I just saw this and i love it. I think that Adele's song has seen many versions come out of it and many sarcastically. But this one is just my favourite. I love the hope and rawness of it. Also the music from Adele just make sit work perfectly. Listen to the words and think......
Read MoreI started this app/blog with the intention to bring a voice to Palestinian Food, Culture and history. I have loved receiving all types of messages and connecting with people from all over who have shown support and some whose eyes have been opened. This world of the internet and cyberspace is truly wonderful.
Read MoreSo I've been lucky enough to have cooked for some wonderful people since i have been a chef. And more so since i have started my Palestine on a Plate Journey. I created a menu that i felt was diverse, and large enough to show some particular favourites of my country and hopefully ones that you will love too.
Read MoreOne of the most interesting thing about our times and generation is the news and how we can access it so quickly. I love all things positive and don't watch regular news that much unless there is something catastrophic that is happening and needs our attention.
Read MoreSince beginning this journey of Palestine On A Plate i have had some wonderful encounters with people and some also very aggressive ones too. But since I am here to promote positive sides of Palestine, i shall not go down that road.
Read MoreI have been very lucky that i have good friends, some luck with publicity and people who are interested in my work. I have been asked to participate in several supper clubs serving Palestinian food. I have said yes to all of them as i think it is time people knew how wonderful our food is.
Read MoreI just watched a clip of what i thought was an extremely touching, eye opening scene to Gaza and the people living there. The music is beautiful and the people excited to be a part of it. Gaza has had its first red carpet experience, literally. There was a film festival on human rights and nowhere else would this have been more fitting then in Gaza.
Read MoreI have been catapulted into the world of cyberspace since launching and writing my cookbook app. For reasons that are obvious. I am connecting with like minded people, learning, reading, observing and experimenting.
Read MoreI have not written for a few weeks as i have been a little busy with Palestine On A Plate and also to be honest, i have been feeling a little disturbed by the news and what has been happening in Palestine and the rest of the world.
Read MoreIt has been a long time coming. A long time that Palestine was acknowledged and its people recognised. And no better place to begin that the ICC. This April 1st 2015, The ICC welcomed Palestine as the 123rd state to its founding Rome statute.
Read MoreA good story. A happy story with positive endings.
These two Palestinian refugees, Abdallah and Ammar, have left their besieged home in Palestine and refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria, to attend Eton, thanks to the Cogito Foundation.
Read MoreAn American journalist, Heidi Levine, based in Jerusalem has been awarded for her work In Gaza, and has been chosen by the International Women's Media Foundation to receive an award for her work in this part of the world.
Read MoreIn the West Bank city of Jenin actors are using the stage to rewrite the script of Palestine. This method of using the stage and screen as a vehicle for social change and resistance.
Read MoreA thirteen year old boy Named Mohammad Quraiqe, has been getting much attention for his beautiful and creative artworks. He comes form a town that has been hit the hardest from Israel last summer. This town is called Shujaiya.
Read MoreA Chilean football team called Palestino has redesigned their football gear and to say that it is AMAZING is an understatement. They have substituted the number 1 with the Palestinian flag and kept the colours of Palestine, red, white, black and green.
In the 20's, Palestinian immigrants who fled to Chile founded a football club called Deportivo Palestino. This is based in Santiago. Chile has one of the biggest Palestinian communities outside of Palestine,
Read MoreVintage posters.
I was going through many websites sitting in a cottage in Whitstable having a very relaxed time reading and writing blog posts that show positive things in Palestine, and I came across some amazing vintage posters that were done int he 20's and 30's in Palestine.
Read MoreBefore the war in Palestine and Gaza in particular, the cars that were being driven around were fashionable and trendy, from Europe and home built. They had since been taken over by the Jewish community/soldiers to use while patrolling the area.
Read MoreSome months ago, after operation Protective edge, Qatar became the first country to offer financial aid to Gaza. It has apparently bid between 1-5 Billion dollars to help reconstruct the city to rebuild the homes lost in this massacre.
As of four days ago, several trucks have been arriving in Gaza to begin this new chapter. Its the first time since Israels military offensive that anyone has been allowed in to Gaza. The gulf state also hosts the exiled leaders of Hamas, the Islamist faction that still dominates Gaza.
Read MoreIsn't it an amazing thing when technology can become a weapon for good rather than evil, to help change the idea and thought about something or someone. Hamas are suggesting a new way that is in their control, to answer questions from the public via twitter with the hash-tag #AskHamas.
Read MoreEveryone needs to smile and to forget things that can cause stress and heart ache. And I cant think of any people more in need of this then the Gazan People. After the 3 wars that they have seen and endured and the massacre of the last summer, their children are being left with scars so deep that they are suffering incredibly high delayed traumas and psychological breakdowns.
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