As a Palestinian living in diaspora, I would sometimes get jealous seeing my cousins living back home in Palestine attend Birzeit University. When it came time to apply to colleges and universities,…
Author: Mariam Jaber
Al Manakeesh Taste of Palestine Food Review
On my 21st birthday last month on Jan. 27, I decided to visit Al Manakeesh Taste of Palestine in Bridgeview for brunch last month on Jan. 27. Accompanied with me was my…
Toufan Al-Ahrar, Flood of the Free
As part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, both Hamas and Israel are expected to release the hostages/prisoners that they are holding captive. In the first phase of the ceasefire, which began on…
Gaza Ceasefire, Fight Not Over Yet
After over fifteen months of indiscriminate bombing, starvation, siege, bombardment, and killing of Palestinians in Gaza, a ceasefire has been achieved. On Jan 16, the Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman…
Music For Palestinian Prisoners
The cause of the Palestinian prisoners is one that stretches back over one hundred years. From the British Mandate, up until the current Israeli occupation. As one would imagine, being a prisoner…
Scholasticide in Palestine
While we are having fun with Homecoming Week and attending university in the United States, we should be mindful that students in Gaza do not have that same privilege. Israel is waging…
Ghassan Kanafani: Intellectual, Writer, Martyr
Ghassan Kanafani was born on April 9, 1936, in the Palestinian coastal city of Yafa. Kanafani was only 12-years-old when the 1948 Palestine catastrophe (Nakba), took place and he and his family…
The Origins and Meanings of Palestinian Symbols
The Palestinian cause has many famous symbols, but have you ever wondered what they mean and what their origins are? Most recently, the watermelon has taken the spotlight to combat online censorship,…
Freedom and Justice For Walid Daqqah
Walid Daqqah was born on July 18, 1961, in Baqa Al-Gharbiyyeh, a village…
Deir Yassin 76 Years On
The village of Deir Yassin in Aug. 2023 still standing 75 years after being cleansed Jaber Family Album The massacre of Deir Yassin was among the…