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Welcome to the Open Mind
I’m Anne and welcome to my site, where anything is possible. This site is a representation of my life, both my inner journey and the journey I take in this world externally. The people featured on here are people who have impacted my life in some way. I believe that everyone I meet comes into my life with a valuable lesson I need to learn, some people I receive small lessons and from others lessons that change my life entirely... read more
Weekly reports on the situation in Bil'in from Iyad Burnat, head of the Popular Commitee and co-founder of Friends of Freedom and Justice.
One person injured with a rubber bullet at the demonstration in Bil'in today.
August 27, 2010
by Iyad Burnat
Dozens of people were injured by gas bombs. This demonstration was held on the third Friday in Ramadan was the 9th anniversary of the assassination Abu Ali Mustafa, the former secretary general of the PFLP (Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine).
An open letter to Israel
August 22, 2010
by Lauren Booth
This morning I set out to write a piece about the looting of the aid Flotilla to Gaza, by your soldiers. As you may have read, an Israel Defence Forces officer has been remanded by a military court, suspected of stealing laptop computers from passengers.
Week 70 – Thoughts on Equality
August 15, 2010
by Jody McIntyre
Ni’lin really is a surreal place. When I first arrived in the small West Bank village that I would spend the next week in, I didn’t expect to see an orthodox Jewish settler getting his car fixed... I stared at him in complete disbelief, and he smiled and waved back.
A new life
July 28, 2010
by Anne Carr
I’m at this incredible stage where it feels like a new life is starting... In a way I have been feeling like I need to find myself again. I feel like I’m seeing a whole new part of myself and the only way I can experience this is to change the path I’ve been on just slightly, more like realigning myself and shifting myself into a new direction...
Hi, I'm Haitham Al-Khatib, a father, husband and journalist living in the occupied West Bank village of Bilin. Because of the raids, I don’t sleep at night. Instead, I walk around the village with friends as well as international volunteers, to watch for soldiers.
I’ve decided to share some of the human moments that happened to be caught on film. I rarely film people, I tend to just stick to my camera but I’m so glad I did because today I’ve been downloading and watching the footage and words cannot describe how I felt when I saw them...
My name is Hamdi Abu Rahma and I live in Bil'in, a small Palestinian village in the West Bank. Even though We are subjected to frequent night-raids and escalating violence by the Israeli soldiers it doesn't stop me from enjoying life with the children.
- ‘Palestine national football team’ created in Bili’in - (June 11, 2010 by Iyad Burnat)
- Week 65 – How Many More? - (June 6, 2010 by Jody McIntyre)
- Shocking Testimonials from the Mavi Marmara survivors. And one Israeli fembot. - (June 9, 2010 by Lauren Booth)
- I'm seeing RED, a short ramble - (June 2, 2010 by Anne Carr)
- Evolution - (May 31, 2010 by Lisa Whelan)
- Holly's World - (May 2, 2010 by Anne Carr)
Hi! I'm Alexandra Booth and I'm 8½ years old. I'm doing The Peace Cycle from Amman through the West Bank to Jerusalem. I wanted to do this to see what the people are like because my mum has told me lots about it and that everyone there is so nice and she's always so happy when she talks about them.
It's Time To Fly!
by Lisa
When I started my journey many years ago I asked it every minute of every day consumed by emotion and uncontrollable thoughts… Am I living my life right? Am I doing the right thing? Why can't I get what I want? It's not fair. Now I just exist in the moment with every part of me because I understand.