Palestine Blogs

The ripples from Tony Blair's memoirs continue to spread throughout the news although I am not sure whether I will take the time to read them yet; I have a lot of other books to read and not very...

Slowly making cautious forays into the international arena, Britain's new prime minister David Cameron has recently stated he feels 'anger' at the slow pace of Turkey's admittance into the EU. I'll...

Well it seems that the American army's "combat operations" phase is now finally over. No victory parades, no fancy speeches or handing over ceremonies, instead the thief slips away quietly during the...

I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt that I was back in Syria and that I was in a government building trying to pay a bill. I waited for ages before the person spoke to me and then he told me...

I first heard this song when I watched Waltz with Bashir. The song is quite catchy, but it struck me how there are some people today who live their life like it is an MTV video clip. By this I mean...

Today I helped somebody sad feel a little bit happier, somebody angry feel a little bit calmer, and somebody lost to find their way. It was a very strange day. I also had several discussions with...

A friend of mine introduced me to this new series which is being aired during Ramadan. I think the guy who is presenting this programme is a fantastic person with lots of enthusiasm and talent. The...

There are few writers I enjoy reading for more than Joseph Conrad. The style he pursues in some of his stories is one of abandoning the modern, along with the illusion of safety that it gives us....

The Economist is always an interesting newspaper to read. For myself I am especially fascinated with the uniquely Western perspective that it portrays as neutral and balanced. In their recent issue...

What is happening to Sudan is absolutely ridiculous and completely unacceptable. Omar Bashir has been an unmitigated disaster for the country and weakened it to the point where its enemies are now...

I think you'd have to have been living in a cave to not hear about Richard Dawkins and his famous book The God Delusion. The man is a respected scientist and he has written some highly successful...

It was difficult to find parking and my friend and I were worried that we would be late for the taraweeh prayers. As we drove past the simple community centre housing the mosque we noted people...

I will be posting less during the month of Ramadan as I intend to spend a lot of time in reflection and thought. I wish you all a blessed month and inner peace.

Well what is there to say about this week? The week of calamities more like. It seems like everytime I turn to the news there is another story of flooding, death and destruction. And I haven't even...

The BBC coverage of the rocket attack on Eilat was 'interesting'. Somebody seemed to think it a good idea to bring in an expert on tourism to discuss the impact for British travellers?! No questions...

Chilling out to the amazing Muhammad Abd el Wahhab...The Eternal River is one of my favourite songs by the man.

Good for him. Honestly, people like him renew my faith in the human spirit.

A short clip with the awesome Abbas el Nouri and his - "Yil'an Abu Sharafak!" Syrian drama is frequently commented on these days, and rightly so. The most famous of these was Bab el Hara, which...

I've been thinking hard about that niqab ban that was put in place by the Syrian minister of education and the more I mulled it over, the more things began to make sense. My first impulse in an...