I've moved on to a personal photo and art blog

check it out at :

www.salaamshots.wordpress.com

Philip Rizk abducted by 'secret police'

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corporate media

in clemanceau that's the new medical center (CMC) in the background

THAWRAT HUB

this is from my friend Shireen Tawil's solidarity with Gaza blog 'thawrat hub'

GAZA catastrophe

we have a people occupied and oppressed and a nation plentiful of arms and power. may Palestine one day be free!

in plain numbers

this is a simple diagram made to explain the difference in numbers between the palestinians and the israelis.

the number of dead Palestinians has already now increased to 420

it's blowing in the wind

i want to lay beside you

like all that we had was never gone

i want to sit beside you without feeling that void between us

i want to think of you like the person i love, not the one i've left...

how could there be so much there and yet discrepancies scattered

could you care for me, not only having to be cared for?

you're my love but never could we be together again

ma3 el salaama Olmert

his parting words... the nerve

she sang

it was that which i heard that moved me. the sounds of her singing voice in our post colonial Beirut apartment. layed out by a seemingly sometimes neurotic Huda Fawaz turned Haddad

we sat listening to a mono recording from 1971 as she seemingly happy to hear herself continued dubbing herself live.

we witness

it was that which i heard that moved me

the sounds of her stories recounting history of Jedo Amin during world war one.

his letters attempting to interpret the state of war through the eyes ears and all other senses of a doctor...she not yet born

teta you are a charm

a pretty faced pretty voiced shaking old wrinkly lady that you've become

parkinson's disease moves you

and i am moved by you

KABOBfest

check out this blog....

my brother  (aka Kalash) writes for them

thoughts

go to sleep on a positive note

pangea day

check out this woman's concept

Pablo Neruda

We Have Lost Even
We have lost even this twilight.No one saw us this evening hand in hand while the blue night dropped on the world.
I have seen from my windowthe fiesta of sunset in the distant mountain tops.
Sometimes a piece of sunburned like a coin between my hands.
I remembered you with my soul clenched in that sadness of mine that you know.
Where were you then? Who else was there? Saying what?Why will the whole of love come on me suddenly when I am sad and feel you are far away?
The book fell that is always turned to at twilight and my cape rolled like a hurt dog at my feet.
Always, always you recede through the evenings towards where the twilight goes erasing statues.

HAITI needs our help!!!

Dear friend,
Within the last few weeks, Haiti has been devastated by a string of hurricanes - Gustav, Hanna and, most recently, Ike. Many have been left homeless. Strong rain has pounded villages, has knocked down trees, and destroyed whatever little crops have been planted. The flooding by hurricanes has caused hundreds of deaths, loss of crops, homes, micro-enterprises and animals. Families are suffering from massive food shortages and lack of clean drinking water. Haiti being a smaller island country in the Caribbean has also received less international attention compa red to other hurricane-affected areas.
We earnestly appeal to you to donate generously towards providing hurricane relief to Haiti. We have a goal to raise $400,000. Your contributions will be directly used to pay for:
1. Barrels of clean drinking water
2. Non-perishable food items
3. Basic over-the-counter medical supplies (bandages, aspirin, etc)
4. Transportation of goods to and within Haiti
The relief work will be conduct by IAHV (International Association of Human Values) and The Friends of Petite Anse Inc. IAHV has been working in Haiti to train youth leaders in a reforestation project. Please visit:
http://www.iahv.org to contribute.
Thank you for your generosity.
The Haiti Relief Team
Uma Viswanathan (umav@artofliving.org)
Gerthy Lahens (gerthyl@MIT.EDU)

have we come a long way?

The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City were the most politically charged Olympics since the 1936 Games in Berlin. Ten days before the Games were to open, students protesting the Mexican government’s use of funds for the Olympics rather than for social programs were surrounded in the Plaza of Three Cultures by the army and fired upon. More than 200 protesters were killed and over a thousand injured. At the victory ceremony for the men’s 200-metre run, Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos (gold and bronze medalists, respectively) stood barefoot, each with head bowed and a single black-gloved fist raised during the national anthem. The athletes described the gesture as a tribute to their African American heritage and a protest of the living conditions of minorities in the United States. Officials from the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee judged the display to be counter to the ideals of the Games; both athletes were banned from the Olympic Village and sent home. The Games were attended by 112 countries represented by almost 5,500 athletes. East and West Germany competed for the first time as separate countries. Drug testing and female gender verification were conducted for the first time.
source -Encyclopedia Britania online