by Tariq Shadid – September 23, 2011 was a memorable day. On that day, we watched the President of the Palestinian Authority unleash a barrage of strong words against the Zionist colonialist state of Israel, using language and meanings that we had rarely heard him use before on the international diplomatic stage. He mentioned the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing, the racist annexation wall,...
by Tariq Shadid This article was originally published at the Palestine Chronicle (2002), and is also present in the 358-page book ‘Understanding Palestine’ that contains many essays by this writer. It is available through Amazon. Click on the image to view/purchase. Many admirable volunteers from countries all over the world have felt the urge to follow the voice of...
By Tariq Shadid Like it or not, we are living in messy times, and the Middle East, bridge between three continents, is the region where many of the historical events of this troubled era are unfolding. The present chaotic situation also has a considerable impact upon the Palestinian struggle for liberation and independence, making it nearly impossible to view this...
By Tariq Shadid This article was originally published at the Palestine Think Tank and the Palestine Chronicle. Republished here because basically, nothing has changed. Although people in our modern times have been educated to believe that having the ‘right’ ideas, methods or ideologies is what causes revolutions, history teaches us that drastic changes usually happen when the majority of the...
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