Feeling Palestine

The first part of the video is in English, and the second part is in Arabic, presented by the Palestinian poet Tamim Barghouti and I translated it into English below. Debunking The Israeli Biblical Narrative  This was a speech given by the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dani Danon, in 2019. “Today I will present to you the four pillars that prove the case for Jewish ownership of the Land of Israel.  The first pillar is the Bible; the Jewish people’s rightful ownership of the land of Israel is well documented throughout the Old Testament and beyond. The second pillar is history. The Jewish claim to the land of Israel is confirmed time and again, not just with Jewish history but through the history of the world. The third pillar is a legal claim; our rights to the land are codified in international law including in the document that founded this very body. And the fourth pillar is the pursuit of international peace and security, a stronger and safer  Israel mean...

  Debunking The Israeli Biblical Narrative  This was a speech given by the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Dani Danon, in 2019. “Today I will present to you the four pillars that prove the case for Jewish ownership of the Land of Israel.  The first pillar is the Bible; the Jewish people’s rightful ownership of the land of Israel is well documented throughout the Old Testament and beyond. The second pillar is history. The Jewish claim to the land of Israel is confirmed time and again, not just with Jewish history but through the history of the world. The third pillar is a legal claim; our rights to the land are codified in international law including in the document that founded this very body. And the fourth pillar is the pursuit of international peace and security, a stronger and safer Israel means a stronger and safer world. Let us discuss our first pillar of proof, the Bible. The Jewish people’s right to the land of Israel is mentioned over a dozen times ...

  Shireen Abu Aqleh: An Embodiment of Neptune Conjunct Mars? “How do we say this? How do we make everyone see you as we saw you? You never left our home during those long curfew nights. You were there every day and every night during the invasion and since then. We relied on you for soul-quenching news, for hope. We counted the minutes when death was everywhere. How do we make them understand?” It was the longest funeral in Palestine. For three consecutive days, the people mourned Shireen. The shocking news of Shireen’s death [1] was announced on the radio early in the morning; we could not imagine the news without her. Shireen had a story with Jenin refugee camp, where she was shot behind the ear just between the bulletproof helmet and vest, a precise shot intended to kill, a skillful shot that probably needed a sniper. In 2002, Jenin was the second city invaded. Jenin refugee camp proved to be a stronghold for resistance, and the Israeli army couldn’t enter the hidden allies and...

  "نيلسون مانديلا : "هناك نصر لا يعلم مجده سوى من انجزه بقلم : ديانا السلقان في رحلة كتابه "الطريق الطويل الى الحرية" تتجلى امام القارىء مدى الصعوبات الجمة التي تتكبدها الشعوب في صراعاتها على الحرية. وكان مانديلا  قد امضى نصف مدة نضاله في السجن فنمضي معه في كتابه الى تلك الجزبرة ببردها وحرها وعذاباتها وعزلتها. لا يسعنا الآن الكتابة عن تلك التجربة الفريدة واعطائها حقها لكنني أقف عند حادثتن في كتابه اشغلت بال نلسون مانديلا واستوقفتني أنا بدوري ورأيت فيهما العديد من معاني الانسانية واسرار النزاعات.   "هناك نصر لا يعلم مجده سوى من انجزه"   تلك هي عبرة مانديلا للاسير الذي لايعلم احد عن نجاحاته المتعددة مع السجن والسجان من اجل الحفاظ على كرامته وانسانيته.   الحادثة الاولى التي اخترت القاء الضوء عليها هي في سنة 1970 حين جاء مسوؤل سجن اشتهر بوحشيته وقبضته الحديدية على المساجين اسمه "بادنهورست". فقلب المائدة علي مانديلا ورفقائه واعاد ظروف السجن الى ما كانت عليه في السنوات العشر السابقة لاغيا بذلك كل انجازاتهم في معركة تحسين الظروف التي امتدت على مد...

  Street Art, Bethlehem (Bansky) Three moments of silence I walked the trail in the terraced hills and found the rock I usually sit on in silence. The outer sounds were faint. I felt that they were mere vibrations of the universe, and they didn’t bother me. After a while, I fell into utter silence. I focused on the sensation of my breath and softened my body further. The hill beneath me joined my spine with each inhale; it came together like an accordion and then released musical silence with every exhale. The rock underneath shared every breath with me. I was lighter, swaying with the wind, yet a thread tied me to the earth. I’ve connected to the earth. There was a fire sensation with each breath. I didn’t feel the pain in my knee, back, or right rhomboid muscle. My fingertips were pulsing. An image of me flashed in my presence. A phantom of me lying on the ground appeared. There was the sound of the first explosion and, after a while, the second. It was a foggy, dark, and s...

  باتانجالي وطريق الاطراف الثمانية ان الاطراف الثمانية التي تشكل الاطار البنيوي لممارسة اليوغا تقع في صلب تعاليم اليوغا وتسمى "سوتراز"   “sutras” للاستاذ باتانجالي. وت عتبر نظاما متكاملا لخلق الوعي والاتحاد مع ما هو اسمى الامرالذي تطمح اليه ارواحنا. وعند ممارسة الاطراف الثمانية يصبح بديهيا ان اي مبدأ لا يفوق اهمية عن اي مبدأ اخر، وكل مبدء هو جزء من كل متكامل يجلب في نهاية المطاف الشمولية للفرد في بحثه عن طريقة للتواصل مع الوجود الالهي. والاطراف الثمانية هي: ياما: المبادئ الكونية.   “Yama” نياما: المراقبة الذاتية. “Niyama” اسانا: الوضعيات الجسدية. “Asana” براناياما: تمارين التنفس والسيطرة على البرانا. “Pranayama” براتي هارا: التحكم بالحواس. “Pratyhara” دهارانا: التركيز اي صقل الوعي والادراك الداخلي. “Dharana” دهيانا: التأمل وصقل عوامل الوجود الالهية. “Dhyana” سمادهي: الوحدة مع الله.            “Samadhi" يصف باتانجالي الطرفين الاولين "ياما" و"نياما" بانهما المفاهيم الاخلاقية والجوهرية ويمكن اعتبارهما ...