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Posts Tagged ‘Mother’s Day’

Reham Alhelsi – Palestinian Mothers: Homage to Steadfastness and Sacrifice

By Reham Alhelsi • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

When the women came and told her to leave what she was doing and come and sit in front of the house with them, my grandmother knew what was to come. They sat outside and didn’t talk much. My uncle had been shot in the chest by the IOF that afternoon, and was at that [...]



Iqbal Tamimi – Google does not know that Arab and Palestinian Mothers Exist

By Iqbal Tamimi • Mar 19th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Features, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

On the 21st of March the Arab world celebrates Mother’s Day. On this day also the length of the day becomes equal to the length of the night. Nature is sending us a hint of optimism that everything is possible and as much as we feel despair, there is an equal chance of hope.
I thought of researching [...]