They said it was the land with no people, but how was I born with that name?
I know I have been preoccupied with my life and stuff that I have been ignoring the real issue with my people. Palestine 60 year occupation is on May 15, 2008. I will have a post about Palestine every day for the next 8 days. I think most of you have been waiting for me to talk about this. I definetly have been getting a mass of complaints from people of why I am not talking about Palestine. I was trying to make a point that my blog is NOT political but just ME. I was just waiting for the right moment to begin writing about it. So today I will begin discussing it briefly. I will not get into detail of the whole conflict, you can look it up your self, but general history of my land and me.
Who am I?
I am born a Palestinian refugee. That’s what it said on my birth certificate and the passport that the Lebanese government has given my family and me. My parents are not born in Palestine because they are born after 1948 in Lebanon in refugee camps.
Where am I from?
I am from a town near Akka (Acre). The norther most city in Palestine. It is famous for its high walls and stopping Napoleon and his troops from entering the holy land back in the days.
I have never seen Palestine, although I can go now to it since I am Canadian, but am I willing to leave it? That’s my problem. If I step foot in my land I will refuse to leave it and I will demand everything back that belongs to me and my family. But reality stinks, and that won’t happen that easily. So my people are all over the world. Name a country, and they are most likely there. We are the world travelers. We were forced out of our lands and we are permeated everywhere on God’s green earth. At least when I die everyone can proudly say she was born a Palestinian and died a Palestinian.
I will show a video everyday pertaining to the occupation at various points in history. This video is of Palestine in 1948. I translated the song on the bottom. Let’s see how well my Arabic is! If anyone can translate it better, then please post a better translation. Remember, last time I learned Arabic when I was 11 years old. Now I am 27! 
Lyrics translation to English:
(chorus)
Go away.
They said to me,
Soldiers, came from afar.
They said to me.
Go away.
They came into my home.
Killed my son.
Raped my wife.
They said,
Go away.
They digged holes on my face.
They walked all over my body.
They punctured my heart with bullets.
They set up a tent for me.
I said I will stay like a giant,
my wounds stuck to my earth.
and I knocked on the doors of my people (muslims/arabs),
and they were sleeping.
And I stayed alone.
My people (Palestinians), just dreaming.
They came,
and my people (Palestinians) just dreaming.
They said, Go away. Go away.
(Repeat chorus)
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Thank you Mona.
Go this site to locate your home town.
http://www.palestineremembered.com/AcreTownsSnapshot.html
We will say it loud that we will never forget
Yeah you should do that. I will do this too. I’ll take relevant pieces of your posts and post them on the anniversary.
And don’t worry the translation is perfect. But wait a minute, don’t you speak Arabic at home?
Yah well. At home I speak Arabic only if I talk to my parents.. but I am mostly in my room and I communicate with my siblings in English. So.. hmm.. Yah.. so I probably have a noticeable bad accent in Arabic.. like a foreigner in Arab land. I cannot write well. I can read though. Hmm.. yah I need to improve. :lol:
I mostly speak in English too, first I did it when I was a kid out of “acting cool” and then I just got used to it! I can’t write well either, and I’m not expecting myself to improve :huh:
AT ALL!! And I’ve lived in Arab countries all my life… :lol: