Category: Journals
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Happy birthday, dear Vittorio (RIP)
by Shahd Abusalama 4 February 2012 | Palestine from My Eyes As I realized today’s date, the 4th of February, a stream of memories flooded into my mind. Today, last year, marked my dear friend Vittorio Arrigoni’s last birthday I spent with him. I remember it was a nice, rainy Friday. I felt happy to…
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Music against the No Go Zone
by Rosa Schiano 31 January 2012 | il Blog di Oliva Every Tuesday we demonstrate at the Erez border crossing, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. The demonstration started at about 11:00 AM. We headed for the No Go Zone. The No Go Zone is an area taken by Israel that extends along Gaza’s entire…
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Beit Hanoun demonstration under fire
by Nathan Stuckey 25 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip Gaza was treated to a strange new sight today, not really new, but something that has not been seen in Gaza in a long time: tear gas. In Gaza protests are not smashed with tear gas and clubs like in the West Bank,…