Winds of change !!!!

So….
Finally we have a unity government. We now hope that this new government will bring to end the siege over Palestine. The people in my city are more optimistic but at the same time still pessimistic.

The reason for that is that we see some beams of light through the wall and it comes from the north ( not of Palestine but of Europe). But at the same time the clouds are still above us, as Israel and the US are still talking about continuing the siege and on the other hand Hamas keeps on declaring that it hasn't changed its ways.

So, what does the future hold for us ? will our leaders be able to end the siege ? will Hamas help abu mazen in his efforts to help us ?

There are a lot of open questions to be answered and we all hope that it will be as soon as possible because we cant keep on going this way.

Hoping to see a change for the best soon

Asad al nimr

Ramallah

Finally a new government !!!!!

The Week Comes To Its End, And My Mood is Good.
This week I gave a presentation in my class and got a high mark.
Now I read that we are going to have a unity government and this also fills me with optimism.
I hope that the new appointed ministers would be the right people in the right place, and not someone who is not capable of leading his office or helping us.
Nevertheless Hearing khaled mishal in Teheran (why does he go there so often ?) saying that Hamas is the same Hamas as it was before the Mecca agreement makes me wonder about the future of the unity government as well as the possibility of ending the siege.
Me and my friends are waiting to see what will happen in the next few weeks. We are really afraid that if this truce between Fateh and Hamas will fail the future of Palestine is in real danger.


Hoping so hard, and not a bit less,

Asad al nimr,

Ramallah.

The end of the story - What will be the next step ???

In the last few days, a major issue has happened.
It all started when the Palestinian ministry of education, headed by the so called moderate hamas, decided to remove and burn all copies of the book "speak bird, speak again".
Do you know the reason?
they say it's because the stories contain "filthy expressions"' well I read it and there were no real "filthy expressions".

This book has been published in 1989 by Some Palestinian academics, and it contains 45 Palestinian folktales.The book tells some popular tales which where told in Palestine, it is being narrated by a woman, and it brings stories from the Galilee, the west bank and Gaza.
In my opinion these stories are important for the Palestinian people and for the Palestinian legacy, in order that we shall not forget our past!
The most important thing that unites a nation is its past! And if Palestine will not have folktales then what else will we have??
The big problem that occurred is that our 'beloved' government has decided to burn these books!
How can it be that the government doesn’t want the citizens to read folktales??
It sounds so ABSURD!—but I guess that "absurd" became the second name for our Hamas government...
It's so ironic that the same Hamas party that the Palestinian citizens have elected is the same Hamas party that decides to ruin our culture, and burn our books, and it’s the same government that hurts my freedom of speech.
When someone wants to speak, and use his freedom of speech, he gets hurt (or maybe his 3 children get killed…)What has happened to my beloved Palestine???Palestine is the only place for me to spend my life, I cannot see life in any other place, despite the hard times and the damned Zionists, I still cannot think of any other place as my true home.Hamas is ruining everything that we have been building here for the past few decades. Burning these books remind me that everyday we are getting more and more backwards, instead of getting upwards.
I can't think about a worse future for Palestine then being a twin sister of Afghanistan and Teheran.Yesterday I've heard that Palestine will get more money from the hamas "parents"- Iran.

Is this the future I'd like my children to live in?
In mini Teheran with the ahmadinijad servant prime minister (in the shape of Ismail Haniya??)..


May we all have a great weekend,Hope to read you replies on this post,
Asad al nimr,
Ramallah.

THE SAD STORY OF EMIIGRATION

Today I would like to write about a personal issue which makes me feel sad.
The Hugh amount of Palestinian which emigrate from Ramallah.
The numbers of people which emigrated from the city is enormous and unbelievable and the numbers are rising each day!!
40,000 have emigrated from ramallah and now living in the US, while The population of ramallah toady is only 60,000.
The meaning of these numbers is that almost half of the citizens have left ramallah in the past years.Has ramallah become so unbearable?
And a bigger question must be asked,
Has Palestine stopped being the option for us, Palestinians?
It feels that Palestine stopped being the natural place for us, why is that ? Is it because of the Israeli aggression, the bad economic situation, the hamas extremists. but if Palestine is not the place for Palestinians, Where is the place for Palestinians??
40% of emigration makes me think whether emigration is the solution for us?
I absolutely feel that such a step is the wrong decision. Emigration is not an opportunity for us! We must stay here and fight for our liberation from Israeli occupation and hamas influence.
I think we need to concentrate only on one thing, and that is living.
Living means focusing on life, and not on death, leaving means culture, and learning and acquiring knowledge. Life means being happy, and trying to upraise crisis.
I have family in London, and they have broken the unity of my family. Such an act took me apart from my family, and now if I have the need to visit them Ill need to fly for many hours.The Palestinians which live abroad have become a big community, which operates a broad community life.
I have chatted across the net with some Palestinian friends that live in the US or Europe and they are quite happy.
I will be glad if Palestinian that live abroad will write me and tell me about their life.

Regards,
Asad al nimr,
Ramallah.