chennai, India. |
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| Eight-year-old Randa Sedar has instantly earned global attention and fame. The young chess protege from Palestine is the youngest participant at the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram near Chennai, India |
The story of Randa Sedar, 8-year-old chess player from Palestine
"The 44th Chess Olympiad is going on in Mamallapuram near Chennai, India. This city is decorated with the slogans of Namma Chennai Namma chess. The center of attraction in all this is 8-year-old chess player Randa Sedar from Palestine. She is the youngest player in this Olympiad. At a young age, Sedar is adept at playing chess. It was not easy for her to come to India from war-torn Palestine. But she came to India and is winning everyone’s heart with her talent.
Randa Sedar is ranked second in the world for players of her age. On the second day of the tournament, Randa Sedar defeated Fahima Ali of Comoros in 39 moves. Randa may be young but big players find it difficult to understand her moves. Her height is so small that it is difficult for her to reach the chess board placed on the table. She sits on the chair with her knees bent and then plays.
Who is Randa Sedar?
Randa hails from the Hebron province of Palestine. She comes from a chess-playing family. She started playing chess at the age of 5. Sedar was taught to play chess by her father and is her coach. Her elder brother also plays chess and he is a FIED master.
Randa Sedar won the silver medal at the Palestine Women’s Chess Championship earlier this year.
In a country like Palestine, where the war is going on, girls are
coming out from there and making their country shine in the world. It is
a matter of great pride. " https://groundreport.in/who-is-randa-sedar-chess-player-from-palestine/ AS Always please go to the original link to read the story in full.
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Randa has participated in many tournaments. Her second place in the Palestine women's championship qualified her for the #ChessOlympiad team. |
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
"Do you have any weapons on you?" ...
"Do you have any weapons on you?"
"I have a longing that's killing me."
Mahmoud Darwish, from Memory for Forgetfulness
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
Lest we forget the Palestinian refugee that planted them with absolute tender, loving care...
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| Mike Hanini Odetella photo of "his
lone bunch of grapes defiantly announcing their existence through the
rubble." |
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