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Palestine is not a nation, Palestinians are part of the Arab people

By Adib Kawar • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Culture and Heritage, Middle East Issues, Nakba and Right of Return, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

As a student of political science who had been involved in the protection of the interests of his nation all his life, I would like to clarify few points regarding the definition of what is a nation, a people or a political entity.
There is a vast difference between a people or a nation with a [...]


My Sweet Home Palestine

By Mary Rizzo • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Music, Poetry, Events, Palestine, Resistance

A poem by Tamim Tamimi
A young man’s mature poetry of yearning. How can such a young man yearn so much? This is Palestine. This is the heart of the people of Palestine. It gives birth to pain that never goes away, a pain that makes young men grow up quickly and grow up sad, but [...]


Two Poems for the Beloved People of Gaza by Nahida Izzat

By Nahida Izzat • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Culture and Heritage, Music, Poetry, Events, Nakba and Right of Return, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

Photo from Free Gaza, one of many photos of the people of Gaza.
Beloved people of Gaza
Treasured people of Palestine
Teachers of courage and dignity
Archetype of humanity
Allow me to kneel down
And wash your feet with my tears
Kiss your blessed hands
And sprinkle your beautiful faces with musk and roses
While we sat pondering like fools
Utterly helpless
Talking much and doing [...]


The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan

By Mary Rizzo • Sep 17th, 2006 • Category: Culture and Heritage, Education, Palestine, Zionism

Very few in the West can honestly claim to have been able to appraise the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from an objective point of view that takes into account nothing but the facts. In all fairness, until quite recently, it has been tricky to find complete information that was not deformed and manipulated by heavy ideological filters. [...]


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