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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

04. January 2012 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

05. January 2011 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

23. January 2010 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

22. December 2008 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

31. December 2007 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

29. December 2006 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

12. December 2005 by Sohail Dahdal
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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

17. November 2004 by Sohail Dahdal
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