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Help make it happen for Inshallah: a video journey through the Gaza Strip. completion fund on @indiegogo igg.me/p/104634?i=twtr 5:48 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
"How can a people exist on milk (rations) and promises?"-@UNRWA chief D C Stephen, 1951 #somethingsneverchange 12:35 PM May 25th via web
@Addameer_ps: Akram Rikhawi remains on hunger strike as well, currently on his 43rd day 9:28 AM May 24th via web
@Addameer_ps: #Israel already violated agreement with 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners one week since end of historic hunger strike. 9:27 AM May 24th via web
25-yr-old Mahmoud Sarsak is on his 67th consecutive day of hunger strike today, in protest of being held without charge or trial by #Israel 9:25 AM May 24th via web
Was casually browsing our library's children's section and found this gem... lockerz.com/s/211093141 4:54 PM May 22nd via TweetCaster
Come walk/run for Gaza's children in DC! Friends of UNRWA 2012 #Gaza Summer Games Solidarity 5K Walk/Run: bit.ly/JLAExm 5:39 AM May 16th via Tweet Button
PalFreedom #BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts: ow.ly/aVp2e via @norabf 12:00 PM May 15th via HootSuite Retweeted by gazamom and 2 others
Beit Tima, was destroyed & depopulated of all 1060 of its residents, including Um Ibrahim, in 1948 #Wewillreturn48 #Nakba64 11:47 AM May 15th via web
How many Israelis out there can name even 10 Palestinian villages destroyed and depopulated in 1948? #Wewillreturn48 #nakba64 11:44 AM May 15th via web
(in)famous last words: “the old will die and the young will forget" (Ben Gurion) #WeWillReturn48 #Nakba64 11:42 AM May 15th via web
@TheModernRumi Columbia. Dates/times? 4:05 AM May 15th via TweetCaster in reply to TheModernRumi
19 mature Palestinian olive trees cut down nearby At-Tuwani village, South Hebron Hills 9:27 AM May 13th via web
@SanaKassem sorry that was an outdated tweet! 11:09 AM May 12th via TweetCaster in reply to SanaKassem
US_Campaign #75DaysVsApartheid Demand @StateDept take action! ow.ly/1LZu42 SIGN! 10:17 AM May 12th via HootSuite Retweeted by gazamom and 1 other
@andersoncooper @AC360 Palestinians Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh enter 75th day of hunger strike protesting Israeli detention w/out charge 8:21 AM May 12th via web in reply to andersoncooper
We will start tweeting using #73dayhungerstrike from 4-6pm GMT 8:08 AM May 12th via web
@creolitauk mixture of fermented yoghurt and grain or flour, hand-shaped into cakes or ground into powder, then cooked into a stew, soup... 5:25 PM May 10th via web in reply to creolitauk
@anissahelou Hi! I used buttermilk mixed with a little leftover homemade yoghurt. Great to hear from you! Wanted to discuss my book w/ u 5:24 PM May 10th via web in reply to anissahelou
Attempting to make kishik from scratch...will let you know how it turns out in 7 days! #gazakitchen 10:41 AM May 9th via web

Name Laila El-Haddad
Location Baltimore, MD
Web http://www.gazamo...
Bio Author & Blogger from Gaza City, currently based near Baltimore. Check out my book: Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything in Between.