Welcome 2008 , Goodbye 2007
We said goodbye for 2007 . its gone and a new visitor came . welcome 2008 ., its just the end of the year it self . or the end of the name “ 2007 “ ,and instead of this name we will use 2008 . when I was a kid I thought that the new year means a new everything !!! new life , new hopes , new plans , new house and maybe new family . I though the end of the year means the end of all the actions in this year . yes that’s what I though . now I knew what’s the new year here . here in Palestine .
Well I was born in 1986 . the period of the first intifada . how a nice anniversary . I born and grow up under the occupation . “we’re under occupation” , “we’re under curfew” , “be careful a tanker’s passing in the street” !!! “they create a new check point” . “be careful don’t pass into this street there is a flying checkpoint” . “there no school today because of the curfew” I can exactly remember all these sentences I used to hear everyday . Green people everywhere . I remember once I was 5 years old and I asked my dad who are these Green people. He laughed and said they’re “ the Israeli soldiers “ .
I don’t know why I’m writing now about that .
2007 is finished the year it self or just the name 2007 . which means no more 2007 . but of course everything is still as what 2007 left for us . it didn’t take anything with it . so the end of the year means the end of saying 2007 . and the new years means , new checkpoints , new settlers and settlements in the west bank , new soldiers , new tankers , and maybe new walls who know . I’m not hopeless . but I said what I said because that’s what the last new years brought for us . so I guess, i think and i expect this year will bring the same but in the worst way . so no need to follow the planets to know the expectation for the new year . Follow the soldiers , settlers , tankers , that’s all will tell you the real future , the real expectations .
Well , its my first new year here in Palestine after four new years in Jordan . was normal in Jordan . different people , different hopes and wishes .
Citadel café in bit – sahour , small café its like one room in any normal house . we had our party there . DJ party , people from all over the world multi-nationalities party .all the nationalities people from Europe , USA , Palestine , South Africa . all together in that small place . all together waiting to receive the new visitor 2008 . waiting for it . all laughing , dancing like crazy . like we’d never danced before . no fights , no conflicts , no problems, no misunderstanding , no borders , no limits , no checkpoints . we forgot everything , the differences in religions , cultures , traditions , languages , nationalities . we forgot all that . all the things they said its all creating problems between nations . we were all together one body . the one who see us will say how united is the world , this is the real globalization , yes that’s what we are all looking for. All the nationalities together in one place . I don’t know what made us seems to be united . maybe the music , the dance , the holy land then 1 2 3 the new year came . we all hugged each other . we all wished a happy new year to each other . all together ,all of us . no borders , no limits , no checkpoints , no soldiers , no curfew . all was fun and fun and fun all the night . we forgot everything . we forgot all the pain we have . we forgot all the situations out side . but I really wanted to go out to pass one of the checkpoints to see how the soldiers celebrate it . that’s funny to think of him if he’s celebrating or not. I don’t know what to say , but this crazy party gave me a little hope maybe we will be united one day who know . maybe we’ll break all the borders and the walls that separate us . the wall which not allowing us to see each other . we want to see them . to see the other people living in the other side , how they celebrate and how they’re living . are they happy . maybe the miss us , maybe they want to talk to us , maybe they want to visit us .I don’t know and I cant answer all that questions I really want to find the answer . I want to . 2008 which means that we will receive the 60 anniversary for the creation of the state of Israel , the independence day for them which is for me and the other refugee it’s “ al nakba “ day . they day when they kicked out our families from there lands and houses. Yes 60 years of independent and 60 years of occupation . what surprised me that’s they still have the hope to go back to there houses , they still holding there keys , they still waiting for the day when they’ll go back to Haifa , Jaffa , Nazareth , they’re waiting . that’s all what I have .
We said goodbye for 2007 . its gone and a new visitor came . welcome 2008 ., its just the end of the year it self . or the end of the name “ 2007 “ ,and instead of this name we will use 2008 . when I was a kid I thought that the new year means a new everything !!! new life , new hopes , new plans , new house and maybe new family . I though the end of the year means the end of all the actions in this year . yes that’s what I though . now I knew what’s the new year here . here in Palestine .
Well I was born in 1986 . the period of the first intifada . how a nice anniversary . I born and grow up under the occupation . “we’re under occupation” , “we’re under curfew” , “be careful a tanker’s passing in the street” !!! “they create a new check point” . “be careful don’t pass into this street there is a flying checkpoint” . “there no school today because of the curfew” I can exactly remember all these sentences I used to hear everyday . Green people everywhere . I remember once I was 5 years old and I asked my dad who are these Green people. He laughed and said they’re “ the Israeli soldiers “ .
I don’t know why I’m writing now about that .
2007 is finished the year it self or just the name 2007 . which means no more 2007 . but of course everything is still as what 2007 left for us . it didn’t take anything with it . so the end of the year means the end of saying 2007 . and the new years means , new checkpoints , new settlers and settlements in the west bank , new soldiers , new tankers , and maybe new walls who know . I’m not hopeless . but I said what I said because that’s what the last new years brought for us . so I guess, i think and i expect this year will bring the same but in the worst way . so no need to follow the planets to know the expectation for the new year . Follow the soldiers , settlers , tankers , that’s all will tell you the real future , the real expectations .
Well , its my first new year here in Palestine after four new years in Jordan . was normal in Jordan . different people , different hopes and wishes .
Citadel café in bit – sahour , small café its like one room in any normal house . we had our party there . DJ party , people from all over the world multi-nationalities party .all the nationalities people from Europe , USA , Palestine , South Africa . all together in that small place . all together waiting to receive the new visitor 2008 . waiting for it . all laughing , dancing like crazy . like we’d never danced before . no fights , no conflicts , no problems, no misunderstanding , no borders , no limits , no checkpoints . we forgot everything , the differences in religions , cultures , traditions , languages , nationalities . we forgot all that . all the things they said its all creating problems between nations . we were all together one body . the one who see us will say how united is the world , this is the real globalization , yes that’s what we are all looking for. All the nationalities together in one place . I don’t know what made us seems to be united . maybe the music , the dance , the holy land then 1 2 3 the new year came . we all hugged each other . we all wished a happy new year to each other . all together ,all of us . no borders , no limits , no checkpoints , no soldiers , no curfew . all was fun and fun and fun all the night . we forgot everything . we forgot all the pain we have . we forgot all the situations out side . but I really wanted to go out to pass one of the checkpoints to see how the soldiers celebrate it . that’s funny to think of him if he’s celebrating or not. I don’t know what to say , but this crazy party gave me a little hope maybe we will be united one day who know . maybe we’ll break all the borders and the walls that separate us . the wall which not allowing us to see each other . we want to see them . to see the other people living in the other side , how they celebrate and how they’re living . are they happy . maybe the miss us , maybe they want to talk to us , maybe they want to visit us .I don’t know and I cant answer all that questions I really want to find the answer . I want to . 2008 which means that we will receive the 60 anniversary for the creation of the state of Israel , the independence day for them which is for me and the other refugee it’s “ al nakba “ day . they day when they kicked out our families from there lands and houses. Yes 60 years of independent and 60 years of occupation . what surprised me that’s they still have the hope to go back to there houses , they still holding there keys , they still waiting for the day when they’ll go back to Haifa , Jaffa , Nazareth , they’re waiting . that’s all what I have .
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