Category Archives: Al-Quds – Jerusalem
Jerusalem; A Cry for Support, A Cry for Justice
As the news spread, everyone went out to the streets. Students left their classrooms and rushed to the streets. Employees left their offices and rushed to the streets. Workers and farmers stopped working and rushed to the streets. Everyone left … Continue reading
PA Political Terminology 101: When Talks Are Not Talks
In the last couple of weeks, we have been extra blessed with the faces of various PA officials appearing almost every day to comment, give interviews or talks, in which they declare, confirm and strongly stress that what is happening … Continue reading
Returning to Jerusalem
Izzat Aziz Maswadeh was among the thousands of Palestinians who on Nakba commemoration day, 15.05.2011, continued the collective march of return to Palestine and to Palestinian homes and villages. Izzat was one of the thousands of Palestinian refugees who continued … Continue reading
Steadfast in Occupied Jerusalem
On the early hours of Friday, 11.02.2011, Husam Hussein Hasan Ar-Rweidi, a 24 year old Palestinian from the eastern part of occupied Jerusalem, was on his way to work when he and a friend were attacked by a group of … Continue reading
Notes from the Olive Harvest
“We lived in a paradise”. My grandmother used to say about Jrash; her village to the west of occupied Jerusalem, her home and only home. “We had lots and lots of trees, countless trees, so many trees that stretched as … Continue reading
To a Child who Dreamt of Freedom
You dreamt of playing with your friends in the streets and alleys of Palestine, you dreamt of playing without fear of F-16s and tanks, you dreamt of playing without blood and tears. You dreamt of running in the streets, up … Continue reading
“Traffic Accidents” in occupied Palestine: Another Form of Zionist Terrorism
On 08.10.2010, Al-Jazeera showed footage of an Israeli settler run over Palestinian children in Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. In the footage, the car is seen swerving towards the children, hit them and throw one over the windscreen. The driver, recognized … Continue reading
This is Our Land and This is Our Blood
They came from everywhere; from Yafa, from Haifa, from Acca, from Nazareth, from Um-Il-Fahim. They came from everywhere to tell the martyrs: We will never forget, we will continue the struggle. They came in thousands to tell the Zionist entity: … Continue reading
No Justice for Jerusalem: Murdering Palestinian Jerusalemites in Cold Blood
Have you heard of Ziad Al-Julani, Mohammed Abdeen, Ra’id Abu Hammad, Hazim Al-Dab’aat and Samir Sarhan? Have you read their names in newspapers, in website articles, in social media messages? Have you stopped for a minute to think about these … Continue reading
Our Paradise on Earth
“Yamma, wake up, its morning and we have work to do”. It was the olive harvest season and for over a month the whole family together with the entire village had been spending the day in the olive fields. My … Continue reading




