On Thursday, Jon Stewart hosted two interesting guests on The Daily Show, Israeli-Palestinian peace activists Anna Baltzer and Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. The episode seemed to draw an angry response from a Pro-Israel crowd so I’m reposting this letter written by Baltzer in hopes that those who read it will help spread it. The content is [...]
So last week was Adam’s first time experience with nursery. Before going there, I was fully aware of the big change that Adam will be experiencing and was well-prepared for the consequences… thanks to the internet, TV shows, parenting magazines, and the nursery’s Director of Education, who made it very clear that many children -as [...]
Being a full time employee and then switching into a housewife is really a big change in the life of any woman. That’s why many women, after having a baby, prefer sticking to their jobs and have someone help them out with their kids, or have any kind of arrangement they’d feel will give them [...]
“It’s only when you open your heart to your present that future opens its heart to you”_ yours truly.
WOW! Just came back from a… well, what was supposed to be just a quick visit to the closest recycling unit, and that is in the parking area of a supermarket near us. The walk is around 5 minutes (fast walking) and around 10 if you were lazy walking. The thing is, it’s really hot [...]
Today was my son’s first day to go to nursery, and I mean the first day ever. As many friends of mine already know, I’m strongly against sending children to daycare/nursery at young age, and by young I mean a few months old, unless of course, if the parent is a single working parent, or [...]
So this year’s topic for Blog Action Day is CLIMATE CHANGE. And I think that if you’re an adult and still need someone to explain this issue to you, then we -the whole world- are in big trouble. That’s why I’ll skip the lectures, explaining, and preaching and will simply BEG YOU ALL reading this blog [...]
أوّل ما قرأته للكاتبة السورية هيفاء بيطار كان كتاب: “فضاء كالقفص“، وهو عبارة عن مجموعة من القصص القصيرة، وأنا غالبا أميل لهذا النمط من الكتب، فقراءة القصص القصيرة ممتعة، خاصة إذا كان أسلوب الكتابة جميل. وقد شدّتني جرأة الكاتبة وواقعيتها، ولفتني نقدها الاجتماعي اللاذع، وقدرتها على جذبك لمتابعة القراءة، وأعجبني عشقها الواضح لمدينة أنا نفسي [...]
An Israeli settler riding a horse in the illegal West Bank outpost of Nofi Nehamiya, past roads signs on which the Arabic names for Jerusalem and Ariel have been blacked out. (AFP photo/Jack Guez) Very interesting article by Mohammed Omer, read it in full. [Source: WR MEA, Via: Linda Haddad]
I woke up today to this piece of news that just gave me hope in a better tomorrow for Palestinian refugee camps, one way or the other, and despite the ever worsening conditions there; the news says: Street in Palestinian Refugee Camp Named after Twitter Account The street, which is now named “@arjanelfassed tweetstreet,” is [...]
