07/07/2024
BREAKING NEWS FROM 2019
"While the option of making a public pledge remains available, Biden has for now settled on an alternative strategy: quietly indicating that he will almost certainly not run for a second term while declining to make a promise that he and his advisers fear could turn him into a lame duck and sap him of his political capital."
Biden signals to aides that he would serve only a single term
Advisers weigh the merits of a one-term pledge by the 77-year-old former vice president.
02/26/2024
Please support my Gazan son Karam and his project to rescue his family from Gaza before it it too late.
gofund.m
12/30/2023
Please Help Gaza Ambassador - سفير غزة support the families living through this nightmare and help Gazans tell their story.
A practical way to support Gazan families - Gaza Ambassador End of Year appeal
12/14/2021
Be sure not to miss this tonight
Brooklyn Inshallah
A Lutheran pastor's bid to be his district's first Arab American councilman.
12/09/2021
Be sure to watch this documentary - from the work of Storywise
Brooklyn Inshallah
A Lutheran pastor's bid to be his district's first Arab American councilman.
11/27/2020
WATCH AN AMAZING STORY OF EXILE AND RETURN
I would like to invite you to watch my Gazan "son's" new, work-in-progress, film "Odyssey of Hope" as part of
Palestine Writes
" the first of its kind which celebrates the Palestinian culture worldwide. The film is about an epic journey of a Palestinian family from Gaza trying to reunite after 7-year of separation. The film screens on Saturday, December 5th at 5:30pm. Please register here https://palestinewrites.vfairs.com/
أود أن أدعوكم لعرض فيلمي الجديد "ملحمة الأمل" عبر الزوم في مهرجان فلسطين تكتب وذلك يوم السبت، ٥ ديسمبر، الساعة ٥:٣٠ عصرا. الفيلم يروي ملحمة عائلة غزية وهي تحاول لم شملها بعد ٧ سنوات من التفرق. سجل هنا لكي تشاهد الفيلم https://palestinewrites.vfairs.co
11/26/2020
MAKE AMERICA GRATEFUL AGAIN
"Counting our blessings might be best done by counting what we have lost, like an authority that tells the truth, like leaders who serve the common good, like the sense of safety and blessed assurance that comes from being together. 2020 is the year when most of us wish not “to make America Great again”, but rather, make America Grateful Again. All the usual pieties of grace, what the preachers deliver today that we are so lucky, we are so rich with the gifts of freedom and faith, we might politely tell them to ‘shove it!’ If anyone is celebrating today as if life was a party, we would have to ask them ” Where have you been? Have you not been paying attention?’ Gratitude today verges on blasphemy.
ThanksGiving Reflection 2020- “Make America Grateful Again.” | Storywise-The Center for Narrative Studies
At the very least, we can tell ourselves, “We are still here, still breathing, still with a pulse.” That might sum up our minimalist’s Thanksgiving. “Mask and 6 feet distant” is better than “Last Gasp and 6 feet under.” Though this is hardly a heart stopping sentiment, this might be th...
11/24/2020
EDUCATION IS THE DOOR TO FREEDOM
This Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday, I am leading an appeal for Gaza University so that students who cannot afford to continue their studies due to the COVID shutdown can go back to School. We have launched a GoFundMe appeal here. Please give what you can.
Scholarships for Gaza University, organized by Paul Costello
Dear Friends, Many talented Palestinian students will miss college without scholarsh… Paul Costello needs your support for Scholarships for Gaza University