Category Archives for Yearly Reflections
A little email i write every year
New Year Reflections for 2012
Every year I write an email attempting to be reflective of a year passed, speculating on a year coming. This year I want to be less logical, slightly cynical and seemingly rambling. Why? Because I’m tired of writing meaningful logical … Continue reading
2011, Joha’s Rusty Nail
One day Joha, the hero of popular Arab humor, sold his home. The price he demanded was ridiculously low and he had only one condition: “on one of the walls there is a nail that I am much attached to. I don’t want to sell it… Continue reading
2010, Save humanity before the planet!
The year 2009 is now in the past, a distant memory; the big news last year was the future of earth, saving the planet, and our children’s future. I want to confess that I’m fed up with our obsession with the future, … Continue reading
2009, Right of return
I live in Australia, I pretty much have a good life here, friends, work, lifestyle, integration, the whole shebang. So, why do I yearn to live in Palestine – a place I’ve never lived in, and wasn’t even born there! … Continue reading
2008, Gaza
Day six: I’d like to claim that I suffer from a case of writers’ block but that would imply that I think of myself as a professional writer; Not my intention at all. I’ve been meaning to write my annual … Continue reading
2007, No News Good News
I’m an optimist. I always dig deep for the positive of any bad situation. Last year – or the last few years – I wrote in my NY summary how bad the situation is and how much worst it has … Continue reading
2006, A Love recipe
“You could hate the wings of a falling angel… or fall in love with the horns of a devil” Our notion of Hollywood love makes us believe that love is something we seek from others. Wrong. Love is from within … Continue reading
2005, People Like Us
I’m beyond confused, I’m fed up, I want to celebrate who I am without having to define exactly that I belong to this group or the other, I think the tribal mentality is really, really hard to sustain these days. Continue reading