Category: The Global South
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A Reflection on War and Its Consequences
By Usama Nicola In a time when political analyses and predictions about the fate of wars are constantly competing for our attention, we hear many conflicting voices. Some expect the conflict to end soon. Others believe the coming days will bring more escalation and expansion. Still others say that surprises are still waiting to unfold.…
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The Image of Arabs in the West: Between Reality and Illusion
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine Are Our Lives Valued Differently? In the aftermath of the devastating war on Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians, most of them women and children, were killed, many in the Arab world have felt that some Western governments respond to Palestinian suffering with indifference or selective empathy, as if…
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The Olive Season in Palestine 2025: Harvest Under Siege
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, October 2025 In Bethlehem, as in most Palestinian villages, the olive season is a significant social and cultural occasion. I grew up experiencing the harvest season with my family and cousins. Those were days filled with work and laughter; we would gather under the shade of the trees, eat homemade…
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Starvation, Displacement, and Destruction: The Tragedy of Gaza
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, September 2025 The ongoing catastrophe in Gaza is not merely a conflict but a genocide devastating the Palestinian people. Since hostilities sharply escalated on October 7, 2023, Gaza has experienced the displacement of two million people. Over 65,174 martyrs have been recorded in hospitals, with a total of 166,071 injured…
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No Neutrality in Christianity
By Lani Lanchester The morning of the Flour Massacre, February 29, 2024, I sat in my kitchen with tears streaming down my face. In my mind’s eye, I saw myself hauling sacks of flour from my pantry, ripping tem open on the pavement outside church, and pouring red paint through the white, so every worshipper…
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Hearts Still Beating for Justice
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, August 2025 Here in Palestine, we feel the weight of the madness every day. The news is not something distant for us, it is our streets, our homes, our neighbors’ tears. Each morning, we wake to the echo of uncertainty, and each night we lie down with the heavy knowledge…
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Staying Strong Right Now for Palestine
We cannot deny that things are very bad right now in Palestine. They have been for over 100 years, and this is an extremely difficult chapter. During times of grief and pain and confusion, we need to put one foot in front of the other. When we do this, every step we take sends forth…
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Prayer and Justice in the Midst of Chaos
By Usama Nicola, Bethlehem, Palestine, August 2025 Despite all the difficult and complex circumstances surrounding us, despite the injustice, the grief, the fear that sometimes tries to overwhelm our daily life, I carry within me a quiet yet powerful conviction: that my family and I are protected. This is not a protection rooted in physical…
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Palestine Book Club at Third Place Books Lake Forest Park
A secular book club for people who want to learn about Palestine. This is not Christian affiliated or associated with Christian Minus Christianity. For more information, contact Marti Schmidt at martha@marthalschmidt.net or Diane Paul at dianepaul475@gmail.com. Join us as we discuss books on and about Palestine rarely reviewed in the corporate media and hard to find in bookstores!…
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Something Unfair Keeps Happening
By Joy from Ghazza Something unfair keeps happening. Something—hot smoke—I don’t know where it comes from, but it burns my chest. I miss my home. Then I wake up. Then I miss my home. Then I walk on my feet for three hours straight, looking for flour. Then I miss my home. Then sometimes I…
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