Gaza Seige
Gaza Faces Severe Botox Shortage
Dr. Mansour Mostafa, Gaza’s top plastic surgeon, “If you think about it, it makes perfect sense,” “Israel’s siege is making people age quicker, and with that comes more wrinkles.“ According to several other surgeons interviewed for this this report, Gaza is becoming increasingly more vain and has turned into a chic urban center where pop stars are the trend setters.
Soccer Field Massacre in Gaza
It started this Tuesday, March 22nd, with Israeli tanks firing seven shells at a playground in Gaza city, killing a grandfather and his three grandchildren who were playing soccer. Also, another ten children suffered serious injuries.
Faced With Egypt’s Wall, Gaza Tunnels Go On Sale
A news report by Falasteen Alyoom “فلسطين اليوم” reports that now one can buy a functioning Gaza tunnel for $20,000 instead of $150,000, the ongoing price. It seems that the laws of supply and demand work even in the smuggling business in Gaza. Smuggling tunnels have become popular in the Gaza Strip after the Embargo of 2007 that limits the amounts of goods entering into that narrow strip of land.
Israel, Not Hamas, Bans Music in Gaza
During my visit to Gaza this summer saw devastation, destruction and hunger on daily basis. I heard so many horror stories about the situation on the ground prior to my visit, but many of those stories came alive as I walked down the shattered streets of Gaza and spoke to people with shattered dreams and [...]
H1N1 Hits Gaza
“It’s better late than never” is the wrong proverb when one reads about the confirmed H1N1 flu cases that have been reported in Gaza. It is not like Gaza can use any more problems, but few days Fatah linked news sites broke stories about H1N1 flu making it to the Gaza Strip. Many people were [...]
Screwed! Or How I Gave Hamas a Headache
I am finally back in the States and it is good to be back. I got out after spending four months and change trapped in Gaza. The world community has punished (rewarded is a better term) Hamas government with an embargo on this narrow Strip. This siege is really brutal on the people of Gaza [...]
A Gaza Bachelor Party (Videos)
With very few fun places to visit, a sky high unemployment, and too many lost dreams and broken promises, the young people of Gaza do not let all that stop them from having a jolly time. Obviously Gaza does not have night clubs, and the folks who want to get their groove on have only [...]
The Gaza Experience: High School Uniforms
I headed to the Beit Lahia High School to pick my video camcorder from my nephew Ahmad who has been using it to film sport activities at his school. I rode on my Cousin Mohammad’s scooter where he drove us through the narrow streets. As we entered the high school, I could swear that we [...]
The Gaza Siege Stinks…literary
Those with intimate knowledge of us Arabs know how obsessed we are with fragrance. Good fragrances to us are the trucker hats to suburbanites, the cool sneakers to the urbanites. While most do it for cosmetic reasons; others do to cover up the sweat on a hot summer day; and few do it for religious [...]
Eid in Gaza: Brought to You by…the Tunnels
Aside from the siege, and the unique political situation in the Strip, Gaza is just like the rest of the Muslim world. Gazans celebrate the holidays just like the rest of the Muslim and Arab word. Ten days prior to the Eid, the Muslim holiday following Ramadan one starts to see more activity in the [...]
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