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Mazin Qumsiyeh
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh's work is regularly published in Axis of Logic's Letters from Palestine. He teaches and does research at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities in occupied Palestine. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Tennessee, Duke and Yale Universities. He is now president of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People. He published several books of which the most acclaimed "Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle" which was also translated to Spanish. He also has an activism book published electronically on his Website. His main interest is media activism and public education. He published over 200 letters to the editor and 100 op-ed pieces and interviewed in TV and radio extensively (local, national and international). He is currently finishing a book on Palestinian civil resistance going back to the beginning of the Zionist project in the 19th century until today.
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
Note: I am available this summer from June 26-July 10 for talks in Southern Europe especially on issues of popular resistance to Israeli apartheid and direct stories from under the colonial occupation. Invitations to speak to groups, universities, and conferences would be considered depending on the tour schedule and first... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
They finally released our 10 friends yesterday from Israeli jails on bail pending “trial”. Those kidnapped from the peaceful march in Bethlehem area on Palm Sunday attended a press conference in Ramallah and passed by Beit Sahour late last night. Each is to appear in front of a military judge... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
This is a 9 Minute video I just put out on life in the Bethlehem area during Christmas, 2009. It starts with a Jewish guy who joined the demonstration in Al-Masara asking that the soldiers disobey orders and not join in oppressing the Palestinians. In addition to the usual struggles... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
Editor's Note: Noone I have ever read, tells the story of the Middle East with honesty, compassion and humanity equal to that of Mazin Qumsiyeh. Mazin leaves the trappings of his impressive intellect behind when writing his first hand accounts, allowing us to see the humanity of those - who alone - really... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home. Axis of Logic. , Axis of Logic
On 16 October 1935, a barrel marked “cement” fell as it was being unloaded from ships at the port in Jaffa. The broken barrel contained guns, grenades, and ammunition and was one of many secret shipments to the underground Zionist terrorist militias in Palestine. That incident among others (including the... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
English following Arabic
لمن يقرأ العربية: الرجاء إرسال رسالة الكترونية إذا أردت أن تستلم منا مقالات وأخبار بالعربية مرة كل أسبوع
وهالك سؤال للتشجيع قد يدهشك-- من كتب وفي أي سنة؟:
مضى علينا 25 سنة ونحن ننبه إلى الخطر الصهيوني, وندعو إلى اتقائه ودفع مضاره بتأليف الرأي العربي والإسلامي.... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
In this digest:
A call to join a large gathering of students, faculty and staff to promote boycott, divestments, and sanctions (BDS) at academic institutions.
An action call for the release of our friend and nonviolent activist Mohammed Othman.
Why the Goldstone report matters by Richard Falk and a call... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
Our dear friend Saliba Rishmawi (father of George Rishmawi of Siraj and the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People) passed away of heart failure and we had his funeral yesterday. The church was packed with hundreds of people. After we took his body to the cemetery, I stopped by to... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
Editor's Note: Mazin Qumsiyeh has been sharing his first-hand experiences with our readers for years. Often his letters provide a careful accounting of the sad realities in which Palestinians live. His true stories are more powerful than any polemics, mental exercises and "peace plans" created by the Zionist entity and... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a Villager at Home , Axis of Logic
Bethlehem is a buzz with security preparations for the Fatah conference on Tuesday. The local people I talked to either were indifferent or were worried about inability to reach school or work or do shopping during the days of the conference. The Fatah people I talked to are unsure of... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.
-Izumi Shibiku
And the wind blows terribly in this land of apartheid. But the moonlight is getting brighter as more and more of the lies upon which the racism that... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
The old Hebron to Jerusalem (now Hebron-to-wall-near Bethlehem) road was lined up with perhaps over 200 armed special forces. These are not Israeli but Palestinian "security". I was going to pick a friend at Dheisheh Refugee camp to eat Knafah (a Palestinian sweet). Every 10 meters (30 ft) for a... » read this article
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Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
In this my first week back in North America, I was reminded that there are two Americas: a decent caring one and one of delusion.
This is as if there are two trains heading to different destinations. The hypocrisy train has big PR budgets, has a huge lobby that managed... » read this article
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