Author Archives: aidarends

Gaza’s oldest mosque, destroyed in an airstrike, was once a temple to Philistine and Roman gods, a Byzantine and Catholic church, and had engravings of Jewish ritual objects

Gaza’s Omari Mosque embodies the history of Gaza – as a site of frequent destruction, but also of renewal, writes a scholar of Islamic architecture and archaeology. — Read on theconversation.com/gazas-oldest-mosque-destroyed-in-an-airstrike-was-once-a-temple-to-philistine-and-roman-gods-a-byzantine-and-catholic-church-and-had-engravings-of-jewish-ritual-objects-220203

Resistance and Revolutionary Will: Soha Bechara and Nawal Baidoun’s Testimonies of Khiam Prison — Liberated Texts

These texts are complementary; read together they offer both how one decides to act, and the sensory and psychic experiences of Khiam, the consequences of revolutionary action. — Read on liberatedtexts.com/reviews/resistance-and-revolutionary-will-soha-bechara-and-nawal-baidouns-testimonies-of-khiam-prison/

Gaza War Expands As US, UK Warplanes Bomb Houthi Strongholds In Yemen | ZeroHedge

Reuters and VOA are reporting that US and UK warplanes have begin striking Houthi targets in Yemen, in what marks the first major regional expanse of the Gaza war. — Read on http://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthis-vow-expanded-attacks-us-navy-bigger-tuesdays-barrage

Shadows of the Occupation: Wendy Trevino’s “Sonnets for Brass Knuckles Doodles” and Nonprofit Epistemology – Post45

“The same ‘reason’ I thought I could help change the world is the ‘reason’ I thought the sonnet form would lead to a ‘conclusion.’” — Bernadette Mayer, author’s note to the 2014 reprint of Sonnets (1989) The revolutionary poem’s minimal demand is to trace the coordinates of struggle, even and especially as that struggle fails,Continue reading “Shadows of the Occupation: Wendy Trevino’s “Sonnets for Brass Knuckles Doodles” and Nonprofit Epistemology – Post45”