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… a strong and beautiful voice for the Palestinians

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“Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it

Shake your shoulders tenderly
Jafra, Ataba and Diheya

And let guns contribute and make it more fun [interesting double meaning, the song so far has been describing a wedding where people are singing the Ataba and Mijana and doing dabka, traditionally those were always accompanied by shooting guns in the air]

Raise the flag in Ramallah and Mountains of fire [Nablus’s nick name]
your proud head band is a symbol of grit and determination [Keffiyeh as a head dress was traditionally associated with head bands 3qal]
The first bullet tells the story of the journey
When the time comes, we make what’s up go down [rearranging an old Palestinian proverb]

Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it

We grew figs and olives in the orchard
We brought the wheat seeds and the lemon trees

When you call my country .. we will be ready
Lighting the victory paths in the battle day

Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it.”

More about Mohamed Assaf at:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e3c223c4-eb9e-11e5-bb79-2303682345c8.html

 

… with many thanks to…

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… Elizabeth, Storstadsnatur, Kristallina, Greg, Herve’, Mitza, Martin, Laura, Sharon, Charlie, Leonie, Sabiscuit, Claudia, Denise, Jeannette, Georges, Ann, Lena, Barbara, and all our other friends for your constant support and for your very kind words! We share our posts with each other – it is a marvelous experience of teamwork! Thanks so much! (fern  in Florida, February 2016)

… we don’t have snow in San Diego, but…

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… luckily, my dear friends bring the snow to me. Thank you!

Happy Friday!; Wish you a great weekend!; Stay warm!; and for those who observe Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom! 🙂

From Sweden:

https://kristallinasfoton.wordpress.com/

http://instaology.com/

https://folcke.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/isbla-29366/

 

From Austria:

https://echtkuehnblog.wordpress.com/

 

From Switzerland:

https://jakette.wordpress.com/

http://lesrevesdeugenie.com/

https://charlie2679.wordpress.com/

 

From Poland:

http://sumowkowespotkania.com/

 

… and from the USA:

http://niccicarreraromance.com/2016/01/15/appreciating-snow/

https://mondaytuesdaywednesday.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

Olof Palmes 2015 Award

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2015 – Gideon Levy and Mitri Raheb

2016-01-07

“The 2015 Olof Palme Prize is awarded to the Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb, and the Israeli journalist Gideon Levy , for their courageous and indefatigable fight against occupation and violence, and for a future Middle East characterized by peaceful coexistence and equality for all. By their work they both give a ray of hope to a conflict that has plagued and continues to plague millions of people and to endanger world peace.As preacher and pastor in the Lutheran church, Mitri Raheb sends a clear message to the young generation of Palestinians: ”We want you to live, not die, for Palestine.” In a Bethlehem confined on three sides by the walls of the occupying Israeli power, and with Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture that he founded and his innovative artistic education in film, art, and drama, Raheb has made it possible for young people to investigate their Palestinian identity, to nurture beauty, and to invest in a culture of life as tools for a creative resistance against suffocating confinement and nation building.Gideon Levy is working for peace and reconciliation by means of a passionate search for truth and a fearless faith in the victory of reason in a region infested by prejudice and violence, propaganda and disinformation. With parents who were forced to emigrate from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and as a true patriot, he has made reconciliation with the Palestinian people the mission of his life.”http://www.palmefonden.se/2015-gideon-levy-and-mitri-raheb/