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Patricia Simon, Ecuador. Paul Pollack, El Salvador. April Howard, U.S. Marielle Cauthin, Bolivia. Is an online magazine uncovering activism and politics in Latin America. It was founded in August of 2003 by Benjamin Dangl. And is made up of work from writers, activists, artists and regular citizens from around the globe who are interested in flipping the world upside down.or right side up. From Bolivia’s gas conflicts. To worker-run factories in Argentina. From Guatemalan resistance to mining. We publish...
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Rafah Notes: September 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Tuesday, September 27, 2005. In the Days of Dark Circles. The children are frightened. No one can sleep.". We rang off quickly, but his Rafah neighbor's words haunted me:. The children are frightened. No one can sleep.". Dark circles. Bloody nights, broken sleep, dreams, hopes, loves, lives, and during the day, dark circles under everyone's eyes. The days of dark circles are with us again. But, I went on, the most thrilling thing about this p...
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Rafah Notes: August 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Monday, August 29, 2005. Celebration and Misgivings: Gazans Watch Settlements Emptied. Residents of the Kfar Darom settlement and their outside supporters demonstrate against their impending evacuation. Israeli troops kept the roads closed throughout Gaza. I’m happy that I won't see settlers after today". On Monday, August 15, the Israeli Army formally served eviction notices on the roughly 8500 Israeli settlers living in the Gaza Strip. ...
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Rafah Notes: October 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Sunday, October 30, 2005. We Are Not Simply Martyrs! Mohammed spoke with Gaza's youngest imam last week. The interview was published in Morgenbladet (in Norwegian) on 28 October. May I speak with Mr. Amjad please? I was telephoning to arrange an interview and discovered Gaza's most popular celebrity answers his own phone. "Mr. Amjad? Sheikh Amjad, please," he corrected me. More immediately, he says, it would be wonderful if he could afford an...
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Rafah Notes: January 2006
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Masked gunmen from several Fatah-linked armed factions protested noisily in Gaza City against the insult offered to Islam by cartoons published in a Danish magazine. Mohammed Omer filed this special report with Morgenbladet (a Norwegian weekly)a few hours ago. Reporting from Gaza City, Occupied Palestine. Read entire article. . . Posted by Erika @ 8:14 AM. Sunday, January 29, 2006. His audience started peppering him...
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Rafah Notes: May 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Thursday, May 26, 2005. RafahNews -Death and Disappointment. The latest from Mohammed is discouraging:. Ahmed Robin Barhoom, 24, was shot by an Israeli Army sniper close to the place in Yebna Camp near the border where Thomas Hurndall, the British photojournalist, was shot by an Israeli sniper while trying to bring two small children out of the line of fire back in May of 2003. Photos at http:/ www.rafahtoday.org. Posted by Erika @ 9:49 PM.
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Rafah Notes: December 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Saturday, December 24, 2005. A Few Grams of Chicken. Mohammed's article on the UN's multi-agency report on poverty in the West Bank and Gaza was published in Norwegian in Morgenbladet in their pre-holiday double issue yesterday. Or a self-appointed watchman to warn of Israeli spy drones? Stagnant" seems almost too mild a word for Gaza's moribund economy. But as long as the powerful forces in the First World refuse to apply serious pressur...
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Rafah Notes: June 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Tuesday, June 28, 2005. Flying Higher than the Warplanes: the Kites of Gaza. An article Mohammed did for Morgenbladet (where it appears in Norwegian.) As you'll see, living under occupation changes even the simplest things:. My kite carries a message," 13-year-old Hussni Hamad explained. "My dream is that the Israeli Apache pilots will see the question written plainly on it, namely, 'Why are you shelling us? Read entire article. . . But in Ra...
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Rafah Notes: July 2005
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Ruminations, Rants, and Reflections about Daily Life in Rafah. Thursday, July 28, 2005. Child Injured in Rafah. Nada Abu Khalil Siam, 4, in hospital after being seriously injured last night during the IOF shelling of Rafah. She was in her home when she was shot in the head. Mohammed just emailed this:. Another civilian, Hanaa Hijazi, 21, was also wounded last night during the Israeli shelling. Read entire article. . . Posted by Erika @ 11:01 AM. Sunday, July 24, 2005. Violence Flares again in Gaza. GAZA,...
