Razanisms - رزانيّــــات

I took this photograph the other day on my way home from school. It is a view of Nablus from the entrance of An Najah University. It looks a bit unreal, but the sky was amazingly beautiful that day. Very blue and the shadows on the mountains looked amazing. After this I headed to my [...]

Open Letter to President Mahmoud Abbas To: President Mahmoud Abbas Chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee President of the Palestinian National Authority CC: League of Arab States Non-Aligned Movement Organization of the Islamic Conference Re: The Rights of Palestinian Refugees and the Final Status Negotiations Dear Mr. President, Greetings of Return We, the undersigned Palestinian refugee organizations, civil society movements [...]

a terrific cartoon from palestine think tank on the hypocrisy of zionist darfur activists (who never, of course, mention that israelis imprison sudanese refugees fleeing genocide) compared to palestine activists: for more on the topic, including the hypocrisy of the u.s government (a bit old, but not dated): Double standard on divestment Josh Reubner, Institute for Middle East [...]

Supreme Court issues stay of execution for Davis By RHONDA COOK, BILL RANKIN, MARCUS K. GARNER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Jackson — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a stay of execution for Troy Anthony Davis less than two hours before he was to be put to death by lethal injection. Davis’ family and supporters, who [...]

On Monday, Sept. 22, advocates for Troy Davis kept up the fight to stop his pending execution set for 7pm, Tuesday, Sept. 23. This case has garnered national and international attention. A morning press conference called on the warden, prison guards, nurses and other medical personnel who will play a role in Troy’s death to [...]