The two of you are becoming inextricably intertwined.
some things are always the same
My friend who wished to remain anonymous translated this video and asked me to share it on her behalf:
We can't take it anymore. We are living as victims here, martyrs with the difference of times (when we are murdered), we are murdered one after another.
And no one looks at us, no one witnesses the magnitude of the catastrophe of the genocide we are living in gaza.
No protection. No international protection of any sort. No immunity against anything. These vests do not protect us, these helmets do not protect us. It is just a couple of slogans that we wear, it does not offer any protection for any reporter. These helmets and these vests do not protect us. We just wear it as slogans.
We are victims here. Victims being aired live, we lose our lives one after another without any price in return. We live as martyrs living on borrowed time, each waiting our turn to get murdered."
Our colleague, Mohammed was here only half an hour ago. And now he has departed us and he lies here dead with his wife and his child and his brother, along with a lot of his family who are also victims here inside this hospital.
Fly the flag high and proudly.
JHB, South Africa. 28 October 2023.
BETTE DAVIS as LESLIE CROSBY in THE LETTER (1940)
— dir. William Wyler
Barbie (2023) Babylon (2023) Amsterdam (2022) Birds of Prey (2020) Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) I, Tonya (2017) Suicide Squad (2016) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
I… love my wife. And I just… I just love saying the word wife. Wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife, wife. So… she’s my wife, and, she’s my life. And I’m gonna stop talking now, because I feel like I’m gonna cry, and it would be crazy to cry, because I’m so happy right now. So, thank you all for coming, and I love you all.
HÄXAN (1922) dir. Benjamin Christensen
Palestine Masterlist
Introduction to Palestine:
The Palestinian catastrophe (Al-Nakba)
- Al-Nakba (documentary)
- The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 (book)
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (book)
- Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? (Article)
- The Nakba did not start or end in 1948 (Article)
Donations and charities:
- Al-Shabaka
- Electronic Intifada
- Adalah Justice Project
- IMEU Fundraiser
- Medical Aid for Palestinians
- Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
- Addameer
- Muslim Aid
- Palestine Red Crescent
- Gaza Mutual Aid Patreon
Books:
- A New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine
- The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge
- Hidden Histories: Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean
- The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine
- Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique
- From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem until 1948
- Captive Revolution - Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
- Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics
- Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of The Palestinians 1876-1948
- The Battle for Justice in Palestine Paperback
- Uncivil Rites: Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
- Palestine Rising: How I survived the 1948 Deir Yasin Massacre
- The Transformation of Palestine: Essays on the Origin and Development of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- A Land Without a People: Israel, Transfer, and the Palestinians 1949-1996
- The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
- A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples
- Where Now for Palestine?: The Demise of the Two-State Solution
- Terrorist Assemblages - Homonationalism in Queer Times
- Militarization and Violence against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East
- The one-state solution: A breakthrough for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock
- The Persistence of the Palestinian Question: Essays on Zionism and the Palestinians
- Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians
- The False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine
- Ten myths about Israel
- Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
- Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition
- Israel and its Palestinian Citizens - Ethnic Privileges in the Jewish State
- Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy
- Greater than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine
- Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
Palestinian Culture:
- Mountain against the Sea: Essays on Palestinian Society and Culture
- Palestinian Costume
- Traditional Palestinian Costume: Origins and Evolution
- Tatreez & Tea: Embroidery and Storytelling in the Palestinian Diaspora
- Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing (Oriental Institute Museum Publications)
- The Palestinian Table (Authentic Palestinian Recipes)
- Falastin: A Cookbook
- Palestine on a Plate: Memories from My Mother’s Kitchen
- Palestinian Social Customs and Traditions
- Palestinian Culture before the Nakba
- Tatreez & Tea (Website)
- The Traditional Clothing of Palestine
- The Palestinian thobe: A creative expression of national identity
- Embroidering Identities:A Century of Palestinian Clothing
- Palestine Traditional Costumes
- Palestine Family
- Palestinian Costume
- Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, v5: Volume 5: Central and Southwest Asia
- Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure
Documentaries, Films, and Video Essays:
- Jenin, Jenin
- Born in Gaza
- GAZA
- Wedding in Galilee
- Omar
- 5 Broken Cameras
- OBAIDA
- Indigeneity, Indigenous Liberation, and Settler Colonialism (not entirely about Palestine, but an important watch for indigenous struggles worldwide - including Palestine)
- Edward Said - Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
- AL NAKBA
- Gaza Lives On
- Gaza we are coming
- Lost cities of Palestine
- Stories from the Intifada
- Last Shepherds of the Valley
Voices from Gaza
- Muhammad Smiry
- Najla Shawa
- Nour Naim
- Wael Al dahdouh
- Motaz Azaiza
- Ghassan Abu Sitta
- Refaat Alareer
- Plestia Alaqad
- Bisan Owda
- Ebrahem Ateef
- Mohammed Zaanoun
- Doaa Mohammad
- Hind Khoudary
Palestinian Voices, Organizations, and News
- Boycott Divest and Sanction (BDS)
- Defense for Children in Palestine
- Palestine Legal
- Palestine Action
- Palestine Action US
- United Nations relief and works for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)
- National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
- Times of Gaza
- Middle East Eye
- Middle East Monitor
- Mohammed El-Kurd
- Muna El-Kurd
- Electronic Intifada
- Dr. Yara Hawari (suspended on X 10/25/2023)
- Mariam Barghouti
- Omar Ghraieb
- Steven Salaita
- Noura Erakat
- The Palestinian Museum N.G.
- Palestine Museum US
- Artists for Palestine UK
- Eye on Palestine (suspended on Instagram 10/25/2023)
Ryan Gosling as just Ken in Barbie (2023)
Arctic Monkeys at 3Arena, Dublin, 19/10/2023. (Photos by astridcmacias)
Toni Morrison: Uncensored, 1998.