Posted in Jerusalem, Media, Middle East, Palestinian Authority, Peace Talks, Politics, Ramallah, Refugees/Refugee Camps, Settlements, The Wall, Uncategorized, United States on Sep 27th, 2011
Last Friday, September 23, people crammed into Ramallah’s Clock Square to listen live to Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), speak at the United Nations. Abbas presented his case for Palestine’s admission to the UN as the world’s 194th country. Throughout the speech, the crowd erupted in applause numerous times and long [...]
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Posted in Checkpoints, Demonstrations, Egypt, Media, Middle East, Nonviolent, Politics, Protests, Settlements, The Wall, Transportation, Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2011
Last Friday afternoon I went back to my bedroom after cooking lunch and saw a missed call from my friend Lily, also an American living in Ramallah. The previous day she told me she was going to the weekly nonviolent demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, where Palestinians, internationals, and Israelis gather each Friday [...]
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Posted in Culture, Demonstrations, Egypt, Media, Middle East, Politics, Ramallah, Tunisia, Uncategorized, United States on Feb 3rd, 2011
Last month my friends and I sat in front of the TV in my living room watching Al Jazeera English. We were all shocked when Tunisia’s president at the time, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, fled to Saudi Arabia. It all started a month and a half ago on December 17, 2010 when protesters began taking to the [...]
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