Nira- a day in Tel-Aviv
Posted on | November 26, 2008 | No Comments
Took half a day off today in Tel-Aviv, after a meeting concerning assisting children sick with juvenile onset diabetes. The city that never stops. More and more tall office buildings, fationable cafe’s and fancy restearunts all booked for lunch. Do people really stop to think that we basically live in a war situation, since we don’t [...]
Nira- on lunchbreak in the Knesset
Posted on | November 25, 2008 | No Comments
Funny. A new rutine started for me, and that is looking for peacexpeace e-mail correspondance first thing in the morning. This morning it was also there, reminding me once again that a real continuation to what we did in Washington is happening. Things straightened with Jumana, Patt looking forward to going on with Nabil Abuznaid [...]
Nira- back in Israel
Posted on | November 24, 2008 | No Comments
second day at home. back from a week in Washington, that felt like a dream, apparently not just to me. That’s what Reem said to Patricia she felt. Mixed reactions at home. People try to understand what was it exactly that made me return with such enthusiasm and passion to go on doing. Looks like [...]
Ruth: Friday
Posted on | November 21, 2008 | No Comments
Patricia set off early for the Peace X Peace weekend retreat. Louise, Nira and I packed our packs and had a leisurely breakfast, talking about everything and nothing . Somehow breakfast wasn’t the same without Reem and her ½ gallon of milk ! The household this week has been represented by 3 Anglo Saxons representing the [...]
Ruth: From Lincoln Memorial to Lululemon
Posted on | November 20, 2008 | No Comments
The book launch behind us, we all decided to head to the Lincoln Memorial to soak in a bit of ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ nostalgia. We headed back to the car via the Vietnam Memorial. The biting cold, wind stopped us from lingering too long in front of that beautiful piece of marble : « When [...]
Ruth: The Big Day
Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments
The idea was to go into the office early for 2 radio interviews, and come back to Patricia’s to rest and to get ready for the evening. At 11 am, after 3 radio interviews, we were speeding off to the Al Jazeera offices for a television interview in Arabic. Nira and I watched from the [...]
Ruth: Tuesday
Posted on | November 18, 2008 | No Comments
On our way into the office, Patricia bumped into a friend who had heard her this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition, following the interview yesterday for « Tell Me More ». More interviews today: Voice of America TV and Pacifica Public Radio. Again the women got rave reviews.
At lunch time, we had [...]
Ruth: Monday
Posted on | November 18, 2008 | No Comments
Piled into Patricia’s car just in time to hit rush hour traffic into the city. We chatted happily on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which winds through a real forest, and discussed everything and nothing: our favourite childhood television series — Bewitched (Louise) and Dick van Dyck (me) — and our favorite [...]
Ruth: Sunday
Posted on | November 16, 2008 | No Comments
Woke up early to a clear, crisp sunny autumn day in Patricia’s beautiful home overlooking the Potomac. There’s something about a North American fall day that is so exhilharating and tranquil at the same time. I miss that in Paris.
Patricia has invited 2 of the Israeli and 2 of the Palestinian [...]
Rula: Saturday
Posted on | November 15, 2008 | No Comments
Today is a National Holiday in Palestine: Palestine Independence Day. On November 15, 1988 the independent state of Palestine was proclaimed by the Palestine National Council (PNC) meeting in Algiers.
I left to the Dead Sea (the Jordanian side) to participate in a retreat for the staff of the Jerusalem Center for Women. I arrived [...]
