tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.comments2023-05-30T00:20:53.646-07:00The Big OliveThe Big Olivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04454773879993952653noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-53288662170677675842012-06-21T13:16:19.884-07:002012-06-21T13:16:19.884-07:00Amazing i love it, great story Tala =)
EmanAmazing i love it, great story Tala =)<br /><br />EmanEMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11891548218340146261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-46412911057830673012012-05-18T17:09:50.316-07:002012-05-18T17:09:50.316-07:00This is a brilliant piece Tala! It makes me think ...This is a brilliant piece Tala! It makes me think of the academics and politicians--as well as the grad students here at Georgetown etc--whom "speak with authority" on the Arab Spring, but neglect to notice that when they speak of the youth, whose "brown skin curling in flames and shedding like flakes of thin chocolate," are more than a demographic trend--a... correlation...<br /><br />(Just to note--there was an ad on the Georgetown list-serv advertising the "exciting employment opportunities researching and working in fields" responding to the "Arab Spring." Just struck me as immeasurably irresponsible, arrogant, and ethnocentric...<br /><br />The youths of whom you speak and indeed others whom stand in solidarity with them, naturally capable of perceiving and affirming their humanity, and thus a shared identity (funny how that seems such a stretch for many) are truly much more than an independent variable for ascertaining patterns in contemporary uprisings. They are people, they have names, and they are not so distinct from their elders--a different demographic bubble. But even when trends are recognizable, why is it that even the fucking scholar seems as if to inadvertently blame the statistic, the 20, 21, 22 year old Arab youth enraged (and the only meaningful "critical" assessment of why is their youth) at the structures controlling their lives! Funny how these revolutions are never compared to those same statistics of those historical revolutions that these same theorists affirm as righteous, historical, noble, patriotic, etc etc etc...William Smedley mr.willsmedley@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-16454393034215740582012-04-29T09:16:26.156-07:002012-04-29T09:16:26.156-07:00New alphabets Shookronnnnnnnn!New alphabets Shookronnnnnnnn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-6509990353494337532012-04-28T12:13:44.601-07:002012-04-28T12:13:44.601-07:00These alphabets very hard to read. Please to do th...These alphabets very hard to read. Please to do the other ones more clear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-37348378252141710292012-04-26T16:01:50.072-07:002012-04-26T16:01:50.072-07:00"......managed to do with the hopes and dream..."......managed to do with the hopes and dreams of all Palestinians in the past present and many generations to come."<br /><br />Just one minute Ms. Kafri, that statement above will never be true. No one can take away or hopes and dreams not now not NEVER. Let us only work with the present shall we!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-22404271044485902022012-04-26T12:38:36.091-07:002012-04-26T12:38:36.091-07:00An Educated Palestinian Woman ( possibly your wors...An Educated Palestinian Woman ( possibly your worst and your government’s worst nightmare and Palestine’s best potential) <br /><br />Big like :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-76896977491830327332012-03-28T11:24:22.573-07:002012-03-28T11:24:22.573-07:00بعرفش إذا منيح أكتب تعليق بس فش حدا بالدنيا بقدر ي...بعرفش إذا منيح أكتب تعليق بس فش حدا بالدنيا بقدر يعبر مثلك ...Abu Jihadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412869003279157342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-27824978547834323382012-03-28T10:19:49.834-07:002012-03-28T10:19:49.834-07:00your piece brought tears to my eye. tala i love yo...your piece brought tears to my eye. tala i love you and i love reading your entries. i am not your mom and i am very very proud of you, so i can just imagine how proud she must be whereever she is now. <br />habiti intifatinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-54282652831396127702012-03-11T09:02:34.659-07:002012-03-11T09:02:34.659-07:00Thanks Dr Kafri, well done. You explained the situ...Thanks Dr Kafri, well done. You explained the situation in a good way. Situation will change!!Omar Hamarshehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-13454812020721965412012-03-07T14:12:12.642-08:002012-03-07T14:12:12.642-08:00Well-put indeed Dr. Kafri. I couldn't help but...Well-put indeed Dr. Kafri. I couldn't help but laugh out loud at points, from the absurdity of the whole thing.Rebecca Granatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783653532738418535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-37173870879614254312012-03-07T06:17:44.663-08:002012-03-07T06:17:44.663-08:00This can not be Harry Potter, this is a horror mov...This can not be Harry Potter, this is a horror movie. Wonderful style, was deeply enchanted by the article. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-13473511900969445802011-06-26T13:35:10.914-07:002011-06-26T13:35:10.914-07:00I love this post! I miss the Big Olive!I love this post! I miss the Big Olive!Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18292024025309268441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-47397326728189559212011-06-26T04:10:39.894-07:002011-06-26T04:10:39.894-07:00Dear Anonymous, we changed the background, I hope ...Dear Anonymous, we changed the background, I hope you find this easier to read! please come back and visit againThe Big Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454773879993952653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-68297630809239809372011-06-26T02:33:46.477-07:002011-06-26T02:33:46.477-07:00If you please, I would want to read this more if y...If you please, I would want to read this more if you changed the backround, it is very very difficult to read as it is now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-36065552396720445222011-06-25T10:39:53.437-07:002011-06-25T10:39:53.437-07:00In celebration of The Big Olive's one year ann...In celebration of The Big Olive's one year anniversary.The Big Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04454773879993952653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-87496470684971947632011-02-02T20:17:42.128-08:002011-02-02T20:17:42.128-08:00This really is beautiful, amazing work. keep it up...This really is beautiful, amazing work. keep it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-82958442602587085332011-01-29T04:35:29.136-08:002011-01-29T04:35:29.136-08:00Amen! Push that slit ever more open, 7obi.Amen! Push that slit ever more open, 7obi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-6910887976888113572011-01-29T04:31:56.213-08:002011-01-29T04:31:56.213-08:00J'adore!J'adore!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-19204086774004840522011-01-29T04:18:20.315-08:002011-01-29T04:18:20.315-08:00Your writing is power. End of story.Your writing is power. End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-28310007585278946462011-01-29T04:00:50.849-08:002011-01-29T04:00:50.849-08:00Absolutely divine and spot on. Ya3teekee il 3afeey...Absolutely divine and spot on. Ya3teekee il 3afeeya, Tala. Viva la Facebook generation, and all of the change it drives and the hope it inspires.ReadingREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506261941160397403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-82245193508829283782011-01-13T12:35:40.751-08:002011-01-13T12:35:40.751-08:00David, I love this story!David, I love this story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-1249902657889195182010-12-15T03:54:57.821-08:002010-12-15T03:54:57.821-08:00"...for those who love themselves no matter h..."...for those who love themselves no matter how mutilated they feel (and those who don’t),...". I am speechless. VAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-85635045986616827372010-12-14T11:53:53.994-08:002010-12-14T11:53:53.994-08:00Beautiful piece.
Sara Rojas-WhiteBeautiful piece.<br />Sara Rojas-WhiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-18233432411841331502010-12-04T12:35:16.996-08:002010-12-04T12:35:16.996-08:00wow powerful stuff dreams arewow powerful stuff dreams areBeetsandBeatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367557695846387011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4001862634864523017.post-13870536097350044322010-11-27T14:32:49.418-08:002010-11-27T14:32:49.418-08:00Love love love....Gracias!!Love love love....Gracias!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com