This is an update email from Samia (pseudonym) Nadia Hasan. After she was denied entry her homeland, Palestine, she came back to Jordan, spent couple of days at Aqaba, and now she is in Amman.
On her first day there, she wrote:
March 30, 2006
Today is my first day in Amman, well, today its the [...]
In a continuing effort to obtain the arrest of high-ranking Israeli officers, when they travel outside of Israel, several legal organisations are looking to receive testimonies from internationals who witnessed war crimes, whilst in the West Bank or Gaza.
These organisations are aware that every international who has travelled to Palestine will have witnessed the crimes [...]
This is a true story. Samia, a Palestinian friend who lives in Brazil send me her story about her experience while crossing the borders from Jordan to Palestine. It is touching true story that kept me sleepless last night, that’s why I decided to share it here.
Ahlen , first of all, sorry for my English, [...]
This is a cross-posting. It was initially published at Global Voices!
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere.
It’s not only the English language bloggers from Middle East who are continuously trying to bridge the cultural gaps, but Arabic language bloggers are facing similar tough battle at home, within the Arabic blogsphere [...]
Only few days left to enter the Civil Rights in the Middle East essay contest!
The contest is seeking young Middle Easterners to write brief essays (600-2,000 words) about their vision for the future of the region. Winners can receive up to $2,000!
I encourage you to enter the contest if you are eligible.
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“I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?”
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At the entrance to the Guantanamo detention camp, a wooden sign reads: “Honor Bound to Defend Freedom.” Ironically, this is where freedom starts, this is where it ends!!
You go there to stay and [...]
You may remember when I first posted this story when it happen.
This officer’s peers, turned him in when he murdered poor Imam, but the state found him free.
Now they are rewarding him!
IDF officer cleared in death of Gaza girl to receive compensation from state
By Amos Harel, Haaretz correspondent
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/697464.html
A Givati Brigade officer will receive NIS [...]
From Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD):
The Power of Saying No
By Jeff Halper
As the new Hamas government is sworn into power in the Palestinian Authority, we might ask: What would bring a people, the most secular of Arab populations with little history of religious fundamentalism, to vote Hamas? Mere protest at Fatah ineffectualness in negotiations [...]
On March 22nd it will be one month since filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor Hao Wu was detained without charge. We appeal to the Chinese government for Hao Wu’s immediate release!
[By Rebecca MacKinnon]
What happened to Hao?
Hao Wu (Chinese name: ??), a Chinese documentary filmmaker who lived in the U.S. between 1992 and 2004, [...]
British Apology to Palestinians
Scottish effort to issue a British apology to the Palestinian people for Balfour. Please make the effort to sign the Petition. Balfour Declaration and the rights of the Palestinian People Raised by: Mr Gerald Quin on 15 April 2008 Petition by Gerald Quin calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government ... Netanyahu: 9/11 attacks good for Israel
The Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on Wednesday reported that Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told an audience at Bar Ilan university that the September 11, 2001 terror attacks had been beneficial for Israel. "We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American ... Facebook: Danger to Israeli Security?
Read and laugh: Israeli soldiers warned about Facebook [USA TODAY] Israeli defense officials say they've identified an unlikely new threat to national security - Facebook. A new list of rules aims to prevent soldiers and Defense Ministry employees from revealing classified information on social networking sites. The officials say some soldiers have uploaded ... Google and Facebook Celebrate Israel's 60th
Blair, Gorbachev, Streisand to attend Israel's 60th President Shimon Peres is bringing in top personalities from around the world to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. United States President George W. Bush, Barbra Streisand, Tony Blair, Mikhail Gorbachev and Rupert Murdoch ... But guess who is joining the celebration too: The list of confirmed guests also ... Israel will not allow UN human rights envoy to enter... because he said Israel practiced apartheid...
Israel to deny UN official entry for comparing Israel to Nazis
By The Associated Press
The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it will not allow the United Nations official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights to enter ...
