I am a Palestinian from Gaza. I am a journalist. I am a mother. I am a Muslim. This blog is about the trials of raising my children between spaces and identities; displacement and occupation; and everything that entails from potty training to border crossings. My husband is a Palestinian refugee denied his right of return to Palestine, and thus OUR right to family life. Together, we endure a lot, and the personal becomes political. This is our story.
Journalist, mom, occupied Palestinian-all packed into one.
The aerial seige of "liberated" Gaza continues, as Israeli forces pound the Shija3iya neighbourhood east of Gaza City as I write this. The shells, more than 25 by now, are being fired about every 5 minutes, resulting in thunderous explosions heard througout the city. F-16s are also looming overhead, and broke the sound barrier twice last night over Gaza.
posted by Laila @ Tuesday, February 07, 2006
6 Comments:
Any notion as to why all the activity?
It's not all F16s. There will be F15s joining in as well although I can appreciate that the difference is so small as to close to zero.
Mr. Preston Bannister, may I suggest you read some books on Middle Eastern history; perhaps you can even take some classes at a local university.
Yes, its disgusting that they can invade and oppress people in this way.
Elizabeth, oddly enough I am not looking for a complete history of the Middle East. Rather what I am looking for is simply a point of view - much the same reason I'm listening to Laila's words in the first place :).
"Bombs are falling on Jewish families as well."
Really? When, exactly? Maybe you could remind us of the last time this happened and how it justifies anything?
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