http://iman-a.com palestine, world, thoughts, art, culture, health, news, latest, politics Thu, 15 May 2008 19:31:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Expressions of Nakba is an international competition and exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Nakba: the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948. The competition strives to present the extraordinary narrative of a dispossessed people through a diverse ... http://iman-a.com/2008/05/15/expressions-of-nakba/ We will never forget... I want to be able to travel through out Palestine without having to flash my passport at every checkpoint as I wait hours and hours to get from one city to another. I want to see children finishing a full academic year free of school closures due to ... http://iman-a.com/2008/05/14/to-palestine-with-hope/ My latest reading (which, overall, was not all that impressive...but not too bad either) triggered some thoughts in my mind ... As I was driving to work, I sent 2 rounds of a mass sms to some of my female friends with the first asking: Hi! Would u take on prostitution ... http://iman-a.com/2008/05/13/for-peace-freedom-liberty-justice-and/ Aside from war, violence, poverty...What could make someone so damn bitter! http://iman-a.com/2008/05/12/smile-already/ Call Girl: Confession of a Double Life. by Jeanette Angell. Jeannette Angell went to the US from France at the age of 21 after earning two university degrees. She went on to obtain three more in the United States, including a Masters in Divinity from Yale and studied for her PhD ... http://iman-a.com/2008/05/05/reading-very-soon/ “Everything in this world can be stolen, except the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a just cause.” - Ghassan Kanafani This Week In Palestine, May 2008 Some of this month's In the Limelight: “Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages which Were Destroyed, Depopulated and Occupied ... http://iman-a.com/2008/05/03/memorial-to-418/ (via willflickr's) What would you have written on this blackboard? http://iman-a.com/2008/05/03/blackboard/ "Put two Steinways head to toe so that they form a square. Draw a circle with a piece of chalk. The whole turns into a geometric figure, a ying yang only longing to sound. These two surrounded pianos, that’s Pop Art. Two iron harps, and, sitting at the keyboards like symmetric figures ... http://iman-a.com/2008/04/30/pop-art-2/ "Poets For Palestine was published to unite a diverse range of poets, spoken word artists, and hip-hop artists who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity. Sixty years after the dispossession of the Palestinian people, this anthology presents forty-eight poems alongside original works by Palestinian artists. All ... http://iman-a.com/2008/04/29/poets-for-palestine/ Israeli tanks kill seven Palestinians, including mother and four young children in Beit Hanoun, Gaza. Mother: Khadra Abu Mu'attaq, and children Ahmad Abu Mu'attaq, three-year-old Hana Abu Mu'attaq, four-year-old Salih Abu Mu'attaq, and six-year-old Rudayna Abu Mu'attaq. (source) Rest in Peace - for our people back home, it seems the only ... http://iman-a.com/2008/04/28/more-of-the-same/