Year: 2013

  • Why Palestinians Welcomed Fayyad’s Resignation

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    Salam Fayyad has achieved what the world thought was impossible. He finally got Fatah and Hamas to agree on something: the two bitterly divided factions both happily accepted his resignation. During the 2006 legislative elections, the American-educated Dr. Fayyad ran alongside Hanan Ashrawi as part of the Third Way party. Both won their seats. Fayyad…

  • Don’t Tread On My Hair, Hamas

    Don’t Tread On My Hair, Hamas

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    Article originally written for The Daily Beast, published on April 4th, 2013. In the interest of full disclosure, let me state that I hate Hamas. They embody everything that I, as a human being, am fighting against: oppression, religious rule, and patriarchy. They empower Israel while dividing the Palestinians. When Hamas won the parliamentary elections…

  • Welcome To Palestine: What’s Your Faith?

    Welcome To Palestine: What’s Your Faith?

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    Article originally written for The Daily Beast, published on March 20th, 2013. President Barack Obama is going to Bethlehem for Easter. When I heard this my first instinct was to book a flight from Newark to Tel Aviv to join him. My apartment in Bethlehem (Palestine, not Pennsylvania) is a stone’s throw away from where…