Across the Brooklyn Bridge

"West Bank Unrest"
In the West Bank village of Tsurif near Hebron on Wednesday, dozens of Palestinians surrounded an overturned Israeli army jeep and threw stones at trapped soldiers who fired tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds, witnesses and the military said. "

Note=Palestinians threw stones. Soldiers fired live rounds, tear gas and bullets.

Posted by Alif at 6:11 AM | Permalink | Comments   

Dear Farid,

I am really so appreciated. Thank you very very much.
Really I feel some sort of shame as I think that it was difficult for yoiu becaus of the very much mistakes I did. I think that you spend a lot of time, am so so sorry.

Next time I will focuss more and more.

The idea of this story is, I try to say to the world that the Palestinian people live as human, they practice their normal life. as will as other things. I try to say that the Israeli occupation not only kill us, it also "rape" our daily life, and curb the details of our life.

Dear Farid, thank you again and again, hope to meet you, in NYC, Gaza or WB.

Respectfully,
Sami

NB: Have you recieved this please?
http://english.wafa.ps/cphotonews.asp?num=614

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I'm standing in my socks, underwear and a tee-shirt looking in my closet and unsure of what to wear to the day job. Back and forth, to and fro. I go through all the pants and shirts, trying to put together a combination I think would go well together.

Back and forth. Back and forth. Maybe I missed something in here that I might want to wear today.

The thought occurs to me, "I just don't want to wear any of these clothes anymore!"

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I have one main recollection of the Pope's visit to New York City years back. I remember having a conversation with a coworker where we both agreed, "Man, the Pope is like a rock star!!

He attracted the adulation that I'd only ever seen rock stars receive. It was so exciting to have him here that I thought, "Man, I"d LOVE to be the Pope!"

Posted by Alif at 7:28 PM | Permalink | Comments   

Transitions in life most often lead to personal transformation. Quite often, the same holds true for one one makes a transition or takes a leap into a new situation. This isn't always the case. Sometimes a person will make a geographic move to a new town, state, or even country hoping to change their life not realizing that they are the ones who need to change.

Leaving everything behind may seem like the easier choice rather than changing because change is very hard especially if you've made a mess of your life. It's easier to run from wreckage instead of cleaning it up.

I'm going through a big transition in my life right now. And they keep on coming as does the transformation. It feels as though I'm being catapulted into new realities, new situations, new awarenesses every day now that I've become brave enough to make changes in my life.

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