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The Zoom camera clicks on and Natalia Ibrahim Abufarah Davila, 35, appears. The Palestinian-Puerto Rican organizer has a soft aura and wears glasses, her face framed by a side part and thick braid. Born to a Palestinian father and a Puerto Rican mother, Abufarah Davila grew up between the two cultures and has since become […]
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Where pa’lante meets sumud: Puerto Ricans organize in solidarity with Palestine
April 17th, 2024 
Awake Goy 75 years of sumud
May 14th, 2023 Awake Goy As we commemorate 75 years of catastrophe, we also recognize 75 years of sumud, the Arabic word for “steadfastness” that captures Palestinians defiant resilience. Source Views: 0
Sumud, crucifixion, and poetry: The life of Palestinian leader Tawfiq Zayyad
December 20th, 2020 Awake Goy Unlike the author of this academic biography who never met the Palestinian leader Tawfiq Zayyad and only knew of him through the mainly Zionist Hebrew press, I knew Tawfiq Zayyad and respected him since the Nakba. At that life-changing juncture, he was nearly twice my age of eleven years, someone with literary promise, revolutionary bend […]
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Tags: crucifixion, leader, palestinian, poetry, sumud, tawfiq, zayyad 
No Comments »Sumud, beyond protesting occupation: protecting life
July 8th, 2017 Awake Goy For over a month now, I have been involved with a group of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, in a new and emerging protest and protect movement called Sumud Freedom Camp. One of our key aims is to build a nonviolent movement that focuses on joint action towards resisting the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian […]
Testing nonviolence in the South Hebron Hills: Day 8 of Sumud Freedom Camp
May 27th, 2017 Awake Goy Eight days ago, I woke up with 130 other American and international Jews on a rooftop in the South Hebron Hills and in order to avoid being stopped at checkpoints, hiked into the village of Sarura to take part in an unprecedented number of Jews from abroad who are participating in a Palestinian-led coalition seeking to return families forcibly […]
World central banks selling off U.S. debt at highest levels since 1978
May 19th, 2016 Awake Goy In March, central banks from around the world dumped $17 billion in American Treasuries. Since the beginning of the year the sell-off has reached $123 billion, which is the quickest pace since 1978. China sold $7.7 billion in US debt in March, lowering its holding by $26.4 billion since last June. Russia dumped $1.6 […]
Posted in World News Tags: chutzpah, israeli, oppression, palestinian, sumud, vocabulary No Comments »Russia ‘disappointed’ by Qatar oil talks after ‘last-minute demands’ from Gulf states
April 18th, 2016 Awake Goy Speaking to Russian media following the conclusion of the discussions, which lasted over 12 hours, Novak explained that the 11 OPEC states, and seven outsiders present in the Qatari capital had spent two months drafting an agreement that would cap oil production at January levels, to avoid a further price collapse. “Some OPEC […]
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