Quick Update

So, word on the Gaza Street that Rafah will open on Monday, Tuesday and Wed of next week...I have to see my name on the travel list where I will be able to get on the Palestinian bus to hit the borders with Egypt. I have yet to see my name on the website.I...

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Not That Time

I went to the Rafah borders and tried to get into Egypt, the borders are sealed closed...but sometimes they let people out if they were on the safe side...I was told I was and I was promised that my name is on the good list...the good list lets you into...

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The Politics of a Gaza Paycheck

Visiting with a family member in Mo’askar Jabalya (the Jabalya Refugee Camp), I came to learn about a not so unique story about security forces personally working for the Fateh government.In May 2007, just a few weeks before the Hamas takeover of Gaza,...

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Just About

Roa'a and I are still trying to figure out a way to be alone...there are so many social occasions and too many family inviting us to do things with them...it is nice of them, but please leave me alone with the girl...something that happens once in a...

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May be

Word on the street that the Rafah border will opn on the 27th of this month, if this works out, I might be able to get out and make it to the plane on time, but this is the Strip nothing works out as it should. I am hoping the Egyptians will understand...

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PCHR Condemns Police Assault on Wedding Party of al-Madhoun Clan in Beit Lahia

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns police attacks against a wedding part of the al-Madhoun clan on Tuesday in Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip. The police attacked the party, opened fire and violently beat attendants,...

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Gaza Points

Cab drivers do not have change, they give you attitude when you give them money and ask for change.The ATM does not give me US dollars, are really hard to come by since the banks do not recieve funds in hard currency.The money people use does not get...

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Gaza Bro

My latest post I am stuck!My Story As of ...

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Live Action in Gaza

Last night at my cousin wedding party and during the guys portion of the party...the local police force crashed the wedding with live ammunition.My cousins showed up at my engagement party and danced their butts of, so I kind of had to go...I did go...

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More Engagement Stories

The engagment party videographer sucks...he made a video and took pictures, low quality video and his staff person missed out entrance and the song that was chosen by us. The colors were off at times. The good news is that I did not chose this person,...

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Eating Ramen Noodles in Gaza

Besieged residents of Gaza have developed a new appetite, their choice is Ramen Noodle with curry or vegetable flavoring.Made in Saudi Arabia, and licensed by an Indonesian company, each Ramen Noodle pack costs one Israeli shekel (25 cents) each.I know...

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EngageD

The engagement party went really well! The music was great, the food was the talk of the town, Roa'a was the uncontested star of the engagement party! She had so much energy and excitment.We took tons of pictures and videos, I will share some of them...

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A Party in Gaza

It's hot in Gaza, and the all place with too many fans is the local mosque!The less healthy a people, the more religous they are....Gaza is oretty unhealthy right now. Pollution is all over the place, once I got there I had some minor skin irritation...

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Engagment in Gaza!

Gaza is the world's bromance capital, it is alive and wellGot home last night at 3:30 AM, spening the night on the beach on a local hangout place...I took my nephews ages 13-17 and few freinds, I ran for an hour and then we ordered food...Shawerma wraps...

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Fun at the Courthouse

I went to court yesterday for the engagement certificate and it was a zoo...too many people with problems and judges are bored. A guy was angery becaseu the officer told him to step aside, he felt insulted...I thought he is full of crap.A divorced woman...

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More of Gaza

Gaza is awsome, the people are still fun, but destruction iseverywhere...guys with beards rule the streets, few things arebetter...like law and order...people like what Hamas is doing in termsof market and beach managment, but kiss your life goodbye...

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