Life on Bir Zeit Campus

A Regular Ode to the Hardships and Joy of Living as expatriates of our Countries of Citizenship in the Holy Land...as Falastiniyyas!

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Festive Birzeit

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On Monday we walked through the gates to find a circus awaiting us. Flags, banners, flyers, and posters covered nearly every square inch of ...

Land Day & Global BDS Day

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Palestinians commemorated the 34th anniversary of what became to be known as Land Day. In 1976 six Palestinian men were shot and killed by I...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Links and Rants

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Na3m, the Arabs are at it again- (We Need Order, Arab Summit)- and we don't have anything at all to say on this subject that hasn't ...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Good Shit

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OBAMA NATION (clever play on words, no?) We don't know why some Palestinians were so optimistic with the election of President Obama. US...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Ubiquitous Billboard

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That is the smile...of a first time rapist. Don't believe us? Take a closer look:
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Semantic Nature

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We learn new things every day. In one of our classes-- Cultural Studies: Modern and Contemporary European Civilization (a university require...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

The First Martyr of the Yet to Materialize "Intifada"

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16 year old Muhammad Qadus was shot in the chest by a live bullet in Iraq Burin, Nablus today. He died shortly after arriving at the hospita...
Friday, March 19, 2010

They Say: We've Explained Our Position...Now Get Out

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What is this conflict all about? Religion? Land? Palestinians have no problem with religion. This may sound ground-breaking, but we are NOT ...

Picture of the Day

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Palestinian students were prevented by Israeli soldiers from getting to school. The students had their classroom at the checkpoint. Resilien...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Elections

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Tuesday was the last day to register your name for the Palestinian local elections, provided that you are 17 and older and carry an Israeli-...

Erm...about that Intifada

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At five A.M on Tuesday hordes of ultra-orthodox Jews entered the old city of Jerusalem and began waving Israeli flags, all the while celebra...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Remeber the Day: March 16 2010..a new Intifada?

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We've been behind on posting, forgive us and we won't rant about our good excuses for being so. Lots of action has happened this pas...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Women's Day

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Admit it. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear 'Women's Day' being touted out you think of an AA kind of meeting, w...

Tashweesh

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On Saturday one half of us got the opportunity to 'observe' and interject a few questions to the three members of Tashweesh, a Ramal...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Good Shit

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The first time we listened to this, our mouths stayed open a full ten seconds after the track had finished. Talk about killing it. Keep an e...

End of Week Musings

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Is it the end of another week? Thank Allah for time flying by. *Stress. We whole-heartedly do NOT embrace you. You do funny things to our br...
Friday, February 26, 2010

16 Years Since The Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre

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On an early Friday morning in the month of Ramadan in 1994, a despicable racist criminal thug that goes by the name of Barukh Goldstein murd...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

What's Going On Peeps

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It's only Tuesday, but it already it feels like a long tiring week. Crawling through a paper on a very tight deadline was exhausting eno...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

End of Week Musings

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* Go Bil'in protesters!! They managed to tear down 30 meters of the Apartheid Wall, which set the honorable IDF back a few hundred thous...

"...And that is to Resist!"

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We have stumbled upon this gem of a poem and instead of hoarding it forever and for more, we decided to share it with you. The voice of this...
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Amreeka..Not What It's All Cracked Up to Be

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This lovely movie from first timer Cherien Dabis tells the story of single mother Muna Farah and her son, Fadi, who make the big decision to...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Activities for Activists

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Ehna Gheer Voluntary Group is an organization that administers a number of voluntary work days on Palestinian land. Today, volunteers are to...
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