tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76224628064364618302024-03-05T09:06:39.878-08:00Jerusalem Mosaica Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-66956878382382287732013-03-27T08:32:00.001-07:002013-03-27T08:32:26.601-07:00My DiffiultyI kind of dropped the ball ...<br />
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... on responding to other people's posts. It's not that I didn't read my class<span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>mates' blogs, because I did. I guess part of me felt kind of silly because I would rather have told them in class what I thought of their posts - but I didn't even do that. I will probably make up for this by posting on them in the future when I reminisce.<br />
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This is a unique course. I've never been in one like it (and may not ever be again). I<span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>t challenges your ideas <span id="textmarked_53" name="textmarker_55" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_52" name="textmarker_54" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_51" name="textmarker_53" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_50" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>about learning. It's m<span id="textmarked_64" name="textmarker_66" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>aking connections with people involved in a specific topic<span id="textmarked_63" name="textmarker_65" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_62" name="textmarker_64" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_61" name="textmarker_63" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_60" name="textmarker_62" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_59" name="textmarker_61" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_58" name="textmarker_60" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_57" name="textmarker_59" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_56" name="textmarker_58" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_55" name="textmarker_57" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_54" name="textmarker_56" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> that allows you to cross this ever-thickening wall <span id="textmarked_69" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_68" name="textmarker_70" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_67" name="textmarker_69" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_66" name="textmarker_68" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_65" name="textmarker_67" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>of misguided information and contradictory stories - two things that Jerusalem knows all about. I think realizing that this is what it takes to even begin to slightly understand<span id="textmarked_86" name="textmarker_88" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_87" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_84" name="textmarker_86" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_83" name="textmarker_85" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_82" name="textmarker_84" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_81" name="textmarker_83" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_80" name="textmarker_82" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_79" name="textmarker_81" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_78" name="textmarker_80" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_77" name="textmarker_79" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_76" name="textmarker_78" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_75" name="textmarker_77" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_74" name="textmarker_76" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_75" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_73" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_72" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> something (that you aren't directly a part of<span id="textmarked_89" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_88" name="textmarker_90" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_87" name="textmarker_89" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>) is scary and difficult. <span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>But it has taught me that people want to talk to you about their struggles, strife<span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>, and victories. I think<span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> this has encouraged me to reach out to people far away more often<span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_96" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. And for that, I thank Living Jerusalem!<span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-15122357567289944582013-03-20T11:09:00.001-07:002013-03-20T11:09:13.845-07:00Oh, the city of borders. "Jerusalem is really a city of borders" is the first line in the <a href="http://www.cityofborders.com/">City of Borders</a> documentary. How true this is. In the preview for the documentary one of the interviewees says that before the Arab-Israeli taboo relationship was one of homosexuality. How powerful this divide must be in Jerusalem, a city of such extreme religious ideals. As Open House puts it, the struggle is "navigating the all too familiar divide between religion and LGBTQ acceptance." Seeing the Palestinian in the film illegally crossing the wall, not to endanger the lives of those on the other side, but to "have fun and live life," puts a huge grin on my face. How profound. <br />
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One thing I really like about alQaws is their langage/dialogue intiitative between LGBTQ Palestinians and other Palestinians. Fostering a dialogue like this is essential to understanding each other. And, as we all know, <strong>there is no hope for peace and acceptance and understanding of another group of people if you cannot connect with your own people</strong>. I hope this has been successful and I hope Open House has a similar intitative.<br />
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alQaws provides a great<a href="http://www.alqaws.org/q/content/books-and-films"> list of films and books</a> on the subject. And a <a href="http://www.alqaws.org/q/content/links">wonderful list</a> of LGBTQ organizations throughout the Middle East and the Muslim world. Watch <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhIrGnYh-7M">This</a>. <br />
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I did not know, prior to reading Open House's annual report , that some therapists use "repairative technologies" to "fix" one's sexuality. How horrific. I think it's great that Open House has 3 therapists and 2 psychiatrists. <br />
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Here is an <a href="http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2006/11/03israel.html">Interesting Article</a> on homosexuality within Israeli government. And <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4242382,00.html">this one</a>.<br />
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Man stabs 3 people at <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4653655.stm">gay pride parade</a>. <br />
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Former PM Ehud Olmert's daughter <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2006/11/dana_olmert_the.html">speaks out about gay pride</a>. And here's an <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/jerusalem/">impressive collection</a> or articles on Jerusalem and LGBTQ. And <a href="http://simshalom.blogspot.com/">another</a>. The Jerusalem Open House website probably has <a href="http://joh.org.il/index.php/news-from-joh">the best</a> collection.<br />
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I'm really glad that this is one of our topics for the course. It's important, I think, to look at issues that transcend religious and nationalistic borders - issues that apply to all peoples. The LGBTQ fight for the right to live one's life does not discriminate between color, religion, or history. And as we know full well through our exposure to homophobia in the states, the fight <em>against</em> the community pays no mind to these distinctions either. In spite of the discriminatory acts revealed above (and beyond), it is groups of people like the LGBTQ community that we must turn to to find the answers to our questions of, and quest for, peace. <br />
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On a highly unrelated note, through my roaming around, I think I found my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotherapy">calling</a>. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-79300069626429932372013-03-18T10:44:00.000-07:002013-03-18T10:44:40.193-07:00Hasen-Rokem & AmiryIn "Not the Mother of All Cities," Galit Hasan-Rokem writes, <span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><i>"Nothing in me wishes my kind of relationship to the city to be the only possible emotional option. <b>There is room here for many loves.</b><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><b>"</b></i> This is a nice way to describe<span id="textmarked_50" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> Jerusalem. <span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>As we've seen time and time again in this course, the city evokes an<span id="textmarked_55" name="textmarker_57" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> infinite amount of <span id="textmarked_54" name="textmarker_56" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_53" name="textmarker_55" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_52" name="textmarker_54" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_51" name="textmarker_53" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> emotions. Like snowflakes, no two people can describe their Jerusalem experience with perfect replication<span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. <span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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I am intrigued by Suad Amiry's story, and have been since we were first introduced to her through the Jerusalem Project. The Riwaq Center for Architectural Conservation, which she founded and directed at one point, is profoundly important for the preservation of Palestinian and Arab history and culture. How appropriate her marriage to Salim Tamari, the wonderfully intuitive man of culture we spoke with earlier in the semester.<br />
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In Amiry's<span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> gas mask story, I could not help but be awed at the degree of humor she and her neighbors were able to pick and scrape from this event. It reminded me of an article I came across a while ago on <a href="http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3814254?uid=3739656&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101790563423"><i>intifada </i>humor</a>. But we all do this. In difficult times, we use laughter and humor to cope. It is comforting to realize that Palestinians can use this is a defense mechanism<span id="textmarked_150" name="textmarker_152" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_150" name="textmarker_152">.</span></span><br />
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Worth seeing <span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_75" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>is <a href="http://www.tedxramallah.com/home/">TedxRamallah</a>. Amiry was one of the speakers in the series. <span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_73" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_72" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_69" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_68" name="textmarker_70" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_67" name="textmarker_69" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-2948599198202211152013-03-06T00:59:00.001-08:002013-03-06T01:02:50.482-08:00What is it not?Music. <span id="textmarked_79" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Right now my obsession is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhzuQ46ceoI">this</a>. <span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>It makes me happy. And watching Barenboim perform is amusing in and of itself. I've got mad respect for this guy.<br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20">My relationship with music, like most things in life, is a roller-coaster. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coSSfljVEmU">These</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8bLAZvC_dQ">are</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyBOdNsqGw">songs</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXEDLeZCz4I">that</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncWHw9vhBAA">move</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlJtQLg4bpU">me</a></span></span>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHvJE1XU7E">for</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZp6dhheriM">one</a> reason or another. <span id="textmarked_54" name="textmarker_78" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Wow, I know there are more. A lot more. But I guess these are the ones that I can remember the easiest. They all have their own story. They definitely aren't necessarily the "best" songs, but they're the ones that showed up at the right time in the right way<span id="textmarked_409" name="textmarker_437" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_408" name="textmarker_436" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.<span id="textmarked_407" name="textmarker_435" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_406" name="textmarker_434" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_405" name="textmarker_433" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_404" name="textmarker_432" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_403" name="textmarker_431" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_402" name="textmarker_430" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_401" name="textmarker_429" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_400" name="textmarker_428" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_399" name="textmarker_427" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> When I was a sophomore in high school I started <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/10049959322/?fref=ts">this</a> group on Facebook. I wish I had kept it going. It spread really quickly. (It got eaten up by advertisement. You may have to scroll for good content.)<span id="textmarked_78" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_77" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_76" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_75" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_74" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_69" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_68" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_67" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_66" name="textmarker_90" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_65" name="textmarker_89" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_64" name="textmarker_88" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_63" name="textmarker_87" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_62" name="textmarker_86" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_61" name="textmarker_85" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_60" name="textmarker_84" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_59" name="textmarker_83" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_58" name="textmarker_82" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_57" name="textmarker_81" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_56" name="textmarker_80" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_55" name="textmarker_79" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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I have always loved love songs<span id="textmarked_312" name="textmarker_337" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_311" name="textmarker_336" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. Mind you, good love songs. <span id="textmarked_183" name="textmarker_206" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_182" name="textmarker_205" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_181" name="textmarker_204" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_180" name="textmarker_203" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_179" name="textmarker_202" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>I can't say that I would <span id="textmarked_184" name="textmarker_207" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>necessarily seek them out. It seem that, i<span id="textmarked_383" name="textmarker_412" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_382" name="textmarker_411" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_381" name="textmarker_410" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>n many<span id="textmarked_393" name="textmarker_421" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_392" name="textmarker_420" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> cases, the love ones are the best. Are you surprised? I'm not.<br />
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Also, you'll notice the R&B above. It is easy to be<span id="textmarked_301" name="textmarker_326" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> critical of R&B, <span id="textmarked_300" name="textmarker_325" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_299" name="textmarker_324" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_298" name="textmarker_323" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_297" name="textmarker_322" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_194" name="textmarker_218" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_193" name="textmarker_217" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_192" name="textmarker_216" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_191" name="textmarker_215" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_190" name="textmarker_214" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_189" name="textmarker_213" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_188" name="textmarker_212" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_187" name="textmarker_211" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> 'specially if you've only <span id="textmarked_384" name="textmarker_413" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>been exposed to the mainstream crud. But dig deep and you'll find gold. <span id="textmarked_310" name="textmarker_335" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_309" name="textmarker_334" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_308" name="textmarker_333" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_307" name="textmarker_332" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_306" name="textmarker_331" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_305" name="textmarker_330" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_304" name="textmarker_329" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_303" name="textmarker_328" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_302" name="textmarker_327" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>And I guess they are the most memorable, because it's nearly the<span id="textmarked_398" name="textmarker_426" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> only genre<span id="textmarked_342" name="textmarker_367" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> I can remember!<span id="textmarked_341" name="textmarker_366" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_340" name="textmarker_365" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_339" name="textmarker_364" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_338" name="textmarker_363" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_337" name="textmarker_362" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_336" name="textmarker_361" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_335" name="textmarker_360" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_334" name="textmarker_359" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_333" name="textmarker_358" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> <span id="textmarked_332" name="textmarker_357" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_331" name="textmarker_356" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_330" name="textmarker_355" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_329" name="textmarker_354" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_328" name="textmarker_353" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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Oh man. Listening to all these old songs is bringing me way back. The memories flow.<span id="textmarked_208" name="textmarker_232" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_207" name="textmarker_231" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_206" name="textmarker_230" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_205" name="textmarker_229" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_204" name="textmarker_228" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_203" name="textmarker_227" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_202" name="textmarker_226" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_201" name="textmarker_225" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_200" name="textmarker_224" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_199" name="textmarker_223" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_198" name="textmarker_222" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_197" name="textmarker_221" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> <br />
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As my current Beethoven obsession suggests, <span id="textmarked_86" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_84" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_83" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_82" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_81" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_80" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>I cling to songs and listen to them repeatedly. Literally over and over <a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luafzuFOMp1qzhrigo1_500.jpg">and</a>. <span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_119" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>There have probably been about twenty to thirty songs like that for me<span id="textmarked_209" name="textmarker_233" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>. I wish I could remember all of them. It isn't always the words - in fact, it's usually the sound, rhythm, and melody - that enchant and mesmerize me. Incidentally, now that I think of it, Barenboim and "<a href="http://jmosaica.blogspot.com/2013/01/im-can-of-water.html">We All Good People</a>" are the first obsessions I have had in years. How sad. <span id="textmarked_523" name="textmarker_554" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_522" name="textmarker_553" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_521" name="textmarker_552" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_520" name="textmarker_551" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_519" name="textmarker_550" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_518" name="textmarker_549" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_517" name="textmarker_548" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_516" name="textmarker_547" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_515" name="textmarker_546" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_514" name="textmarker_545" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_513" name="textmarker_544" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_512" name="textmarker_543" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_511" name="textmarker_542" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_510" name="textmarker_541" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_509" name="textmarker_540" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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Hours <u>everyday</u>. In m<span id="textmarked_416" name="textmarker_444" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_415" name="textmarker_443" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>y first two years of high school I got B's and C's instead of A's because I would spend so much time surfing around to find music. Although my grades suffered, I am pretty proud of what I was able to find. It was funny. I barely ever listened to the radio, but I would ofte<span id="textmarked_156" name="textmarker_178" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_155" name="textmarker_177" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_154" name="textmarker_176" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_153" name="textmarker_175" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_152" name="textmarker_174" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_151" name="textmarker_173" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_150" name="textmarker_172" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_149" name="textmarker_171" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_148" name="textmarker_170" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_147" name="textmarker_169" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_146" name="textmarker_168" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_145" name="textmarker_167" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_144" name="textmarker_166" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_143" name="textmarker_165" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_142" name="textmarker_164" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_141" name="textmarker_163" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_140" name="textmarker_162" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_139" name="textmarker_161" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_138" name="textmarker_160" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_137" name="textmarker_159" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_136" name="textmarker_158" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_135" name="textmarker_157" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_134" name="textmarker_156" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_133" name="textmarker_155" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_132" name="textmarker_154" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_131" name="textmarker_153" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_130" name="textmarker_152" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_129" name="textmarker_151" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>n hear a song a friend was listening to and tell them that I had first heard it months ago. At first they didn<span id="textmarked_210" name="textmarker_234" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>'t believe me. But then they caught on.<span id="textmarked_213" name="textmarker_237" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_212" name="textmarker_236" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_211" name="textmarker_235" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> A few examples: plain white t's, The Weekend, OneRepublic, <span id="textmarked_386" name="textmarker_415" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_385" name="textmarker_414" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>the Script, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXEDLeZCz4I">Justin Nozuka</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICL-4Onk0PA">Michael Franti<span id="textmarked_186" name="textmarker_209" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_185" name="textmarker_208" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></a>. <span id="textmarked_173" name="textmarker_196" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_172" name="textmarker_195" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_171" name="textmarker_194" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_170" name="textmarker_193" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_169" name="textmarker_192" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_168" name="textmarker_191" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_167" name="textmarker_190" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_166" name="textmarker_189" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_165" name="textmarker_188" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_164" name="textmarker_187" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_163" name="textmarker_186" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_185" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_161" name="textmarker_184" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_160" name="textmarker_183" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_159" name="textmarker_182" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_158" name="textmarker_181" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_157" name="textmarker_180" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>And others. <span id="textmarked_174" name="textmarker_197" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Check out my skills below.<span id="textmarked_525" name="textmarker_556" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_524" name="textmarker_555" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><br />
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The greatest concert(s) I have ever been to have been those of Michael Franti. See him and touch him<span id="textmarked_258" name="textmarker_283" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_257" name="textmarker_282" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> before you die. Please. <span id="textmarked_256" name="textmarker_281" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_255" name="textmarker_280" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><br />
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<span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>I have lost my music way too many times. Dead or sick computers. Crashed hard drives. I don't know if I have ever been as angry as I was when I lost fifteen thousand songs.<span id="textmarked_265" name="textmarker_290" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_264" name="textmarker_289" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_263" name="textmarker_288" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_262" name="textmarker_287" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_261" name="textmarker_286" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_260" name="textmarker_285" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_259" name="textmarker_284" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> <span id="textmarked_216" name="textmarker_240" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_215" name="textmarker_239" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_214" name="textmarker_238" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> I have completely<span id="textmarked_266" name="textmarker_291" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> given up on building up a music <span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>library. Well, that's not entirely true. I have a pretty extensive record collection. I need to clean those buggers. For the last couple of years, I have not been keeping up with music. My obsession with music has turned into other obsessions. But this reminiscing is putting me in the mood again. 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Music has made me who I am today. It has inspired me. It has scared and scarred me. It has punished me. It has lifted my chin. It has spit in my face. It has hugged and kissed me. It has breathed with and me and into me. It has shaped me. And it has taught me. All of these (and more)<span id="textmarked_453" name="textmarker_482" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_452" name="textmarker_481" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> are prerequisites to reality, conciliation and reconciliation, understanding, defeat, victory, and peace. Music's<span id="textmarked_489" name="textmarker_520" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> place in this conflict needs no explanation.<br />
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(In other words, I'm using this post as a means to vent my long lost love of music. I did do the reading! If you look closely at some things in the post, you'll see some Jerusalem parallels- on purpose and on accident<span id="textmarked_493" name="textmarker_524" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_492" name="textmarker_523" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_491" name="textmarker_522" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_490" name="textmarker_521" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.<span id="textmarked_469" name="textmarker_499" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_468" name="textmarker_498" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_467" name="textmarker_497" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_466" name="textmarker_496" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_465" name="textmarker_495" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_464" name="textmarker_494" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_463" name="textmarker_493" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_462" name="textmarker_492" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_461" name="textmarker_491" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_460" name="textmarker_490" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_459" name="textmarker_489" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>)<span id="textmarked_451" name="textmarker_480" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_450" name="textmarker_479" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_449" name="textmarker_478" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_448" name="textmarker_477" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_447" name="textmarker_476" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_446" name="textmarker_475" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_445" name="textmarker_474" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_444" name="textmarker_473" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_443" name="textmarker_472" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_442" name="textmarker_471" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_441" name="textmarker_470" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_440" name="textmarker_469" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_439" name="textmarker_468" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_438" name="textmarker_467" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_437" name="textmarker_466" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_436" name="textmarker_465" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_435" name="textmarker_464" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_434" name="textmarker_463" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_433" name="textmarker_462" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_432" name="textmarker_461" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_431" name="textmarker_460" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_430" name="textmarker_459" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_429" name="textmarker_458" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_428" name="textmarker_457" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_427" name="textmarker_456" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_426" name="textmarker_455" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_425" name="textmarker_454" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_424" name="textmarker_453" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_247" name="textmarker_272" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><br />
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Here's some songs I most recently (over the summer) got into. I wish I could share more of my past gems. Because they are a thousand times better! Heck, I haven't heard these since summer myself<span id="textmarked_410" name="textmarker_438" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>.<span id="textmarked_373" name="textmarker_402" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_372" name="textmarker_401" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_371" name="textmarker_400" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_370" name="textmarker_399" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_369" name="textmarker_398" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_327" name="textmarker_352" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_326" name="textmarker_351" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_325" name="textmarker_350" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_324" name="textmarker_349" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_323" name="textmarker_348" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_322" name="textmarker_347" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_321" name="textmarker_346" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_320" name="textmarker_345" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_319" name="textmarker_344" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_318" name="textmarker_343" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_317" name="textmarker_342" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_316" name="textmarker_341" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_315" name="textmarker_340" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_314" name="textmarker_339" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_313" name="textmarker_338" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>A lot of these have poppy beats and the typical "dun<span id="textmarked_534" name="textmarker_601" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>-dun<span id="textmarked_535" name="textmarker_602" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_537" name="textmarker_604" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>dun"<span id="textmarked_536" name="textmarker_603" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> start<span id="textmarked_533" name="textmarker_600" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_532" name="textmarker_599" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_531" name="textmarker_598" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_530" name="textmarker_597" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_529" name="textmarker_596" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_528" name="textmarker_595" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_527" name="textmarker_594" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. I guess that's the thing nowadays. I'm not sure how much I dig it, but it definitely gets me dancing<span id="textmarked_413" name="textmarker_441" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_412" name="textmarker_440" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_411" name="textmarker_439" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>. And, well, <span id="textmarked_457" name="textmarker_486" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>I love to dance!<span id="textmarked_414" name="textmarker_442" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> Here are some<span id="textmarked_526" name="textmarker_573" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> bearables (no particular order)<span id="textmarked_454" name="textmarker_483" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QBN6InuI_E">KO KO</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJM87E6I3E">Summer Camp</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbw-yFX4G0">Bwani Junction</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa3EEgTqg-8">All We Are</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC8spvUljNQ">Glowbug</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD22inlutOk">Calexico</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqjMFaoSw_I">Archie V</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23neEpeJwHs">Broken Fences</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xatY8_JGbIo">Alamo Race Track</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24boljZDeCg">Stepdad</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y8p6uQDH4s">Adventure Club</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmP1Eyg5v6w">Deadmau5</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ5tlpw2_tQ">MHYH</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWrKuccnQ7A">Steve Gray</a>/\/\<a href="https://soundcloud.com/baby-monster/02-hitchhiker">Baby Monster</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJTm_Kyq3BQ">Xavier Rudd</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0h2u87JwyA">Madeon</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4EWd1XyG4g">Lucy Rose</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VKJ_Ax6th8">The ILLZ</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHfWY0is3rE">Danny Brown</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU15oa0ilDI">Zella Day</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIyKy4A4kBU">Flume</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyfBrM5lJvI">Baby Monster (again)</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuD9ic7j55I">Seven Lions/</a>\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM2d28lBM3k">Scissor Sisters</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsOpgklj5SE">Modeselektor</a>/\/\<a href="https://soundcloud.com/picksterone/modeselektor-this-feat-thom">Pickster One Trap</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq9nRfbZAY0">Cry Wolf Acoustic</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJV8z8PSGk">Clams Casino</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGPnQxY9i4">The Lighthouse and the Whaler</a>/\<span style="background-color: none;">/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72SQ22CdTP8">Goldroom</a>/\/\<a href="https://soundcloud.com/futuresequence/the-mountain-and-the-sun-by">futuresequence</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko-4HzSPsmA">Stubborn Heart</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q47XiPkcdAo">Treeless Forest</a> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQOzKzaWDP0">and again</a>)/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy9nY75e76I">Debo Band</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMOkfCr2kQ">Mike Musikanto</a><span id="textmarked_504" name="textmarker_535">/\/\<a href="http://vimeo.com/59016424">Way Yes</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qoDVxie-Jg">Chill Bump</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OGOnHPTnw8">DrDr</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzCDt2eidg">Birdy</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrOK1uqu_2o">Society</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueFLYrQdFD4">Synkro</a>/\/\<a href="http://brettdetar.bandcamp.com/track/the-devils-gotta-earn">Brett Detar</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5L91b9AaMk">Aer</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQy_cCc9QU">Com Truise</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AODuc1-BkMU">JJ</a>/\/\<a href="http://egyptianmaraccas.tumblr.com/post/26383074984/hoodoo-around-u-some-ppl-like-hoodoo-can">Hoodoo</a>/\/\<a href="http://egyptianmaraccas.tumblr.com/post/26383074984/hoodoo-around-u-some-ppl-like-hoodoo-can">Piilotpriest</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMGE2zFns4">Peking Duk</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBLuWKnKIn0">Passion Pit</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqw4wo8vdY8">Purity Ring</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0">Macklemore</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEvXzSXUEao">Mikky Ekko</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WhZkEHWUo">New Navy</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLvLM-3m70">HAIM</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOeKt2pSOTc">alt-J</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-QVmsqetB8">Flume again</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpFjMOxURk">Soko/Hannes Fischer</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJWk_KNbDHo">Lumineers</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBDpTJndRKA">Blood Diamonds</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt9rXLF_uSI">Gypsy and the Cat</a>/\/\Gavin Glass/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2_PQHAOuN0">Julia Stone</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNroFxSGrvU">Broke for Free</a>/\/\<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslPYSm7jfg">S O H N</a>/\/\<a 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Wolf</a>/\/\<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHMqbaRfr0">Wake Owl</a>/\/\</span></span></div>
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This was a lot of info to take it in. At the beginning of the semester, I went through<span id="textmarked_277" name="textmarker_278" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> a browsing frenzy of<span id="textmarked_279" name="textmarker_280" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_278" name="textmarker_279" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> Palestinian Rap. I found a lot of great content - both on the general, existential grievances of Palestinian life and on the pursuit of peace. I didn't run into much Israeli rap. I didn't get the whole picture. This additional dimension to the rap scene really complicates things. In the case of the protagonists of "Channel of Rage," Palestinian and Israeli rap reveals (nearly parallel to life on the "streets") a public, yet political rhetoric that exists between and divides Israeli and Palestinian popular culture. The movie guide does us a favor when it puts the words of each rapper next to the other. As one article points out, these icons have a profound, impressional effect on their respective youth cultures. This is far from surprising, seeing as how the similarly representative icons of American hip-hop have in many ways changed American youth (and general) culture. <br />
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The <i>Tablet Magazine </i>piece was especially interesting (and at times hysterical). As the <i>Ha'aretz </i>article too argues, Israeli rap has perhaps missed its mark or misinterpreted its place in the context of its attempt to emulate American rap (with its anti-establishment, anti-police, poverty, racism, etc themes<span id="textmarked_280" name="textmarker_281" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>). The article goes on to quote an Israeli rapper, "Here, you see a policeman chase someone and you’re going to help the policeman, because that person [running away] is probably a terrorist or a purse-snatcher." Contrast that with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiX7GTelTPM" target="_blank">this</a>. Israeli rap seems to be less about relieving potentially violent stress and more about legitimizing daily life and, when relevant or pertinent, justifying Israel's politics. Although, of course, there are exceptions.<br />
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Subliminal, one of "Channel of Rage's" stars, is seen by many as one of the original Israeli rappers, yet now many rappers see him as selling out for fame and money. Lukach (pictured below) is one of these rappers. (If you didn't get a chance to read about Lukach and Subliminal's first encounter at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/gspotclubtlv">G-Spot</a> club<span id="textmarked_281" name="textmarker_282" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>, I suggest doing so. Hilarious.) Lukach apparently received his call to fame as a result of the response to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8JEVK0JkW8" target="_blank">his</a> parody of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rS5hTvgP40" target="_blank">this</a> video. Also hilarious. He also did a parody of one of Subliminal's songs, but I couldn't find it. Lukach's other music videos are really funny. I think he gives the Israeli rap scene a really fresh, ironic spin. Not that I really know "vat" I'm <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrPp22OePIE" target="_blank">talking about</a>. <br />
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Equally interesting is another rapper introduced to the mix in the <i>Tablet </i>piece, Nechi Nech. I checked him out because Lukach himself refers to Nechi Nech as "<span class="newWindow">a world-class rapper, great not only by local standards but even in comparison to MCs from New York or L.A." Of course, when you hear a praise like that, you've gotta check 'em out. I tell ya, this guy is really something else. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAj2eb_rq4k" target="_blank">Good shit</a>. So far, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8gw0WcESFE" target="_blank">he</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSZRo_Zvo8A" target="_blank">Lukach</a> are my favorites. Unfortunately, I have no idea what they're saying. <span id="textmarked_276" name="textmarker_277" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_275" name="textmarker_276" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_274" name="textmarker_275" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_273" name="textmarker_274" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_272" name="textmarker_273" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_271" name="textmarker_272" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_270" name="textmarker_271" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_269" name="textmarker_270" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_268" name="textmarker_269" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_267" name="textmarker_268" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_266" name="textmarker_267" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_265" name="textmarker_266" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_264" name="textmarker_265" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_263" name="textmarker_264" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-43949503518922362652013-02-25T13:57:00.002-08:002013-02-25T13:58:59.471-08:00Control-Alt-Delete"<i>One could read the battle of the walls much the way an archaeologist reads stratigraphy - <span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>layer by layer - each layer of paint indicating a partial and temporary victory in an ongoing battle</i>." <span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>This made me think. At first I thought of onions, because they too have layers. But onions are peeled towards the center and aren't<span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> oriented<span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> from<span id="textmarked_66" name="textmarker_77" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> top-to-bottom. Stratigraphy really is great comparison<span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_83" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_82" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>. the past is hidden. Time erodes and time conceals. It rots and it hides. So too, it seems, does this graffiti. Yet (as the picture below shows)<span id="textmarked_82" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_81" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_80" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>, all that remains <span id="textmarked_84" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_83" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>with graffiti is an outline of the past. <span id="textmarked_86" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>A color scheme of conflict. <span id="textmarked_88" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_87" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>It is as if an archaeologist dug beneath the present only to find scorched earth, an ashen past. <span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Nonetheless, strata and graffiti pile up in a dialogue of time and space, regardless whether it's heard or not. <span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_239" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_238" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_237" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_236" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_235" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_234" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43">How is it that a layer of paint can </span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42"></span></span>more successfully conceal <span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>than a period of a thousand years? Does the one with the darkest paint and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDeZJ4JiLE" target="_blank">quickest</a> hand win the battle of time? <br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_54" name="textmarker_63">The picture below is one of my favorite works. On the surface, and at first glance, you notice the word "delete." There is no doubt that this artist wants this wall gone. But more important and profound, in my opinion, is what the keyboard command really means. CTRL-ALT-DLT on a windows computer opens the "task manager." You perform this command when a program is "not responding." Then, you are either able to troubleshoot the program or just "force quit" the program. Either way, it puts you in control, or it gives you a better chance of solving the problem than just clicking<a href="https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6972638720/h78088797/" target="_blank"> 317 times</a>. It opens a "dialogue"window where you can see all of the programs contributing to your computer usage, which paints and picture of actors that were seemingly invisible. It might be a stretch, but the metaphor could work<span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>. It's likely, however, that the artist did not intend to evoke this image. The command has <a href="http://www.wordspy.com/words/Ctrl-Alt-Delete.asp" target="_blank">in the past</a> been used to just denote deletion or disappearance. In that case, it could be CTRL-A-DLT. </span></span> <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-977067208553008672013-02-18T10:44:00.005-08:002013-02-18T10:45:47.857-08:00A Circus?From reading about Mariam Said on the Barenboim-Said Foundation <a href="http://www.barenboimsaidusa.org/" target="_blank">website</a>, I found out that she is a board member for The Freedom Theater. Please visit their <a href="http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/who-we-are/our-legacy/" target="_blank">website</a>. <span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
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The project was started in a Refugee camp in Jenin. I think the above picture speaks for what it represents quite well. One<span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> fascinating thing I read about this project revolves around one of its founders, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliano_Mer-Khamis" target="_blank">Juliano Mer-Khamis <span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></a>. In 2011 he was unexpectedly shot (5 times)<span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> and killed <span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>outside of the theater. <span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Haaretz des<span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>cribes him as having<span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> "Jewish and native Palestinian Greek Orthodox Christian parentage," a profoundly complex mix. Apparently, soon after Juliano's death, several other members of the theater were jailed for a number of months. Juliano described his vision of the theater when he said,<br />
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<i>“You don't have to heal the children in Jenin. We are not trying to heal
their violence. We try to challenge it into more productive ways. And
more productive ways are not an alternative to violence. What we are
doing in the Theatre is not trying to be a replacement or an alternative
to the resistance of the Palestinians in the struggle for liberation.
Just the opposite. This must be clear. I know it’s not good for
fund-raising, because I’m not a social worker, I’m not a good Jew going
to help the Arabs, and I’m not a philanthropic Palestinian who comes to
feed the poor. We are joining, by all means, the struggle for
liberation of the Palestinian people, which is our liberation
struggle…We’re not healers. We’re not good Christians. We are freedom
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In a video on the theater's website commemorating his life, a speaker says of Juliano's character<span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>, "<i>He didn't introduce himself as a revolutionary or a hero. He didn't come to promote himself or become famous. he came for a cause. He believed in the just and human Palestinian cause. If the palestine conflict were solved, Juliano would go the Sudan, Uganda, Africa or anywhere to fight for justice, and we would fight with him</i>."<span id="textmarked_125" name="textmarker_126" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_124" name="textmarker_125" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_123" name="textmarker_124" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_122" name="textmarker_123" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_121" name="textmarker_122" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_120" name="textmarker_121" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_119" name="textmarker_120" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_118" name="textmarker_119" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_117" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_96" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></div>
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On a lighter note, through some internet roaming I found out that there is a <a href="http://home.palcircus.ps/en#" target="_blank">Palestinian Circus School</a>. Great pictures <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42404847@N04/sets/72157626092710434/show/" target="_blank">here</a>. <span id="textmarked_136" name="textmarker_137" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_135" name="textmarker_136" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></div>
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It was about how people use objects, symbols, and images to make claims to the past to further a political agenda. The <a href="http://www.anthro.illinois.edu/people/bauera">professor</a>, who is now at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is an archaeologist, so a lot of our studies related to how archaeology is used to make claims to the past. As we can all imagine, and have seen clearly from our readings, this has been and still is done extensively in Jerusalem. In one of our classes we discussed National Geographic's use of photography and captions to further it's political and social agendas. Indigenous peoples were especially exploited in order to make a clear distinction between the American/Western, civilized<span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> world and the primitive/wild world of others. This came to mind as soon as I began reading Issam Nassar's essay. Nassar makes an interesting claim when he says, "Nineteenth-century photographs of Palestine were not only about representing the country’s landscape; they also revealed something very significant about the way in which Europeans thought of themselves and of the world around them at that particular time in history." These photographers wanted to send a message to their people at home - a message emphasizing and glorifying the realities of this biblical world while belittling and trivializing <span id="textmarked_83" name="textmarker_84" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_82" name="textmarker_83" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_81" name="textmarker_82" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_80" name="textmarker_81" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_76" name="textmarker_78" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_75" name="textmarker_77" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_74" name="textmarker_76" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_75" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_73" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_72" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_69" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>the Palestinian people<span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_86" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_84" name="textmarker_85" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. The message apparently instigated major European powers to become<span id="textmarked_68" name="textmarker_70" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_67" name="textmarker_69" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> "protectors of the different Christian communities in Palestine, a role that further enabled them to expand their presence in the city." This is an important concept to understand, because it makes it easier to imagine how the Zionists could rationalize their entrance into the city and how the British permitted it to happen. <span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: 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style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-12242997938132546922013-02-11T13:29:00.005-08:002013-02-11T13:47:23.257-08:00Bibliomania / A bit about me.I love books more than I love reading (and I love to read!)<span id="textmarked_195" name="textmarker_206" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. <span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>This is known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliomania">bibliomania</a>. <span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Although, my condition is far from that of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Blumberg">Stephen Blumberg</a>'s. <span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span 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Over a period of two and a half years I collected around two-thousand volumes on every <span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>subject from gardening to Buddhism to <span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>foreign diplomacy. I was obsessed. <span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Mind you, most of my purchases were used books under a buck or two. And in many cases they were free books from a number of odd sources. Nonetheless, I was spending way too much money, time, and energy buying books I had not time to read.<span id="textmarked_211" name="textmarker_222" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_210" name="textmarker_221" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_209" name="textmarker_220" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_208" name="textmarker_219" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_207" name="textmarker_218" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_206" name="textmarker_217" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_205" name="textmarker_216" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_204" name="textmarker_215" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_203" name="textmarker_214" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_202" name="textmarker_213" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_201" name="textmarker_212" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_200" name="textmarker_211" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_199" name="textmarker_210" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_198" name="textmarker_209" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_197" name="textmarker_208" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_196" name="textmarker_207" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> Weird, huh?<br />
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I have always loved being around books. I worked at a library in Indianapolis throughout my high school career<span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_73" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_72" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_69" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_68" name="textmarker_70" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_67" name="textmarker_69" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_66" name="textmarker_68" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_65" name="textmarker_67" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_64" name="textmarker_66" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_63" name="textmarker_65" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_62" name="textmarker_64" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> and worked in the archives at DePauw when I was in school there. I love visiting libraries when travel. <span id="textmarked_214" name="textmarker_225" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_213" name="textmarker_224" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_212" name="textmarker_223" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> I'm not sure where or why this fixation sprouted<span id="textmarked_81" name="textmarker_83" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_80" name="textmarker_82" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_79" name="textmarker_81" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_78" name="textmarker_80" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_77" name="textmarker_79" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.<span id="textmarked_147" name="textmarker_155" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_146" name="textmarker_154" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> Maybe its hereditary? My grandmother collected books as well. <span id="textmarked_221" name="textmarker_232" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_220" name="textmarker_231" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_219" name="textmarker_230" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_218" name="textmarker_229" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_217" name="textmarker_228" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_216" name="textmarker_227" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Regardless, for a while it was a big part of my life. Other people benefited from it too at times. I would get books for loved ones that I knew they would enjoy. About ninety-nine percent of my gifts to people during this time was books.<br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_106">But this past summer I kind of <i>snapped</i> out of it. </span></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_96" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_89" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_88" name="textmarker_90" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_87" name="textmarker_89" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_86" name="textmarker_88" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_87" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_84" name="textmarker_86" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_83" name="textmarker_85" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_82" name="textmarker_84" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>It began to feel like a burden. A weight. I stepped back and saw how unhealthy (and<span id="textmarked_222" name="textmarker_233" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> expensive)<span id="textmarked_118" name="textmarker_126" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_117" name="textmarker_125" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_124" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_123" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_122" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> this obsession was. <span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_121" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_120" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_119" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>I realized I can love and appreciate books without suffering the expense of excessively obtaining them. <span id="textmarked_128" name="textmarker_136" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_127" name="textmarker_135" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_126" name="textmarker_134" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_125" name="textmarker_133" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_124" name="textmarker_132" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_123" name="textmarker_131" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_122" name="textmarker_130" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_121" name="textmarker_129" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_120" name="textmarker_128" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_119" name="textmarker_127" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>And I realized that in my buying frenzy I bought a lot of books I knew I never even <i><span id="textmarked_223" name="textmarker_234" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>wanted</i> to read. 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<span style="background-color: none;">Below is my bookshelf here at school. This is probably about a third<span id="textmarked_181" name="textmarker_192" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_180" name="textmarker_191" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_179" name="textmarker_190" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> of my remaining collection. Also in the picture: <span id="textmarked_184" name="textmarker_195" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Cat food/water bowl (I'm a cat<span id="textmarked_225" name="textmarker_236" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> guy)<span id="textmarked_224" name="textmarker_235" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>, salt rock (it glows!), my lovely sweaters, and a beautiful painting made by my grandfather. Check out his artwork <a href="http://rayabrams.com/">here</a>! <span id="textmarked_194" name="textmarker_205" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_193" name="textmarker_204" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_192" name="textmarker_203" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_191" name="textmarker_202" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_190" name="textmarker_201" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_189" name="textmarker_200" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_188" name="textmarker_199" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_187" name="textmarker_198" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_186" name="textmarker_197" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_185" name="textmarker_196" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_183" name="textmarker_194" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_182" name="textmarker_193" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_178" name="textmarker_189" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_177" name="textmarker_188" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_176" name="textmarker_187" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_175" name="textmarker_186" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_174" name="textmarker_185" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_173" name="textmarker_184" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_172" name="textmarker_183" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_171" name="textmarker_182" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_170" name="textmarker_181" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_169" name="textmarker_180" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_168" name="textmarker_179" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_167" name="textmarker_178" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7-aIZRhhs"><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"><span style="background-color: none;">"A mild case of bibliomania"<span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: none;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></span></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></a><br />
"<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Cud9MQvHo">Bibliomania</a>" -crazy. weird. hilarious. if you watch one, watch this.<span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
"<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8YdC8IQ_g">Bibliomania</a> - documentary by <a href="http://www.abaa.org/">ABAA <span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-78930269227041102772013-02-10T15:56:00.000-08:002013-02-10T15:56:43.673-08:00Dual Identity / Reading Response Salim Tamari gives a fresh perspective on the pre-mandate and mandate periods in Palestine. <span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Reading about his analysis of various ethnographic and literary studies paints a picture of what the transition was like from late ottoman life to occupation under the mandate. What went through the minds of these people, how they coped with a constantly changing demographic and confused identities, and the increasingly communal <span id="textmarked_53" name="textmarker_54" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_52" name="textmarker_53" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_51" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_50" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>manifestations of<span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> nationalist, historical claims to land are all conveyed through the writings of Tamari. I am excited to hear what he has to say. I have known about the Center for Palestine Studies for a little while and I am honored that someone from it will speak to us. I have read some articles from the center's journal and appreciate their contributions to the subject.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-69369881236975477632013-02-06T18:37:00.001-08:002013-02-06T18:39:25.361-08:00"How God must weep and frown upon this city."Throughout my reading of this book<span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>, there is one thought that has relentlessly prevailed over all others. <span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> "<i>How God must weep and<span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> frown upon this city.</i>"<span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> What does that mean to you?<br />
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<span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: #009900;"><span style="background-color: none;"></span></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>This is a tough post for me. This is not because <span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>I have nothing to say<span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> but because I have perhaps too much to say and it's after nine.<span id="textmarked_148" name="textmarker_150" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_147" name="textmarker_149" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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The bulk of the trouble I encountered with this book <span id="textmarked_146" name="textmarker_148" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_145" name="textmarker_147" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_144" name="textmarker_146" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_143" name="textmarker_145" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_142" name="textmarker_144" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_141" name="textmarker_143" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> has had little to do with never ending detail. (Although my frustrations<span id="textmarked_155" name="textmarker_157" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> were not free of this<span id="textmarked_154" name="textmarker_156" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.) No. At the center of my struggle, my <i>jihad</i>, lies the continuous<span id="textmarked_167" name="textmarker_169" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_166" name="textmarker_168" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> fight against the<span id="textmarked_165" name="textmarker_167" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> deterioration of hope. <span id="textmarked_164" name="textmarker_166" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_163" name="textmarker_165" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_164" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_161" name="textmarker_163" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_160" name="textmarker_162" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_159" name="textmarker_161" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_158" name="textmarker_160" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_157" name="textmarker_159" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_156" name="textmarker_158" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>I don't think I'll elaborate.<span id="textmarked_354" name="textmarker_354" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_353" name="textmarker_353" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_352" name="textmarker_352" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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I applaud Armstrong's choice in titling the last chapter "Zion?" <span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>in an initially ambiguous comparison to the first. It soon became clear to me that that question mark has more meanings than I can count. In the final chapter, Armstrong questions in many ways <span id="textmarked_140" name="textmarker_142" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_139" name="textmarker_141" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_138" name="textmarker_140" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>the current status of the city - on the shaky grounds Jerusalem<span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> gained its current status, on its <span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_96" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>leaders' treatment of its inhabitants, on the fast-<span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>changing degrees and parameter<span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>s of devotion to its sacred spaces, on the confusion of identity and the inconsistencies that identity<span id="textmarked_126" name="textmarker_128" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_125" name="textmarker_127" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_124" name="textmarker_126" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_123" name="textmarker_125" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_122" name="textmarker_124" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_121" name="textmarker_123" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_120" name="textmarker_122" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_119" name="textmarker_121" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_118" name="textmarker_120" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_117" name="textmarker_119" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> engenders<span id="textmarked_128" name="textmarker_130" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_127" name="textmarker_129" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>, among other things - and juxtaposes or familiarizes these concepts with its status throughout the past<span id="textmarked_137" name="textmarker_139" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_136" name="textmarker_138" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_135" name="textmarker_137" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.<br />
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Some quotes from "Zion?" that I found stimulating<span id="textmarked_206" name="textmarker_208" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_205" name="textmarker_207" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_204" name="textmarker_206" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_203" name="textmarker_205" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_202" name="textmarker_204" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_201" name="textmarker_203" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_200" name="textmarker_202" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>:<br />
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"Secular young paratroopers clung to the stones and wept ... atheist officers embraced one another<span id="textmarked_214" name="textmarker_216" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_213" name="textmarker_215" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_212" name="textmarker_214" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_211" name="textmarker_213" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>" (398-9) <span id="textmarked_259" name="textmarker_261" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><b>A renewed appreciation for God?<span id="textmarked_267" name="textmarker_270" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_266" name="textmarker_269" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_265" name="textmarker_268" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></b><span id="textmarked_264" name="textmarker_266" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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"Some Jews were embarrassed <span id="textmarked_217" name="textmarker_219" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_216" name="textmarker_218" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_215" name="textmarker_217" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> when Arabs knocked at the door and politely asked for permission to look inside their family houses<span id="textmarked_226" name="textmarker_228" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_225" name="textmarker_227" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_224" name="textmarker_226" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_223" name="textmarker_225" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_222" name="textmarker_224" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_221" name="textmarker_223" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_220" name="textmarker_222" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_219" name="textmarker_221" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_218" name="textmarker_220" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>" (404) <b>Would you have let them in? Would you have let them stay?<span id="textmarked_263" name="textmarker_265" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_262" name="textmarker_264" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_261" name="textmarker_263" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></b><span id="textmarked_260" name="textmarker_262" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
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"Prayer had become a weapon in a holy war against Islam" (408) <b>Again and again in this city.<span id="textmarked_273" name="textmarker_276" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_272" name="textmarker_275" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_271" name="textmarker_274" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_270" name="textmarker_273" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></b><span id="textmarked_269" name="textmarker_272" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_268" name="textmarker_271" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
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<span id="textmarked_232" name="textmarker_234" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_231" name="textmarker_233" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_230" name="textmarker_232" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_229" name="textmarker_231" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_228" name="textmarker_230" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_227" name="textmarker_229" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span style="background-color: none;">"...the idea of a Third temple had been taboo. Like God it was dangerous to speak of it or give plans for its rebuilding. But now that taboo was being erroded and people were becoming familiar with its idea as a plausible project"(416). <b>Similar to Orthodox Jews' eventual acceptance of Zionism?<span id="textmarked_258" name="textmarker_260" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_257" name="textmarker_259" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_256" name="textmarker_258" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_255" name="textmarker_257" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_254" name="textmarker_256" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_253" name="textmarker_255" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></b><span id="textmarked_252" name="textmarker_254" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_251" name="textmarker_253" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_250" name="textmarker_252" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_249" name="textmarker_251" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_248" name="textmarker_250" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_247" name="textmarker_249" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_246" name="textmarker_248" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_245" name="textmarker_247" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_244" name="textmarker_246" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_243" name="textmarker_245" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_242" name="textmarker_244" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_241" name="textmarker_243" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_240" name="textmarker_242" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_239" name="textmarker_241" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_238" name="textmarker_240" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_237" name="textmarker_239" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_236" name="textmarker_238" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_235" name="textmarker_237" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_234" name="textmarker_236" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_233" name="textmarker_235" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></span><br />
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"As we reflect on the current unhappy situation, it becomes a sad irony that on two occasions in the past, it was an Islamic conquest of Jerusalem that made it possible for Jews to return to their holy city." (420) <b>Everyone gather around and embrace the page number.<span id="textmarked_318" name="textmarker_322" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_317" name="textmarker_321" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_316" name="textmarker_320" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_315" name="textmarker_319" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_314" name="textmarker_318" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_313" name="textmarker_317" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_312" name="textmarker_316" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_311" name="textmarker_315" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_310" name="textmarker_313" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_309" name="textmarker_312" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_308" name="textmarker_311" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_307" name="textmarker_310" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_306" name="textmarker_309" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_305" name="textmarker_308" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_304" name="textmarker_307" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_303" name="textmarker_306" style="background-color: yellow;"></span></b><br />
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<span id="textmarked_232" name="textmarker_234" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_231" name="textmarker_233" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_230" name="textmarker_232" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_229" name="textmarker_231" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_228" name="textmarker_230" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_227" name="textmarker_229" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>"Jerusalem has been a nervous, defenseless city." (420-421)<span id="textmarked_302" name="textmarker_305" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_301" name="textmarker_304" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_300" name="textmarker_303" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_299" name="textmarker_302" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_298" name="textmarker_301" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_297" name="textmarker_300" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_296" name="textmarker_299" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> <b>Yes'm.</b><br />
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"The religion of hatred does not work; it so easily becomes self-destructive<span id="textmarked_324" name="textmarker_329" style="background-color: none;"></span><span id="textmarked_323" name="textmarker_328" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_322" name="textmarker_327" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_321" name="textmarker_326" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>." (423) <b>I wonder why.</b><br />
<b><span id="textmarked_327" name="textmarker_332" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_326" name="textmarker_331" style="background-color: #009900;"></span></b><span id="textmarked_325" name="textmarker_330" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_328" name="textmarker_334" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span id="textmarked_327" name="textmarker_332"><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_330" name="textmarker_337"><span style="background-color: none;">And my favorite, the quote that just about wraps it all up and lets me close the book with a sigh of relief: </span></span></span></span></b></span>"nothing is permanent or guaranteed." (427)<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-22963397707839067572013-02-04T12:08:00.003-08:002013-02-04T12:09:56.731-08:00A fascinating subject. Recently I have been familiarizing myself with the origins o<span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>f Islam. <span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>I realized that I knew next to nothing nothing about the second largest religion in the world (and still have much to learn)<span id="textmarked_159" name="textmarker_160" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_158" name="textmarker_159" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_157" name="textmarker_158" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_156" name="textmarker_157" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_155" name="textmarker_156" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_154" name="textmarker_155" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. <span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Little did I know that I would be so drawn to this religion and the history it has made<span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_72" name="textmarker_73" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_71" name="textmarker_72" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_70" name="textmarker_71" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. Never-mind its impressively rapid spread and its intellectual/scientific contributions<span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> to the world. <span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> <span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Islam, regardless of how it has been morphed through the ages in the midst of <span id="textmarked_63" name="textmarker_64" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_62" name="textmarker_63" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_61" name="textmarker_62" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_60" name="textmarker_61" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_59" name="textmarker_60" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_58" name="textmarker_59" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_57" name="textmarker_58" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_56" name="textmarker_57" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_55" name="textmarker_56" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_54" name="textmarker_55" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_53" name="textmarker_54" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_52" name="textmarker_53" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_51" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_50" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>political pollution and clout<span id="textmarked_185" name="textmarker_723" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>, <span id="textmarked_65" name="textmarker_66" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>was founded on principles of respect, equality, and charity. 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Muhammad and his followers sought <span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_89" name="textmarker_90" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_88" name="textmarker_89" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>an Arab world free of materialism and free of class inequality<span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> from<span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> tribal <span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>structure. A wonderful (albeit, inevitably<span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> subjective<span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>) introduction to the origins of Islam is portrayed in the Saudi drama series <span id="goog_326557461"></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xMu_654ASDk#!"><i>Omar</i><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_121" name="textmarker_122"> </span><span id="textmarked_120" name="textmarker_121"></span><span id="textmarked_119" name="textmarker_120"></span><span id="textmarked_118" name="textmarker_119"></span><span id="textmarked_117" name="textmarker_118"></span><span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_117"></span><span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_116"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_115"></span><span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_114"></span></span></a><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="goog_326557462">. </span></span>All 30 episodes of the series are on YouTube and <span id="textmarked_125" name="textmarker_126" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_124" name="textmarker_125" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_123" name="textmarker_124" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_122" name="textmarker_123" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>have English subtitles. 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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_163">Perhaps one reason why I had never been exposed to Islam before was because (to my knowledge) I have not had a Muslim friend until about a month ago. This has not been deliberate, but I am glad that it has changed. I have always enjoyed having a diverse set of friends from all backgrounds. I am somewhat ashamed to admit that I never once considered a Muslim as being a part of that mosaic. It just didn't cross my mind. It wasn't an intentional absence by any means. I had just never thought about the religion, nor the people belonging to it. Well, that has changed. My first Muslim friend, Faisal, has been a Godsend. He serendipitously entered my life immediately after I took interest in Islam and has provided for me a wealth of knowledge and insight on many topics - Islam, the Muslim world, the Middle East, and much more. After reading most of the reading for this response, I met with him and we discussed some things I had highlighted. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_163">Faisal and I discussed extensively the life of Umar, Muhammad's second Rashidun ("rightly guided caliph"). We both find his modest ways of living and his respect for all peoples an exemplary model for anyone. Both in Armstrong's book and in the television series I linked above Umar (or Omar) is represented as an intelligent, mindful man. Interestingly, according to the television series, Umar was one of the last of Muhammad's original entourage and had before been a proponent of the Quraysh tribe's opposition to Muhammad. I especially enjoyed Armstrong's description of Umar's first time in Jerusalem - and the tour he received by the patriarch. Armstrong says, "Some of the Christian observers felt that the caliph was being hypocritical: they were probably uncomfortable aware that the Muslim caliph embodies the Christian ideal of holy poverty more faithfully than their own officials." Faisal was telling me how he grew up hearing stories about Umar. One such story relates that Umar would walk amongst his people as an ordinary citizen, helping those in need without feeling the need to reveal himself. For most Sunni Muslims, this is the kind of man he was. Others, of course, including some Shi'ite Muslims, do not look upon him positively. Wikipedia gives a nice comparison of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27a_view_of_Umar">Shi'a view of Umar</a> and the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_view_of_Umar"> Sunni view</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_163">Islamic origins in Jerusalem are no less interesting than those of Judaism and Christianity. The history of the Al-Quds Mosque really brings to light the effects brought about by Earthquakes in the region. The mosque had to be replaced numerous times as a result of damage from earthquakes. The same goes for many of the other holy sites in the city. I wonder if there has ever been a comprehensive study done on this - the natural disasters of Jerusalem and their effects on the city and its inhabitants. I bet that would be pretty neat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_163"><span id="goog_326557479"></span></span></span><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_163">Armstrong briefly mentions an early Jewish convert to Islam, Ka'ab ibn Ahbar. This struck a bell in me because I have always been fascinated with religious conversion. A number of people in my family are converts to Judaism - including my grandmother. She married my father's father. My grandfather was an Orthodox Jew from Romania. He moved to the states with his mother at the age of 4. My grandmother grew up on a farm in southern Georgia. They came from completely different worlds, yet my grandmother adopted the religion as her own. Even twenty years after my grandfather's death, she adheres to the many rules of orthodox Judaism - and more so than three-quarters of our family. Two other women on my father's side have converted - both of which were Catholic before. I have not formally discussed this with any of them yet, but I hope to do so very soon. I'd like to know what kind of adversity, be it internally of externally, they faced in making such a courageous and monumental life change. A few weeks ago I decided to do a little research on conversion to Islam. I found a wealth of information and testimonies. It is so interesting to read/see what people say about their experiences converting to Islam. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcgCdn8I8kU">Here</a> is a wonderful piece on Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) as he discusses his experience and transformation. <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.islamicbulletin.com%2Ffree_downloads%2Fnew_muslim%2Ftestimonies_of_jewsish_converts.pdf&ei=DgoQUeLELKGGyAHK04HgBg&usg=AFQjCNELZRTazOSCDNAO2By0DYNsSMtsnw&sig2=9aiDkkJohlDYxUmrTU-8HA&bvm=bv.41867550,d.aWc">Here</a> is "Testimonies of Jewish Converts," a compilation of people from varying backgrounds discussing their experiences. And <a href="http://www.colostate.edu/orgs/MSA/find_more/m_x.html">here</a> is a wonderful collection of Malcolm X's experiences with the Islamic faith and his ideological reform. </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-6699326062857423822013-01-30T14:01:00.002-08:002013-01-30T14:13:31.586-08:00Who What When?<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="goog_944581171"></span></span>Phew! I think we can all agree at this point that Jerusalem has a long, complicated, confusing, multifaceted history. But boy oh boy am I exhausted from reading this book. So much happens! <span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41">I kind of feel like this poor soul:</span></span><br />
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I don't really feel like discussing specific things from the reading- especially since I only got about half-way through it. So I decided to google something: "Jerusalem complicated." I'm not sure exactly what I thought I was going to get out of this, but you never know. The first result was an article from <i>al-Moni<span style="background-color: none;">tor</span></i><span id="textmarked_73" name="textmarker_74" style="background-color: none;"><span style="background-color: none;"><span style="background-color: none;"> about the complication of electricity in Jerusalem. Haha. Naw, not really what I had in mind. But the second entry! Chuh-ching! A wikipedia entry on "Jerusalem Syndrome." </span></span></span>Any of you ever heard of this!? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome#Prevalence">Check it out now</a>! Apparently it's a mental condition that strikes some Jewish, Muslim, and Christian visitors to Jerusalem. It puts them in a delusional state for a small period of time, which regresses (in most cases) after a couple of days or a week. In some extreme cases, people believe they are divine or that they themselves are prophets. There are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLkBo55OTko">some</a> who even believe this could be a security issue. Michael Moore did a little <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ivi984hiJA">piece</a> about it. The Simpsons even did a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Story_Ever_D%27ohed">show</a> on it. Many books have been written on it. It's very interesting - not because it's necessarily "true" in a medical sense (there are many people who think it's not), but because it shows clearly the spiritual and religious power that has accumulated over millenia in Jerusalem. Regardless of what people are labeling it, these religious reactions are devotions of faith.<span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> And, as is clear from Armstrong's book, there is no doubt that this sort of devotion is not a <span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> new phenomena<span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>.<span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> I am very tempted to do a project on this!<br />
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<span id="goog_944581169"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_944581170"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-51115873837304612382013-01-28T13:52:00.001-08:002013-01-28T13:52:11.943-08:00I'm a can of water.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15874709?byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-65984865398995461732013-01-28T13:47:00.002-08:002013-01-30T14:15:13.203-08:00Ahhhh-ha. / Journal Post 2Ever since I started researching this topic a month or so ago, I have been waiting for an <b>aha</b> moment. But instead, my journey has been one big fat "<b>ahhhhhhh-ha!</b>" - an aggravated yelp followed by an ironic chuckle.<br />
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<span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #009900;"><span style="background-color: none;">Bafflement is by no means a foreign state for me. But the Israeli/Palestinian conflict<span style="background-color: none;"> engenders a bewilderment of another order.</span></span></span><br />
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Somewhere amongst those scattered puzzle pieces lies an image of serenity, of completeness. <span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_110" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_109" name="textmarker_111" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_108" name="textmarker_110" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_109" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>Amongst the tumult of Israel/Palestine exists in some combination of acts, phrases, handshakes, smiles, head nods, and gum swaps a puzzled peace. Just as the conflict twists our frowns into swirls of perplexity, its peace will bring quivering smiles and shy dimples. Even the image of a complete puzzle preserves the memory of a once-split world.<span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
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Babbling<span id="textmarked_149" name="textmarker_150" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_148" name="textmarker_149" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_147" name="textmarker_148" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_146" name="textmarker_147" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> nonsense aside, I don't know what the solution to this problem is. I can't pretend to know what it is. But I have no doubt that one day a good set of circumstances led by some<span id="textmarked_167" name="textmarker_168" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> great people will present itself and we'll grab hold. I'm sure it'll look something like <a href="http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium/dont-let-go-vicky-mycock.jpg">this</a>. Then, after a considerably nice <span id="textmarked_180" name="textmarker_181" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_179" name="textmarker_180" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_178" name="textmarker_179" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_177" name="textmarker_178" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>period of time, I have no doubt, an unfortunate set of circumstances led by some <span id="textmarked_195" name="textmarker_197" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>not-so-great people will present itself and <span id="textmarked_192" name="textmarker_194" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_191" name="textmarker_193" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_190" name="textmarker_192" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_189" name="textmarker_191" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_188" name="textmarker_190" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_187" name="textmarker_189" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_186" name="textmarker_188" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_185" name="textmarker_187" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_184" name="textmarker_186" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_183" name="textmarker_185" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_182" name="textmarker_184" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_181" name="textmarker_183" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>we'll let go. It'll look like <a href="http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/300W/i/2012/117/2/9/fall_by_dark_moon_forever-d4xst1q.jpg">this</a>. Then <span id="textmarked_193" name="textmarker_195" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>one day another<span id="textmarked_196" name="textmarker_198" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> good set of circumstances led by another group of<span id="textmarked_197" name="textmarker_199" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> great people will present itself and we'll grab hold again. <span id="textmarked_194" name="textmarker_196" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>'Tis life.<br />
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<span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_28"><b>Here are some nice words from Steve Earle in his song "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU278yFdvgQ&feature=player_embedded">Jerusalem</a>."</b></span></span><br />
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</span><i><span style="background-color: none;"><span id="textmarked_60" name="textmarker_62">"</span></span>That I believe that one fine day all the children of Abraham </i><br />
<i>Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem </i><br />
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<i>Well maybe I'm only dreamin' and maybe I'm just a fool </i><br />
<i>But I don't remember learnin' how to hate in Sunday school </i><br />
<i>But somewhere along the way I strayed and I never looked back again </i><br />
<i>But I still find some comfort now and then"</i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-46550225902476596522013-01-22T20:25:00.000-08:002013-01-22T20:25:01.959-08:00I love books.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/myvobIkwkNM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-39278773861040253912013-01-21T12:35:00.000-08:002013-01-21T13:17:14.079-08:00A sacred ground. / Reading Response 3Karen Armstrong presents to us the history of Jerusalem, and that of the greater Canaan, in an engaging, provoking narrative. Equally informative and interesting, she reveals, in reliable prose, the timeless human dependence on the sacred, the symbolic, and the mythological. <br />
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In her introduction, Armstrong introduces these three recurring themes (symbols, the sacred, and myth). She insists that human beings in the ancient world attempted to make sense of the world through the sacred, attempted to "find healing in the experience of the sacred." The creation of myth was the "ancient form of psychology," engaging in the mysterious and unknown. And a symbol had the "power of introducing worshipers to the sacred realm." <br />
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It was interesting to read about how the importance of Jerusalem to Judaism did not come about in a divinely natural way- that it's importance to David lied in Jerusalem's strategic location in regards to its natural protective barriers and the fluid connection of David's Land of Judah to the Land of Israel in the north. These are things I never knew about the beginnings of my own religion. David's acceptance and embrace of the Jebusites is interesting, especially in respect to his unequal treatment of Israel. Who are the direct descendants of the Jebusites?<br />
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Also intriguing to me is the fact that, in the days of David and Solomon all the way to Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of the first temple, Judaism (or the origins of Judaism) was not necessarily a monotheistic religion. Lesser gods were acknowledged. Even more interesting is Armstrong's assertion that Yahweh was not particularly disturbed by this. This is huge and confusing. I've always been under the impression that, since the time of Abraham, there has always been one god in the eyes of the Jews. It become clear, to me, through Armstrong's historical account that religion must often change in order to adhere to the "circumstances<span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> of the people<span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>."<br />
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In these first few chapters I noticed the oft recurring mention of "justice" - "welfare of the people," "integrity of tenure," and "honor and respect." When Armstrong mentions these words, she connects them with the sacred and the holy. Justice was a part of attaining a successful land. In light of today, I fear that perhaps this notion has been lost, forgotten, or (hopefully not so) merely ignored. At the end of her introduction, Armstrong admits, "some of the worst atrocities have occurred when people have put the purity of Jerusalem and the desire to gain access to its great sanctity before the quest for justice and charity." How true these words are and how evident that, from the very beginning of its place in history, Jerusalem's keepers have often been guilty of putting faith before justice - rather than embracing the two in peaceful unison. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-6129501867514201962013-01-16T13:49:00.001-08:002013-01-16T13:49:35.024-08:00I wonder who read my post / Journal Response 1When I walk in the room I think, <u><b><i>"I wonder who read my post."</i></b></u> Do any of you guys do that? It's an odd<span id="textmarked_472" name="textmarker_471" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> thing to think about.<br />
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I love putting up posts <span id="textmarked_433" name="textmarker_432" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>in a<span id="textmarked_513" name="textmarker_512" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> public display of a reading response (as opposed to just handing it to my teacher)<span id="textmarked_518" name="textmarker_517" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_517" name="textmarker_516" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_516" name="textmarker_515" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_515" name="textmarker_514" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> and as a way of sharing<span id="textmarked_514" name="textmarker_513" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> my<span id="textmarked_494" name="textmarker_493" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> thoughts and feelings. I enjoy it!<span id="textmarked_495" name="textmarker_494" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_414" name="textmarker_414" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_413" name="textmarker_413" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_394" name="textmarker_394" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_393" name="textmarker_393" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_392" name="textmarker_392" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>And it<span id="textmarked_519" name="textmarker_518" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> gives people that may not get a chance in class to express their opinions a chance to do so. 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It would give us a better connection with those "people on the other side of the camera" and put us all in a circle of dialogue- as opposed to two separate circles (or rectangles).<span id="textmarked_507" name="textmarker_506" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_506" name="textmarker_505" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_505" name="textmarker_504" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_386" name="textmarker_387" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_385" name="textmarker_386" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_384" name="textmarker_385" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_383" name="textmarker_384" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_382" name="textmarker_383" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_381" name="textmarker_382" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_380" name="textmarker_381" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_379" name="textmarker_380" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_378" name="textmarker_379" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> That's not to say that we wouldn<span id="textmarked_508" name="textmarker_507" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>'t respond to our classmates blogs - just that it not be <span id="textmarked_509" name="textmarker_508" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>required.<span id="textmarked_447" name="textmarker_446" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_446" name="textmarker_445" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_445" name="textmarker_444" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_444" name="textmarker_443" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_443" name="textmarker_442" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_442" name="textmarker_441" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_441" name="textmarker_440" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> I'm game either way. 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I am really excited about this course. Dr. H's enthusiasm for the subject sets a nice<span id="textmarked_278" name="textmarker_278" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> vibe<span id="textmarked_277" name="textmarker_277" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>. And you guys all seem like pretty open, charming<span id="textmarked_450" name="textmarker_449" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_449" name="textmarker_448" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> people. <span id="textmarked_272" name="textmarker_272" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_271" name="textmarker_271" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_270" name="textmarker_270" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_269" name="textmarker_269" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_268" name="textmarker_268" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_267" name="textmarker_267" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_266" name="textmarker_266" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_265" name="textmarker_265" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_264" name="textmarker_264" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_263" name="textmarker_263" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_262" name="textmarker_262" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_261" name="textmarker_261" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_260" name="textmarker_260" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_259" name="textmarker_259" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>I respect and appreciate how this course challenges us to put ourselves out there. That's not always easy to do- especially in a setting full of people you barely know.<span id="textmarked_456" name="textmarker_455" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_455" name="textmarker_454" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_454" name="textmarker_453" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_453" name="textmarker_452" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_452" name="textmarker_451" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_451" name="textmarker_450" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_448" name="textmarker_447" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> It challenges us to think about a topic immersed<span id="textmarked_474" name="textmarker_473" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_473" name="textmarker_472" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> in emotion, violence, politics, pain, love, hate and life. What more can you ask for<span id="textmarked_510" name="textmarker_509" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>?!<br />
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I like how some of our fellow classmates have taken note of a striking resemblance between the way our class seems to take shape and Jerusalem herself. <span id="textmarked_512" name="textmarker_511" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_511" name="textmarker_510" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Amen to that.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-58276803148644098302013-01-14T14:46:00.004-08:002013-01-14T14:46:43.053-08:00Project Thoughts I am most interested in how the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is portrayed through the media- specifically, through the internet. There is an exhaustive amount of information online<span id="textmarked_112" name="textmarker_113" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_111" name="textmarker_112" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> (correct, incorrect, accurate<span id="textmarked_107" name="textmarker_108" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_106" name="textmarker_107" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_105" name="textmarker_106" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_104" name="textmarker_105" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_103" name="textmarker_104" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_102" name="textmarker_103" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_101" name="textmarker_102" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_100" name="textmarker_101" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_99" name="textmarker_100" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_98" name="textmarker_99" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_97" name="textmarker_98" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_96" name="textmarker_97" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_95" name="textmarker_96" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_94" name="textmarker_95" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_93" name="textmarker_94" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_92" name="textmarker_93" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_91" name="textmarker_92" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_90" name="textmarker_91" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_89" name="textmarker_90" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_88" name="textmarker_89" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_87" name="textmarker_88" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_86" name="textmarker_87" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_85" name="textmarker_86" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>, inaccurate) that reflects a number of viewpoints, interests, and peoples<span id="textmarked_144" name="textmarker_143" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_143" name="textmarker_142" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_142" name="textmarker_141" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_141" name="textmarker_140" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_140" name="textmarker_139" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_139" name="textmarker_138" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. I think this can be<span id="textmarked_191" name="textmarker_190" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_190" name="textmarker_189" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> both<span id="textmarked_136" name="textmarker_136" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> helpful and dangerous<span id="textmarked_162" name="textmarker_161" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. On the one hand, and <span id="textmarked_370" name="textmarker_369" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>specially for this topic, <span id="textmarked_194" name="textmarker_193" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_193" name="textmarker_192" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_192" name="textmarker_191" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>the internet<span id="textmarked_372" name="textmarker_371" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_371" name="textmarker_370" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> creates a scattered narrative <span id="textmarked_127" name="textmarker_128" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_126" name="textmarker_127" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_125" name="textmarker_126" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_124" name="textmarker_125" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_123" name="textmarker_124" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_122" name="textmarker_123" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_121" name="textmarker_122" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_120" name="textmarker_121" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_119" name="textmarker_120" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_118" name="textmarker_119" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_117" name="textmarker_118" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_116" name="textmarker_117" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_115" name="textmarker_116" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_114" name="textmarker_115" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_113" name="textmarker_114" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>that reveals, if measured and analyzed methodically<span id="textmarked_373" name="textmarker_372" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>, a real debate with real people fighting for real <span id="textmarked_151" name="textmarker_150" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_150" name="textmarker_149" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_149" name="textmarker_148" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>causes<span id="textmarked_158" name="textmarker_157" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_157" name="textmarker_156" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_156" name="textmarker_155" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_155" name="textmarker_154" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_154" name="textmarker_153" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_153" name="textmarker_152" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_152" name="textmarker_151" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>. On the other hand<span id="textmarked_161" name="textmarker_160" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_160" name="textmarker_159" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>, it can become a venue through which people <span id="textmarked_189" name="textmarker_188" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>seek out an abundance of information that<span id="textmarked_188" name="textmarker_187" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_187" name="textmarker_186" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_186" name="textmarker_185" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_185" name="textmarker_184" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_184" name="textmarker_183" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_183" name="textmarker_182" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_182" name="textmarker_181" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> reiterates, justifies, and defends their side.<span id="textmarked_181" name="textmarker_180" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_180" name="textmarker_179" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_179" name="textmarker_178" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span> I don't exactly know what I would want to do with this idea, but I am interested in it nonetheless. <span id="textmarked_211" name="textmarker_210" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_210" name="textmarker_209" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_209" name="textmarker_208" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_208" name="textmarker_207" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_207" name="textmarker_206" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_206" name="textmarker_205" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_205" name="textmarker_204" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_204" name="textmarker_203" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_203" name="textmarker_202" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_202" name="textmarker_201" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_201" name="textmarker_200" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_200" name="textmarker_199" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_199" name="textmarker_198" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_198" name="textmarker_197" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_197" name="textmarker_196" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_196" name="textmarker_195" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_195" name="textmarker_194" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><br />
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I recently <span id="textmarked_212" name="textmarker_211" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>came across <b>Palestinian hip hop</b> and spent a while looking into it. It's fascinating! It started in the early-mid nineties in response to world-renown American artists Tupac Shakur and <span id="textmarked_234" name="textmarker_233" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_233" name="textmarker_232" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_232" name="textmarker_231" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_231" name="textmarker_230" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_230" name="textmarker_229" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_229" name="textmarker_228" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_228" name="textmarker_227" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_227" name="textmarker_226" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_226" name="textmarker_225" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_225" name="textmarker_224" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_224" name="textmarker_223" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_223" name="textmarker_222" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_222" name="textmarker_221" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_221" name="textmarker_220" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_220" name="textmarker_219" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_219" name="textmarker_218" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_218" name="textmarker_217" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_217" name="textmarker_216" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_216" name="textmarker_215" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_215" name="textmarker_214" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_214" name="textmarker_213" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_213" name="textmarker_212" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>Notorious B.I.G. From its beginnings and <span id="textmarked_333" name="textmarker_332" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>up until today,<span id="textmarked_246" name="textmarker_245" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> the themes of Palestinian hip hop <span id="textmarked_249" name="textmarker_248" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_248" name="textmarker_247" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_247" name="textmarker_246" style="background-color: yellow;"></span>have been the occupation, refugees, inequality in Israel, and other social<span id="textmarked_255" name="textmarker_254" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_254" name="textmarker_253" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_253" name="textmarker_252" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_252" name="textmarker_251" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_251" name="textmarker_250" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_250" name="textmarker_249" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span>/political issues - it has <b>not</b> developed into the mainstream, American, modern<span id="textmarked_343" name="textmarker_342" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_342" name="textmarker_341" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_341" name="textmarker_340" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_340" name="textmarker_339" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> hip hop<span id="textmarked_339" name="textmarker_338" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_338" name="textmarker_337" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_337" name="textmarker_336" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_336" name="textmarker_335" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_335" name="textmarker_334" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_334" name="textmarker_333" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>. There is a lot out there, and some of the stuff is very good. Artists such as DAM and<span id="textmarked_273" name="textmarker_273" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_269" name="textmarker_268" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_268" name="textmarker_267" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_267" name="textmarker_266" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_266" name="textmarker_265" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_265" name="textmarker_264" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_264" name="textmarker_263" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_263" name="textmarker_262" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_262" name="textmarker_261" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_261" name="textmarker_260" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_260" name="textmarker_259" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_259" name="textmarker_258" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_258" name="textmarker_257" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_257" name="textmarker_256" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_256" name="textmarker_255" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Shadia Mansour<span id="textmarked_272" name="textmarker_272" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_271" name="textmarker_271" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_270" name="textmarker_270" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> are a couple of the biggest names. This could be a really cool topic, so if anyone's interested let me know.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGvP0OREI2E">Check this out.</a><br />
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Oftentimes, Palestinian<span id="textmarked_379" name="textmarker_376" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_378" name="textmarker_375" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> artists collaborate with Israeli's to make tracks about peace and peaceful coexistence. This could be a good topic too- Israeli/Palestinian music collaborations. <span id="textmarked_311" name="textmarker_312" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_310" name="textmarker_311" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_309" name="textmarker_310" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_308" name="textmarker_309" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_307" name="textmarker_308" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_306" name="textmarker_307" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_305" name="textmarker_306" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_304" name="textmarker_305" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
<br /><a href="http://heartbeatmusic.bandcamp.com/album/true-love-the-1st-israeli-palestinian-german-hip-hop-hudna">And check this out.</a><br />
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I'd be willing to work in any group, to be honest. It's all interesting and I wouldn't mind learning more about each of the things you guys are interested in. <span id="textmarked_369" name="textmarker_368" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_368" name="textmarker_367" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_367" name="textmarker_366" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_366" name="textmarker_365" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_365" name="textmarker_364" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_364" name="textmarker_363" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_363" name="textmarker_362" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_362" name="textmarker_361" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_361" name="textmarker_360" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_360" name="textmarker_359" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_359" name="textmarker_358" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_358" name="textmarker_357" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_357" name="textmarker_356" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_356" name="textmarker_355" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_355" name="textmarker_354" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_354" name="textmarker_353" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_353" name="textmarker_352" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_352" name="textmarker_351" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_351" name="textmarker_350" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br /><span id="textmarked_350" name="textmarker_349" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_349" name="textmarker_348" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> <span id="textmarked_303" name="textmarker_304" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_302" name="textmarker_303" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_301" name="textmarker_302" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_300" name="textmarker_301" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_299" name="textmarker_300" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_298" name="textmarker_299" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-85406686072199220942013-01-14T13:35:00.004-08:002013-01-14T16:21:05.652-08:00What year is it? / Reading Response 22012 CE? 1434 AH? Or 5773? How confusing this must have been for the citizens of Jerusalem for the past 3000 years. Celebrating New Years, I am sure, could not have been easy.<br />
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<span id="textmarked_52" name="textmarker_53" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> All three articles for this week reveal the history of a land burdened with conquest after conquest, ransack after ransack, worship after worship. The resilience of Jerusalem reflects the resilience of those who have, for millennia, claimed the land as their own.<br />
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As I was reading these articles, I couldn't help but think that watching the layout of Jerusalem unfold in fast-motion would be akin to watching an equalizer (<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlaSNi1sgIRyGBvXTFFTJpSTOWDLZNfyVaOc_qQff9f13OJ2vXO5yRgqm-YCE3fA61CBybvmYS4tZCivs7ArmXGwlzDsTWlDCGLEoqkynM8fX3kIOGWySAIHreOy_A4uHfIgRkb7JsJx8/s640/Equalizer-1.gif">example here</a>). Just as the rhythm and beat of music dictates the movement and construction of a song, so too does conqueror (and tectonic plates) dictate the landscape of Jerusalem. A stretched simile aside, Jerusalem's past, as Mick Dumper points out, has had a life of its own. It "appeared to breathe in and out as the population swelled and contracted." Its life was of such diverse conditions, Dumper explains, that at one point "its military value was insignificant enough that Napoleon ignored the city as he swept north from Egypt." Dumper also makes a point to discuss how unyielding the city of Jerusalem is - that is, in terms of producing or harvesting any natural resources- and how scarce water supply has been in the past. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't most ancient civilizations lie in proximity to water and other natural resources? Jerusalem is, and always has been, a place of anomaly and surprise. And I am<span id="textmarked_2" name="textmarker_3" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_1" name="textmarker_2" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_0" name="textmarker_1" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> far, far, far from und<span id="textmarked_7" name="textmarker_8" style="background-color: #009900;"></span>erstanding it.<span id="textmarked_6" name="textmarker_7" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_5" name="textmarker_6" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_4" name="textmarker_5" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_3" name="textmarker_4" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><br />
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It was interesting to read an article by Rashid Khalidi. I have come across him before and knew beforehand that he is a supporter of the Palestinian narrative- "Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies" and editor of <i>Journal of Palestine Studies</i>. I am studying the development and expansion of Islam in another course, so Khalidi's (and Rubin's) section on Islam's place in Jerusalem was informative complementary information. I found Khalidi's short discussion at the beginning of his article on Jerusalem's history and how much of it isn't "historically verifiable." I hope this becomes more apparent as we learn more about the city - that some<span id="textmarked_34" name="textmarker_35" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> of what people claim about this place doesn't have significance.<span id="textmarked_33" name="textmarker_34" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_32" name="textmarker_33" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_31" name="textmarker_32" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_30" name="textmarker_31" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_29" name="textmarker_30" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_28" name="textmarker_29" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_27" name="textmarker_28" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_26" name="textmarker_27" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_25" name="textmarker_26" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_24" name="textmarker_25" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_23" name="textmarker_24" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_22" name="textmarker_23" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_21" name="textmarker_22" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_20" name="textmarker_21" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_19" name="textmarker_20" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_18" name="textmarker_19" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_17" name="textmarker_18" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_16" name="textmarker_17" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_15" name="textmarker_16" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_14" name="textmarker_15" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_13" name="textmarker_14" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_12" name="textmarker_13" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_11" name="textmarker_12" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_10" name="textmarker_11" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_9" name="textmarker_10" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_8" name="textmarker_9" style="background-color: #009900;"></span> I'm not sure why I "hope" this.<span id="textmarked_37" name="textmarker_38" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_36" name="textmarker_37" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_35" name="textmarker_36" style="background-color: yellow;"></span> I am anxious to read our Jerusalem book. I want to read about the city's changes in a little more detail, rather than reading a few sentences that seek to explain three-hundered years. But I am glad that I got a snapshot of pillage and war and conquer and building and tearing down. <span id="textmarked_50" name="textmarker_51" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_49" name="textmarker_50" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_48" name="textmarker_49" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_47" name="textmarker_48" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_46" name="textmarker_47" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><span id="textmarked_45" name="textmarker_46" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_44" name="textmarker_45" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_43" name="textmarker_44" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_42" name="textmarker_43" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_41" name="textmarker_42" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><span id="textmarked_40" name="textmarker_41" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_39" name="textmarker_40" style="background-color: yellow;"></span><span id="textmarked_38" name="textmarker_39" style="background-color: #3333ff;"></span><br />
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Provided what we know about the turbulent, transient history of Jerusalem, I can't help but question what will happen there next. What do you think?<span id="textmarked_51" name="textmarker_52" style="background-color: #009900;"></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03623563168590756844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622462806436461830.post-13463669415610951882013-01-09T14:01:00.000-08:002013-01-09T14:01:43.011-08:00What a project.It's a shame the <i>Jerusalem Project</i> never made it to the mall. The picture of "Jerusalem, Yerushalyim, and Al-Quds" would have been good for America to see and for Jerusalem to share. Most Americans have heard of Jerusalem and, either through a limited or extensive exposure, have an image in their head of what Jerusalem is. The exhibition would have been a refreshing and informative display of a culture that has never really been able to all-inclusively reveal itself to the American mind. Not that I know of, at least.<br />
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On the other hand, I wonder if displaying Jerusalem as it is could have had its setbacks. While its ability to depict a near reality to its current state is important for an accurate image, and while the collaboration between multiple peoples is heroic and exemplary, <i>The Jerusalem Project </i>could have politically and/or culturally reaffirmed and even eternalized an image of the divided city and the conditions therein. I don't claim to know much about the contrasting living conditions of the citizens of West Jerusalem and East Jerusalem but only that perhaps this could have had some negative effects. With caution, I support the project.<br />
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Regardless of the theoretical accomplishments and repercussions of such an exhibition, I am honored to now be part of the extension of the <i>Jerusalem Project</i>. It is the the time, energy, and heart put into it through the years that motivates me to do the same. <br />
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It was nice to hear the Israeli, Palestinian, and American perspectives regarding the experiences of displaying the most accurate picture of Jerusalem. One thing in particular stood out to me. In "Researching East Jerusalem," Suad Amiry shares with us an interesting insight relayed to her by one of her Palestinian team members, Albert Aghazarian. Albert says, "Jerusalem is a city where people are carrying mirrors... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is a city of many realities: every individual or</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> community has a mirror of history, of cultural realities</span>." In other words, for all the different peoples in this disputed territory, Jerusalem is a reflection of their world. And each world, to those who live in it, is real. Can there be multiple truths? Can multiple claims to space be valid at the same time? As Albert goes on to say, there are some who "seek to marginalize all the other mirrors except for itself." This raises questions in my head such as: Why is it so hard to accept someone else's truth? And even harder to go beyond that and respect their truth? And in the end why is it that <i>recognition</i><i> of a superior truth </i>from another people, of all things, is most prized? </div>
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