The Palestine you don't know

حيث يمكنك أن تجد سببا آخر لتقع في حب فلسطين - جمالها

where you can find another reason to fall in love with Palestine - it’s beauty !

2012/10/26 - Worshipers perform Eid prayer at Al Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem , Palestine .(by Afef Ameera/Wafa)

A Palestinian man prays next to a grave at a Muslim cemetery just outside Jerusalem’s Old City on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, August 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

A Palestinian man prays next to a grave at a Muslim cemetery just outside Jerusalem’s Old City on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, August 19, 2012. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)

Palestinian boys ride horses and donkeys at an entertainment park in Arab east Jerusalem, on August 19, 2012, on the first day of the Eid-al-Fitr. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim calendar’s ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk .(9AFP PHOTO/ MENAHEM KAHANA)

Wish you a joyful Eid !

At the same time lets remember that Millions of people around the world who can’t enjoy it!

Lets remember Palestinians-prisoners, refugees and under occupation ! May the next Eid comes with freedom and may it be celebrated in a freed Palestine .

Lets remember Syria , Muslims in Burma and every nation that is oppressed . 

A Typical Palestinian Eid : Lives under occupation !

As any other holiday , Palestinians celebrate it in a great joy . Basically , any occasion must be prepared for at least one week ago - new clothes , food in all types and A BIG MUST FOR THE CLEANING , a Palestinian mother means a more than cleaned house !

Old men and women usually wear the traditional clothes , the day starts after the Eid prayers , all the family which is usually more than 20 members gather at the Grandparents house - gifts usually money is given to the children and to women . Then it’s the turn for visits between families .

As my father’s grandmother told us , Eid was more joyful in the bright days ( she use this term for the pre 1948 time ) !  Families met without borders - as a personal experience about it , we have to get through 2 check points to get to my aunt house every Eid !

And she always says that people used to be a mind-free , no problems made them look like now - unhappy , worried from the future .

Another tradition which was a result for the occupation is the Martyr graves visit by moms , the mother morning tear remembering her son in israeli jails !

This year gift by the occupation authorities in Jerusalem , anyone who sacrifice in houses will pay a 48000 shekels fine - the israeli usual respect of religion ! BUT WE DID IT ANY WAY AND WE DON’T CARE !

But as usual Palestinians take every occasion as a type of resistance and a message to say , we’re here and we won’t leave !