#little palestine: diary of a siege

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Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021) فلسطيننا الصغيرة Dir. Abdallah Al-Khatib

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[ ID: Three images from a scene in "Little Palestine; Diary of a Siege", showing a child in a beige sweater and winter hat playing in the grass next to several destroyed buildings and rubble.

At first, it focuses on the buildings. The cameraperson asks: "Aren't you afraid of the sound of shelling?"

The camera moves towards the child, who smiles and says: "I'm not afraid, we're used to it."

The camera zooms out slightly. The cameraperson asks: "What if a shell landed here?". The child responds: "Then God have mercy on our souls." /End ID ]

Little Palestine; Diary of a Siege (2021) dir. Abdallah Al Khatib

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Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (Abdallah Al-Khatib, 2021)

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A copy of the first reading list, if you dislike clicking on Google docs links:

The liberal news media is working overtime to silence Palestinian voices. As we sit thousands of miles away, witnessing the massacre through social media, the least we can do is educate ourselves and work to educate others. Apartheid threatens all of us, and just to reiterate, anti-Zionism ≠ antisemitism.

Academic Works, Poetry and Memoirs

The Revolution of 1936-1939 in Palestine: Background, Details, and Analysis, Ghassan Kanafani (1972)

Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries, Rosemary Sayegh (1979)

Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, Mazin Qumsiyeh (2011)

My Life in the PLO: The Inside Story of the Palestinian Struggle, Shafiq al-Hout and Jean Said Makdisi (2019)

My People Shall Live, Leila Khaled (1971)

Poetry of Resistance in Occupied Palestine, translated by Sulafa Hijjawi (Baghdad, Ministry of Culture and Guidance, 1968)

On Palestine by Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky (2015)

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the US-Israeli War Against the Palestinians, Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé (2013)

The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994, Edward W. Said (2012)

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique, Sa’ed Atshan (2020)

Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel, Andrew Ross (2019)

Ten Myths About Israel, Ilan Pappé (2017)

Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question, Christopher Eric Hitchens and Edward W. Said (2001)

Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape, Raja Shehadeh (2010)

The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East, David Hirst (1977)

Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, Norman Finkelstein (2018)

Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians, Noam Chomsky (1983)

Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations, Avi Shlaim (2010)

Politicide: Ariel Sharon’s War Against the Palestinians, Baruch Kimmerling (2006)

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering, Norman G. Finkelstein (2015)

Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, Jehad Abusalim (2022)

Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory, Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod (2007)

Peace and its discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East peace process, Edward W. Said (2012)

Three Poems by Yahya Hassan

Articles, Papers & Essays

“Palestinian history doesn’t start with the Nakba” by PYM (May, 2023) 

“What the Uprising Means,” Salim Tamari (1988)

“The Palestinians’ inalienable right to resist,” Louis Allday (2021)

“Liberating a Palestinian Novel from Israeli Prison,” Danya Al-Saleh and Samar Al-Saleh (2023) 

Women, War, and Peace: Reflections from the Intifada, Nahla Abdo (2002)

“A Place Without a Door” and “Uncle Give me a Cigarette”—Two Essays by Palestinian Political Prisoner, Walid Daqqah (2023)

“Live Like a Porcupine, Fight Like a Flea,” A Translation of an Article by Basel Al-Araj

Films & Video Essays

Fedayin: Georges Abdallah’s Fight (2021)

Naila and the Uprising (2017)

Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory (2015)

Tell Your Tale Little Bird (1993)

The Time That Remains (2009)

“The Present” (short film) (2020)

“How Palestinians were expelled from their homes”

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Born in Gaza (2014)

5 Broken Cameras (2011)

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)

Al-Nakba: The Palestinian catastrophe - Episode 1 | Featured Documentary

Organisations to donate to

Palestine Red Crescent Society - https://www.palestinercs.org/en

Anera - https://support.anera.org/a/palestine-emergency

Palestinian American Medical Association - https://palestinian-ama.networkforgood.com/projects/206145-gaza-medical-supplies-oct-2023

You First Gaza - https://donate.gazayoufirst.org/

MAP - Medical Aid for Palestinians - https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

United Nations Relief and Works Agency - https://donate.unrwa.org/-landing-page/en_EN

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund - https://www.pcrf.net/   

Doctors Without Borders - https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/palestine

AP Fact Check

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-misinformation-fact-check-e58f9ab8696309305c3ea2bfb269258e

This list is not exhaustive in any way, and is a summary of various sources on the Internet. Please engage with more ethical, unbiased sources, including Decolonize Palestine and this list compiled by the Palestinian Youth Movement.

[strokeofserenity]

“Killing the flowers will not delay spring.”

(Al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria)

LITTLE PALESTINE, DIARY OF A SIEGE (2021) DIR. ABDALLAH AL-KHATIB

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Palestine

Websites

PalestineAction.org (Palestine Action)

BDSmovement.net (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions)

IMEU.org (Institute for Middle East Understanding)

DecolonizePalestine.com (Decolonize Palestine)

MiddleEastEye.net (Middle East Eye)

TheCradle.co (The Cradle)

AlJazeera.com (Al Jazeera)

JewishCurrents.org (Jewish Currents)

Mondoweiss.net (Mondoweiss)

Papers and Books

Wretched of the Earth Franz Fanon

Orientalism Edward Said

The Question of Palestine Edward Said

Israel’s Brutal Colonial Pursuit Elia Zuriek

Ten Myths About Israel Lian Pappe

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Lian Pappe

Footnotes in Gaza

Organizations

Jewish Voice for Peace

IfNotNow

Palestine Action

Red Crescent Palestine

Movies

Divine Intervention (2002)

Little Palestine, Diary of a Siege (2021)

Farha (2021)

Tantura (2022)

Links (Articles, Videos, More Stuff)

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/my-israeli-friends-this-is-why-i-support-palestinians-ilan-pappe/

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Tasnim: We're tired, but what can we do? Children toil until they're exhausted these days. They're exhausted. Some children collect firewood for warmth, some children forage for food. Abdallah: That's what happens to children here? Before, they'd go to school and play... Now what? Tasnim: Now they've grown old and they're exhausted. Abdallah: They've grown old? Tasnim: They've grown old.

Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege dir Abdallah Al-Khatib (2021)

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Little Palestine; Diary of a siege (2021) dir. Abdallah Al Khatib

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“killing the flowers will not delay spring” / al-yarmouk palestinian refugee camp in damascus, syria

little palestine; diary of a siege (2021) dir. abdallah al-khatib

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This harrowing documentary follows life among starving Palestinians in the Yarmouk camp as Syria’s civil war raged about themAbdallah Al-Khatib’s searing documentary was completed two years ago; its arrival now has an awful new significance. The film conveys the...

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Little Palestine: Diary of a Siege (2021)

[napoleondienamite]

dear lord they’re showing clips from “little palestine, diary of a siege” claiming it’s footage from gaza

[restenergy]

last song: the feels by labrinth.

favorite color: right now i'm very into brown and its different shades.

currently watching: nothing, i don't have the attention span at the moment lol.

last movie: little palestine: diary of a siege (2021).

sweet/spicy/savory: sweet.

current obssessions: trying to read as many books from my tbr list as possible before the year ends.

relationship status: single.

thanks for the tag, @afloatingjay !

tagged by @hopalongfairywren (thank you !!)

Last song: good wife by mika bc i was having cq feelings

Favorite color: purple, brown, and pink

Currently watching: actively i am watching a playthrough of pokemon mystery dungeon

Last movie: the intervention (2016) it was really weird and kind of awesome until the boringass ending

sweet/spicy/savory: tbh im a big fan of all three. probably prefer savory though ?

current obsessions: dsmp. c!crimeboys. masterchef.

Relationship status: single the last time someone was into me i kept ghosting them by accident bc i was too busy playing among us

tagging @wetchickenbreast @lacystar @qjaiden and whoever wants to do it !!

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children’s dreams / al-yarmouk, palestinian refugee camp in damascus, syria 

little palestine; diary of a siege (2021) dir. abdallah al khatib 

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Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), Abdallah Al-Khatib (2021)

[restenergy]

dang, i'm just seeing this!

three ships: risa and zen from hikaeme ni itte mo, kore wa ai, coco and agott from witch hat atelier and kanda and alma from d.gray-man.

last song: martyr by sevdaliza.

last movie: little palestine: diary of a siege (2021)

currently reading: i'm reading the double: a psychoanalytic study by otto rank and her body and other parties by carmen maría machado. i'm also up to date with hotaru no yomeiri, raise wa tanin ga ii, haru no arashi to monster and zenbu kowashite jigoku de aishite.

currently watching: last show i watched was season two of vinland saga back in may, i think.

currently craving: something sweet.

thanks for tagging me, @afloatingjay !

thanks for the tag @stevethehairington and @withacapitalp!

1. Three ships

I think I’m pretty predictable when I say Steddie, but I also really like Ronance and Lumax!

2. Last song

I had to open up my Spotify for this one, since I keep a lot of low-level background music on when I’m working, but it’s “Good as It Gets” by Little Hurt.

3. Last movie

I actually just rewatched Knives Out last night because one of my friends had never seen it before, and I had to rectify that immediately.

4. Currently reading

I was reading The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang over break, but I went back to school and didn’t take the book with me. RIP. So, I started The Green Mile by Stephen King (I’ve only seen parts of the movie) and I’m really liking it so far!

5. Currently watching

I actually might be starting a rewatch of Stranger Things later today because another one of my friends has never seen it.

6. Currently craving

Sleep. No, in all seriousness, a good batch of garlic knots. But I don’t trust any pizza places in this hell state, so that’s gotta wait until spring break.

tagging (the second i start doing this, i feel like i forget every single mutual i’ve ever had): @kkpwnall @yournowheregirl @thekingandthejester @infinite-orangepeel @edmunsn @eddieunbanished and anyone else who wants to do it!