Warning! Challenges All Way Long

These words caught my attention. I have changed them a bit to reflect my opinion of why people don't take a stand for injustice in order to make this world a better place for all of us to live in.

Warning! Challenges All Way Long

People...Don’t know

Know but don’t care

Care but don’t know what to do

Know what to do but don’t know how to do it

Know how to do it but don’t have the support

Have support but terrified to do it.

Sumud Resembled in The Palestine Youth Orchestra

Watching The Palestinian Youth Orchestra playing for two hours in Alhussien Theater yesterday was overwhelming. I was not watching only young Palestinian musicians playing music, I was watching 60 family overcoming occupation, suffering, land confiscation, separation wall and hundreds of checkpoints and diaspora. They are an example of the Palestinian Steadfastness in Arabic Sumud; a word that I personally love. A word that could describe the Palestinian culture of not giving up, and hanging on to all possible means to stay alive in Palestine and in Diaspora for 61 years.

The Orchestra resembles the Palestinian culture and reflects it very well; a mix of Palestinians coming from Palestine and Diaspora. A mix between Men and Women; a mix of Christians and Muslims.

I am not into discussing their performance or evaluate it as I am a mere listener. I did enjoy the three types of music they played; classical “Beethoven”, Arabic “Marcel Khalifeh” & last “Palestinian” accompanied by Reem Talhami singing.
They are a source of pride for every Arabic person.

Request for action
I checked the orchestra website it is outdated http://ncm.birzeit.edu/pyo/about.htm, it would be great if there is a company that could approach the institution to sponsor the development of their website and branding.

61 Years Of Humanless Rights

We have been hearing for ages of how the developed world aka The West stands for justice, peace, freedom & democracy. We only hear because what they practice is the opposite. They preach but don't act on it.

For 61 years we have no human rights of whats so ever. You know what your hands done better than us! Ripping us from our Watan (home/land) it is all documented in your archives. Still if you need more, we do have ownership certificates for our land, houses, farms, and water wells. We have our identity cards.

You have made UNHR principles & UN resolutions a joke to laugh at. We are aware of the amused human rights UN created on the same year we were deprived them!

• We are Palestinians and no one has the right to rip us from our nationality.
• We have the right to own our property and no one has the right for our land, farms, and homes.
• We have the right for freedom.
• We have the right to protect our honor and reputation.
• We have the right for freedom of opinion and expression without being subjected to prison and punishment.
• We have the right to take part in our country, directly or through freely chosen representatives; not to put sanctions on our democratically elected government.
• We have the right that the will of our people be the basis of the authority of government. We choose.
• We have the right for life & liberty and security of persons.
• We have the right for freedom of movement and residence within our state boarders.
• We have the right for a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of ourselves including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right for security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond control.
• We have the right to education.
• We have the right to participate in the cultural life of the community; to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

We are humans if you have not noticed! We have the same rights as any American, British, Canadian, Italian, German, and French. We have hundreds of UN resolutions that give you all the right to act decently just for once in your history. I am one of 10 million others who are not asking you for your mighty power. We are not pledging you to move your troops to Israel as you have done to other countries for no justified or legal reason . We are asking you to cut the financial & military aid from Israel. Above this you don't have the right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth in UNHR.

I wonder why countries like Latin America, Africa, Arabs...Any country that is oppressed, ripped of its dignity, honor, resources; don't withdraw from UN as a protest for the corruption & double standards.

For your amusement, here is the UNHR Joke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights

Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority

I wanted to watch Occupation 101 for some time, finally tonight I managed.
Really I will recommend this movie to everyone one whether they are ignorant of this subject or not.



The movie tackles straight forward the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which is occupation. It is one of the few movies that tells the story of the Palestinian side & starts right from the beginning of the the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, settlement expansion, the second Intifada (2000), and the Apartheid Wall. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, and the direct role of the United States in the conflict.

The credibility of the movie stems from some of the most credible Middle East scholars, historians, peace activists, and journalists, and humanitarian, including Noam Chomsky, Cindy & Craig Corrie, Jeff Halper, Amira Hass, Rashid Khalidi, Ilan Pappe, and others.

It is worth watching.
http://www.occupation101.com/about.html