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‘I was born Palestinian’

Laila El-Haddad | A Mother from Gaza 14 April 2009 “Its not very comfortable in there is it?” said the stony faced official, cigarette smoke forming a haze around his gleaming oval head. “Its OK. We’re fine” I replied wearily, ...

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Palestinian prisoners families protest at Red Cross

ISM Gaza | Palestinian Prisoners 8 April 2009 Every Monday for years the families of the Palestinian prisoners are protesting at the offices of the Red Cross in Gaza City. These families  have not been allowed to visit their relatives ...

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Warmth and support

Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 4 April 2009 I met Ramadan and Sabrine Shamali at a Sheyjayee market a couple of days ago. They were going to buy new blankets, mattresses, and other essentials, including clothing, to replace what was ...

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The lentils did ok today

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell 31 March 2009 Today we accompanied farmers in the Latamat area on the outskirts of Khoza’a. The last time we were out farming in Khoza’a the shooting was the closest I’d experienced, and from ...

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The concept of civil resistance

Natalie Abou Shakra | Moments of Gaza 31 March 2009 How can I affect what is happening and how can the world respond? The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of ...

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Speaking Truth to Power

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell We were back at Faraheen this morning accompanying farmers again, eying the jeeps driving along the Israeli border while our farmers removed the irrigation pipes from one of the fields we have visited regularly. ...

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The high cost of living

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell 13 March 2009 Excerpt from ‘The high cost of living’ The price of fish… Yesterday I went to the Kabariti family for Friday lunch, a fish barbeque. I took with me three of the ...

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Painting on the walls in Gaza

Asmaa It is nothing new in Gaza seeing lots of words in great lines on any wall you pass it in Gaza. Some of them talk about the political situation, another is talking about the social events. Many of them ...

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When a second home isn’t due to wealth

Sharon Lock | Tales To Tell Excerpts from Sharon Lock’s blog We were visiting hospital dietitian S’s family in Al Fukhary. They all fled their home during the attacks, except for S’s dad who stayed behind to confront the tanks. ...

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