Posts Tagged ‘ Beit Hanoun ’

Heroes of Gaza – III

May 30th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Lauren Booth's Diary, World
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Thanks to a Manchester Masjid’s fund raising in the UK, the children now have shoes footballs, table tennis kits, new tracksuits for the boys and the father. The girls have a new abaya each. The mothers are given tapestry and sewing materials to teach the girls the beloved Palestinian artistry of sewing. The family has […]

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Heroes of Gaza – I

May 27th, 2012 | By | Category: Latest, Lauren Booth's Diary, World
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I write this from a freezing, dark hostel room in the centre of Gaza. This area is now in a twelve hour blackout, so there will be no hot water to shower with this morning and no internet. After three days here, I feel, dirty, tired and emotionally wrung out. Yet, I know that in […]

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