tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70149449811349065282023-11-15T23:13:10.266-08:00Summer in PalestineSummer in Palestinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02279052013426072832noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-57337957615734476452013-07-07T15:30:00.000-07:002013-07-07T15:30:47.404-07:00July 4 Camp Day 10 -Hebron.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The campers</span> arrived early morning at 7:00 am at the Ramallah Friends
School for our journey to Hebron (Al Khaleel). On the way, we learned a
lot about the surrounding settlements around Hebron, as well as the land
confiscations. </span></span></span><br />
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Palestine. We witnessed the production, took awesome pictures, and
purchased original gifts from the factory. We met Mr. Hisham Sharabati
from the Hebron Defense Committee, and he toured us through a
Palestinian area surrounded by
Kiryat Arba settlement and by the Israeli military/civil base in Hebron.<span> We learned t</span>his settlement and the military base
were built on Palestinian land. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later</span> we went to Hebron Rehabilitation Committee center and we were given a
presentation titled “Hebron Till when a Ghost City.” The presentation gave us
an overview about the history of the city and about the effects of the
occupation and illegal settlements in Hebron. The campers <span>engaged in a productive conversation.</span></span></span></span><br />
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city of Hebron and we witnessed the negative effects and the damage that
the settlement/settlers cause on the Old City. We walked to visit the
Ibrahimi Mosque were we faced some
difficulties from the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers gave us a hard time
and
refused to let us enter the mosque due to our Go Palestine camp t-shirts. They demanded that we either change the t-shirt or made sure
that the word Palestine was covered before entering the mosque. After
much discussion, we were able to cover up our camp t-shirts and entered
the beautiful mosque. Some campers prayed, and we learned the history of
the Ibrahimi mosque including the 1994 massacre. We then took a walk to "Shuhada
Street," also known as "Apartheid Street," where Palestinians are
forced to walk on one side of the street and Israeli settlers on
another. We witnessed first hand the inequality, making it a very
surreal experience. </span><span><br /></span> </span><span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We then </span>enjoyed some lunch at the Hebron </span>Rehabilitation
Committee. After lunch, the campers enjoyed some free time to do some
shopping in the old city. Then we went to
a village called Tal Rnebeh, where we witnessed how settlers live with
Palestinians and how the IDF soldiers protect the settlers. We later
enjoyed some time playing with the children. After some fun time, we met
with a Hebron resident who hosted us and briefed us on the village of
Tal Rnebeh and about the general situation in Hebron, giving advice
about how they could support and advocate for their
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our way back to Ramallah, we made a pit stop in the holy city of
Bethlehem where we enjoyed delicious falafel sandwiches at the famous
restaurant Aftimos. Yum! </span></span></span><br />
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-51238322752931795942013-07-05T05:00:00.000-07:002013-07-05T05:00:15.858-07:00July 3 Camp Day 9- Rawabi and Ramallah.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Palestine Camp went to Rawabi, which is a new city built specifically for Palestinians.
We started out with a private bus tour of Rawabi to see the whole city. Then we
had a tour of a 4-D exhibit to get an idea of what the city would be like if we
were walking through it, and later watched a 3-D movie about the city and what
it contains. After that, we went outside to see the largest Palestinian flag in
the country, and the progress of the construction of one of the neighborhoods of
Rawabi<span style="line-height: 115%;">. We then had a Question
and Answer session with two employees and</span> Mr.<span style="line-height: 115%;">Bashar Masri himself who developed the idea of Rawabi and is the
chairman of Massar International. </span><span class="shorttext">Mr. Masri explained
the funding of the project, how he transformed an idea of building a city for
Palestinians into action, the education systems that would be implemented
within the city as well as the positive international attention the city and
Palestine have received.</span></span></span></span><br />
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sing karaoke. We had a friendly competition to see which group of campers would
be the best singers and dancers. The whole camp was dancing, singing, and enjoying
their time. After every round, groups voted for each other. People who were
having lunch at Sangrias made guest appearances in some of the songs and
assisted with judging.</span></span></span></span><br />
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headed to the library and welcomed our guest speaker, Ahmad Shami who about his
family story and their suffering because of the occupation. He also talked
about the formation of the Palestinian identity, and the importance of finding
it in a country of confused identities. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-45415268902802483012013-07-02T21:58:00.002-07:002013-07-02T21:58:47.727-07:00July 1.2013 Camp Day 7- Bank of Palestine, Ramallah Musuem, Sakakini Center.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-30106888957945964432013-07-01T10:28:00.001-07:002013-07-01T10:28:20.723-07:00June 30.2013 Camp Day 6- Najah Universty, Balata refugee Camp, Masha Amer Family.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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traveled to Najah University in Nablus. The representatives of the university
welcomed us warmly and told us about the success of the institution in the
Middle East as well as provided information of what the school offers in terms
of post-graduate studies. Najah University is ranked 6<sup>th</sup> in the
Middle East, offering degrees that
range from medicine to fine arts. After we learned about the university, we took a
tour of the campus, which allowed us to see the rolling hills of Nablus as well
as take a tour of their small museum of artifacts.</span></span></span></div>
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history of the camp, the struggles of daily life, and the steps we can take as
Palestinians to change the situation. We then took a tour of the camp, and the
students were shocked about the quality of life of the refugees. The buildings
were so condensed that the campers had to walk in a single file line down some
of their main roads.Afterwards, we went back to the Yaffa Center and watched a
short documentary about two young men who had a passion about photography and
film and the necessity for documenting their lives in the camp. Finally, the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">After this</span>, Go Palestine Camp went to St. Jacob’s Well and
Church. They were told the history of the sacred well and drank water from
it. Later, we went to the Tomorrow’s Youth Organization and took a tour. We
learned about classes that focus on empowering women to make changes in their
lives at home, and the different opportunities offered for children of Balata
Refugee Camp to learn, play, and ultimately, cope with the deteriorating
conditions of the camp, a</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #38761d;">fter this, students were ready for a delicious meal.</span></span></span></div>
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To finish off the day</span>, we went to Mesha village and met with the Amer family.
The family used to own the entire hill before 1948, but since then, the
Israelis destroyed and stole his crops and decided to build a wall less than 20
ft from the house. Currently, their home is trapped between a wall and a
settlement, and there is virtually no way they can leave without being
monitored by the IDF. Hanni Amer talked about his determination to stay on his
land as well as the retaliation he has gotten from Israeli settlers and
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-31422584264459449162013-06-30T13:22:00.000-07:002013-06-30T13:22:21.547-07:00June 29.2013 Camp Day 5- Aboud, Deir Ghassaneh, Jifna<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lcSXtKvldUfXKqbSrXJ2q8vrGo52P8Kj8ig0DtSkIj6yUpmq67jfASRf4y2WcchYmXFUwCxZAODuIXLnUNuxsegO2ILdJGws_H5ARH5EcMboccq6KcWNT9iepJJ3Wc532R8KAd7YvTDm/s1600/SDC10960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8lcSXtKvldUfXKqbSrXJ2q8vrGo52P8Kj8ig0DtSkIj6yUpmq67jfASRf4y2WcchYmXFUwCxZAODuIXLnUNuxsegO2ILdJGws_H5ARH5EcMboccq6KcWNT9iepJJ3Wc532R8KAd7YvTDm/s320/SDC10960.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">On</span> the fifth day of camp we took the campers on a hike over
the mountains of Aboud and Deir Ghassaneh. We met in the early morning at 8:00
am in the Ramallah Friends School campus so we could prepare them for the hiking journey. We
hiked for 3 hours at Aboud and Deir Ghassaneh until we arrived to a holy religious
place, where a man lived, prayed, and died there. </span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We took many breaks along the way, including stopping at a natural spring that provided
campers with cool water.</span> The trek was long and hard
with some highs and lows on the way, but in the end close to everyone was able
to complete the difficult task. </span></span></span></div>
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-82041880077150846682013-06-27T16:36:00.002-07:002013-06-27T16:36:59.765-07:00June 26, 2013: Birzeit, Taybeh and Nabi Saleh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Birzeit University where we got a tour of the beautiful campus as well as
learned about the effects of the occupation on the university. We learned that
the Israeli military shut down the campus multiple times. At one point, the
university was closed for a period of five years, in which teachers and
students hosted classes in cars, homes, and outside the school itself. This was
a nonviolent form of resistance that portrayed to both the Israeli government
and the world that Palestinians have a right to education regardless of who
claimed the land. Then we met with advocates of the Right to Education campaign
who spoke of an academic boycott against Israel. The purpose of this boycott is
to attack the structure of systemic oppression that has been built through
Israeli universities because of their close relationship with the government.
Doing this is another form of nonviolent resistance that is currently taking
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Nabi Saleh. The people of this village have nonviolent demonstrations every
Friday to protest the illegal Israeli settlements that have gradually been
taking away their land and their water. The entire village of 600 people only
had approximately 8 hours of running water per week. They showed us the
settlements on the surrounding hills, and young children told us their stories
about standing up to the military, stating to them that “if America is on your
side, then God is on ours.” The night ended with a homemade meal, games,
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-58886228217704593802013-06-26T14:05:00.000-07:002013-06-27T16:35:07.898-07:00June 25, 2013: Bethlehem City tour+ Aida Refugee Camp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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early, Go Palestine Camp began the journey to Bethlehem City. The counselors
pointed out checkpoints, the wall and the stumps of olive trees along the way
that were a result of the occupation. This allowed the campers to get a first
hand look at Palestine beyond the city of Ramallah. During this time, we
stopped to take a picture by a work of art by Banksy, which depicted a
Palestinian man throwing flowers, symbolizing peace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Palestine to see artwork that was almost 400 years old. The museum is not yet
open to the public, but the bank graciously gave Go Palestine Summer Camp a
private tour. Then we went to the Church of the Nativity where we talked about
the history of the church as well as the effect of the Israeli Occupation on it.
We discussed the experiences of the church during the Second Intifada,
explaining that eight people were killed inside it, and tanks were stationed
outside the church. The occupation is even affecting holy institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dr. Metri Raheb. Dr. Raheb emphasized the critical role Dar al-Kalima plays in
the lives of its students and in the Palestinian community in Bethlehem and its
surrounding areas. Furthermore, Dr. Raheb reflected on how Palestinians can
spread awareness about the occupation and its acts through art and culture,
using Mohammed Assaf as an example. We then ate a delicious meal at the
Citadel, which was originally an Orthodox Church and followed this by buying
gifts at the Jadal Center for Culture and Development. After that, we went to
the Separation Wall to witness the effect it has on Palestinians. A woman who
lives in a house that is cut off by the wall told us her story and invited Go
Palestine Camp into her family’s stores. The money used to buy their products
was given to children who cannot get food because of the wall. After this, the
camp walked along the wall to see its massive size and to appreciate the
graffiti that stated, “Make hummus, not walls” and “Free Palestine”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to learn about the Aida Refugee Camp as well as the projects taking place at
the center, and the huge impact the center makes on the lives of the refugees.
Our campers played with kids in the Aida Refugee camp, and many of them said
that playing with the children was the highlight of their day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh speak about the history of Palestine and the idea that
resistance is existence. This was followed by dinner with a beautiful view of
Jerusalem! All in all, today was a very eventful, productive and enjoyable day!</span></div>
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-7840931506981949252013-06-25T14:12:00.001-07:002013-06-25T14:12:34.958-07:00June 24, 2013: Camp Day 1 - Orientation <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our</span> first day today was a huge success! Our awesome Go Palestine staff anxiously awaited our wonderful campers on Monday morning. After welcoming our campers and handing out our Go Palestine t-shirts, the staff and campers introduced themselves and we all played some ice-breakers to get to know each other. Then, the staff explained the rules, regulations, expectations, and cultural expectations to the campers. We then walked through the busy city of Ramallah and enjoyed a delicious meal at Jasmine Cafe. On our walk back from Jasmine Cafe to the Friends Boys School, we had a special tour through the old city of Ramallah by our staff member Qossay.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As </span>soon as everyone returned to the Friends Boys School campus, campers and staff engaged in a deep discussion about tolerance and the importance of respecting one another. The campers engaged in a productive discussion, sharing their personal experiences, opinions, and struggles. It was inspiring to see the campers getting comfortable with one another and opening up. The staff emphasized that Go Palestine is a safe, judge-free zone in which everyone should be able to express themselves openly and voice their opinions. The staff emphasized that our discussions should not influence how campers view or treat one another, and that whatever happens in the safe zone STAYS in the safe zone. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After</span> our discussion, the group split up and played basketball and soccer. It was great to see the campers and staff engaged in physical activity and enjoying themselves! We then entered the 'Cinema Room' and watched the documentary <i>Occupation 101. </i>The film was very informative and emotional, addressing everything from settlements to Rachel Corrie to the Intifadas. Following the film, campers and staff engaged in a discussion in which the local campers reflected on their personal experiences living under occupation and their experience living and surviving through the Second Intifada. International campers discussed their experience, struggles, and perspectives as Palestinians living abroad in the 'Diaspora'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After</span> an AWESOME day, the campers were anxious, excited, tired, and ready to go home to their host families. After the campers left, the Go Palestine staff met and reflected on how successful their first day was and how impressed they all were with the campers. </span></div>
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Friends Schoolshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14043571865473471109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014944981134906528.post-74368730861856189092013-06-23T14:22:00.002-07:002013-06-23T22:30:32.233-07:00June 23, 2013: Arrival Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The</span><span style="font-size: 15.555556297302246px;"> countdown for our amazing camp is almost UP!!! There is only one more day left for our wonderful journey to begin. Before camp the staff had three days of staff training to ensure that all of you will enjoy and learn a lot from this exceptional experience. We went over all the details and logistics to make sure that your comfort and safety will be met. Our staff members are amazing, fun to be around and all of us are looking forward to meet you all and to get to know each of you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">schedule will be busy and every day we will be exploring a new place and undergoing a new adventures. Our International campers arrived safely today to the Ramallah Friends School campus and all of our amazing host families welcomed them with open arms! The first day of camp will start tomorrow, Monday, we will go over some in-house business, learn some fun ice breakers, walk around our beautiful town of Ramallah and make new friends!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">Go Palestine family and the Ramallah Friends School administration are looking forward for this year's camp. :)</span></span></div>
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