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Authorities alleged the family was targeted because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas that erupted on Oct Jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning with the verdict “I don’t know if I should be pleased or upset if I should be crying or laughing,” Wadee's father but I’m the father of the child and I’ve lost the child And I feel like this decision came to a little too late.” the national civil rights attorney representing Shaheen released a statement calling the verdict a “measure of justice.” “Wadee was an innocent six-year-old child whose life was stolen in an act of unimaginable violence fueled by hatred,” the statement added “While we are relieved that his killer has been held accountable we must continue to stand against the rising tide of hate that led to this senseless act We must honor Wadee’s memory by continuing to fight against hate in all its forms and working toward a future where every child is safe Crump asked that the media continue respecting Shaheen's privacy as she honors her son’s memory Shaheen did not speak at a press conference following the jury decision executive director of the civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations said it was too difficult for her and added that she “only prays for peace and love.” The trial featured detailed testimony from police officers who described how Czuba attacked her with a knife before going after her son in a different room Prosecutors say that the child had been stabbed 26 times He was found naked with a knife still in his side Graphic photos of the murder, a knife holder Czuba allegedly used that day, along with police video footage were central to the Will County prosecutors’ case At times video screens showing explicit footage were turned away from the public viewing audience where members of Wadee’s family sat during the trial “If it wasn’t enough that this defendant killed that little boy he left the knife in the little boy’s body,” Michael Fitzgerald aggravated battery and hate crime charges in an eight-count indictment Czuba is scheduled for sentencing on May 2 according to the Will County Circuit Clerk’s office Defense attorneys insisted pieces of evidence tying Czuba to the crimes were missing could only describe one outburst during their 30 years of marriage and said he carried knives often because he was handy around the house “Go beyond the emotions to carefully examine the evidence,” said Kylie Blatti “It is easy to get lost in the horror of those images.” One of the critical parts of the trial was Shaheen’s testimony and the 911 call she made to report the crime that happened just days after the war started She said they had not previously had any issues in the two years they rented from the Czubas They shared a kitchen and living room with the Czubas Czuba told her that they had to move out because Muslims were not welcome stabbing her and trying to break her teeth who testified in English and Arabic though a translator Shaheen had more than a dozen stab wounds and it took her weeks to recover. The boy was later pronounced dead Police testified that officers found Czuba outside the house sitting on the ground with blood on his body and hands civil lawsuits have been filed over the boy’s death who is divorced from Shaheen and was not living with them The case generated headlines around the world and struck deeply for the Chicago area’s large and established Palestinian community Department of Justice also launched a federal hate crimes investigation who are Arab or Palestinian … who are Muslim we all saw our children die in Wadee Alfayoumi because this could have been any one of our boys any one of our girls,” CAIR-Chicago's Rehab said “It just so happened that it was Wadee Alfayoumi Every Muslim was targeted when he (Czuba) yelled And Murders Anti-Hamas Protester"They dragged him and tortured him to death with all kinds of hard tools," his family said a 22-year-Gazan who has been involved in anti-Hamas protests and murdered by terrorists before being returned to his family home Graphic images of al-Rabei’s mutilated body went viral on social media showing the extent of the torture by Hamas’s al-Qassam brigades terrorists Odai’s family was seen in a video accusing a “sinful rogue group affiliated with the Qassem Brigades” of the act adding that “they dragged him and tortured him to death with all kinds of hard tools.” The family added that the “unjust criminals” should face an “iron fist.” “We call on all human rights organizations and institutions to stand in support of the people of Gaza against these criminals At his funeral procession, thousands of participants voiced their rage chanting, “In spirit and blood we’ll redeem you, Odai,” and “Out, out, out! Hamas out!” according to the Jerusalem Post According to Palestinian activist Hamza Howidy in Odai’s last video posted to social media he spoke about Hamas terrorizing his family and shooting his brother Gazans took to the streets three days last week all around the strip in a rare display of opposition to the terrorist group Protesters marched through Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza carrying white flags and calling for the Israeli hostages to be released Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the rare anti-Hamas protests in the streets of Gaza over the past two days are proof that Israel’s policies are working “In recent days, we have seen something we have never seen before — public protests against Hamas rule in Gaza,” Netanyahu said in the Knesset, Jewish News Syndicate reported Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz praised the protesters and encouraged others to join in calling it the “only way to stop the war.” you should also demand the removal of Hamas from Gaza and the immediate release of all Israeli hostages,” Katz said He added that military operations will soon spread in Gaza which may require more evacuations from combat zones Hamas is risking your life and will make you lose your homes and more and more land that will be added to the Israeli defense array,” Katz said The protests marked the first time Gazans had taken to the streets to call for peace since January 2024 In recent weeks, Israel eliminated more than a dozen Hamas leaders many of whom were key to maintaining Hamas’ control over Gaza’s population IDF troops have begun ground activities in central and southern Gaza to create a buffer zone between the north and south of the strip “We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists and senior murderers,” Netanyahu said while speaking during a debate in the Knesset which his political opposition is able to call once a month “As long as Hamas persists in refusing to release our hostages the pressure we apply will become stronger and stronger This includes capturing territories and other moves I will not elaborate on here.” Netanyahu’s comments build on Katz’s threat to annex part of the Gaza Strip if Hamas continues to refuse to release the 59 hostages held by the terror group “I have instructed the IDF to seize additional areas in Gaza, evacuate the population, and expand security zones around Gaza to protect Israeli communities and IDF soldiers,” Katz said, according to The Jerusalem Post “The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages Your information could be the missing piece to an important story Submit your tip today and make a difference USMC (Ret.) announced as executive director with decades of military expertise Governor Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) in announcing the new Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation (ODAI) which will help grow the state’s defense and aerospace industry. ODAI will build on the storied legacy of the Michigan Defense Center increasing awareness of Michigan’s capabilities supporting attraction and expansion of businesses that champion Department of Defense-related activities and enhancing commercial and defense-related aerospace segments poised for growth. "Michigan is all-in on defense,” said Governor Whitmer “With our new Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation and its new director we are positioning Michigan to build on its long proud legacy of leadership in these sectors We will compete with other states and nations to grow our defense and aerospace economy harnessing our strong base of talent and building on our powerful ecosystem of businesses in this space Let’s keep growing and diversifying our economy while supporting our service members and uplifting our industry partners.” Marine Corps (Ret) as its new executive director Gutierrez has more than thirty years of experience in acquisition Naval Reserve as a Hospital Corpsman and served until 1995 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S He most recently served as the portfolio manager for Logistics Combat Element Systems in national security and strategic studies from the U.S and a masters of military studies from the U.S He has also completed post-graduate studies in project management at George Washington University and in advanced project management at Stanford University He is also a graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College. is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps and holds the highest level certifications in program management and contracting. “I am deeply honored and excited to serve as the executive director for the newly established Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation,” said Col “I feel privileged to join this critical effort at such a pivotal moment in our nation’s history Democracy is under threat on a global scale including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s attempt to disrupt freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Straits along with ongoing conflicts in the Middle East underscore the challenges confronting the United States and its Allied Nations renowned as the Arsenal of Democracy and a beacon of industrial prowess I look forward to working with government officials and partners to leverage Michigan’s defense and aerospace capabilities in order to meet the evolving needs of our nation and its allies at this decisive time.” “Michigan has a proud legacy as the Arsenal of Democracy and this new office will ensure our state continues to be a national leader in this critical mission,” said Sen who co-chairs the bipartisan Michigan Legislative Aerospace and Defense Caucus and MEDC leadership for their shared vision and dedication in charging forward to grow our state’s aerospace and defense industry.” “On behalf of the Michigan House of Representatives and the bipartisan Michigan Legislative Aerospace and Defense Caucus we are proud to build on Michigan’s legacy as the Arsenal of Democracy and usher in a new era of industry and national security leadership with the Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation,” said Rep “I am committed to working with my colleagues and the Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation to bring additional investment and economic development to our great state.” “I am exceptionally proud of the work that we’ve accomplished over the course of the past several years at the Michigan Defense Center and I am excited to see this important work advance to the next level within the Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation under Colonel Gutierrez's leadership,” said Mark Ignash interim executive director of the Michigan Defense Center and senior sector development director and defense advisor for the MEDC “It’s an honor to welcome him in and I look forward to working hand in hand with him to continue to drive growth within Michigan's robust aerospace and defense industry as well as elevate and support our second-to-none defense community here in Michigan.” The defense industry contributes $30 billion in economic activity for the state of Michigan supporting more than 166,000 jobs and representing nearly 4,000 Michigan businesses serving the defense The Michigan National Guard also boasts five major installations and additional armories including the National All-Domain Training Center in Grayling and one of the largest Air National Guard bases in the nation at Selfridge in Macomb County. ODAI will support the growth of defense and aerospace-related jobs in Michigan while increasing federal Department of Defense spending and industry-related R&D in the state. The new office will also support growth in advanced aerial mobility innovation and attraction in both defense and commercial-related applications leveraging the work of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) around Advanced Aerial Mobility. “Michigan has always played a pivotal role in the security of our nation,” said U.S adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard and director of the Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs “The budding relationship between the ODAI and the Michigan National Guard will help us promote the full potential of our training facilities through investment and awareness This combination will help us live up to our professional obligation to provide service members with the most relevant and demanding training experience so they will excel on the battlefield of tomorrow.” "The NDIA Michigan Chapter is pleased to hear the MEDC has selected Col USMC (Ret) as the new Executive Director for the Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation,” said Valde Garcia Gutierrez is a known entity here in Michigan and we look forward to supporting him and the MDC to continue to move Michigan's defense sector forward to bring additional recognition “In 2022 defense contract awards performed in Michigan reached $5.5 billion There’s great potential to rank even higher with tremendous opportunity for our defense and aerospace industry to compete and drive greater economic impact,” said Tammy Carnrike chief operating officer of the Detroit Regional Chamber and civilian aide to the secretary of the Army (CASA) Michigan “Establishing an Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation in Michigan shows the state is invested in protecting and growing this sector and the jobs that come with it.” “For years Macomb County and our partners across the region and state have helped protect and grow the defense industry,” said Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel “Through private sector innovation and installation modernization we have positioned ourselves as the defense center of the Midwest With the announcement of the creation of the Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation we have made another major commitment to ensuring that we continue to protect those who protect us.” “Oakland County would like to thank retired Colonel Gutierrez for his service to our country and we look forward to partnering with him as we advance defense and aerospace initiatives and opportunities,” said Oakland County Deputy County Executive Sean Carlson. Learn more about the new Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation and the state of Michigan’s robust defense industry. About Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) « Prev Next » Comments (1) Listen to Article File Photo We have the address for the funeral home & the family on file If you're not happy with your card we'll send a replacement or refund your money Anna M. Paternoster of Lloyd Harbor, NY was surrounded by her loving family when she passed away on December 31, 2015 from a long illness. Anna was greatly loved and will be missed by all who knew her. She was born on May 12, 1965 in Syracuse,... View Obituary & Service Information (Odai) Paternoster created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Available by phone 24/7 it appears the deaths of Gazans killed by Hamas are an irrelevance","publisher":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"The Jewish Chronicle","url":"https://www.thejc.com","description":"Founded in 1841 Stephen Pollard was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2008-2021 Stephen Pollard To many activists marching every weekend in London it appears the deaths of Gazans killed by Hamas are an irrelevance 3 min readWe’ve all seen videos from last week’s demonstrations in Gaza against Hamas Doubtless you will have had the same reaction that I had: a sense of awe at their bravery along with fear of what might befall those who dared take on the terrorists that have held the people of Gaza in thrall since 2007 news emerged that Hamas had murdered at least six of the demonstrators who recorded a statement on video after his funeral – bravery appears to be in the family’s DNA – members of Hamas’s Al-Qassam wing kidnapped him tortured him for hours on end and then murdered him His body was dumped in front of his family’s home with the message: “This is the price for those who criticise Hamas.” In response vowing that they will not be cowed into silence by Hamas This weekend his brother released a video recorded by Odai just before his death in which he said he was being hunted down by Hamas that they were trying to shoot him and that he knew he now had nowhere to hide after they had ransacked his home looking for him (See what I mean about the family’s DNA: the brother was surely placing a target on his own back by releasing the video.) footage has been posted on social media of a family injured in an Israeli airstrike yelling as they leave an ambulance at the entrance to a hospital that Hamas terrorists were to blame for the strike because they were hiding among them because it is Hamas’ most successful strategy for having their fellow Palestinians killed Gazans know they are simply fodder to Hamas and that their status as human shields is not a tactic to prevent Israeli strikes but the means by which Hamas can ensure higher civilian casualties as Israel targets the terrorists It's been well remarked that last week’s protests mean there have now been more pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Hamas inside Gaza than anywhere else in the world the so-called pro-Palestinian marches have rightly been labelled hate marches 2023 in front of the Israeli embassy and the first big march a few days later – planned as the October 7 massacres were still unfolding and the routine description of Hamas as “freedom fighters” and “resistance” has been concern with the human rights of Palestinians in the face of Israeli military action But the reaction to the murder of Odai Naser Saadi by Hamas from many of the most prominent supporters of the marches – indeed of the Palestinian cause more generally – should pull the rug from under the feet of anyone who might have been taken in by the marches who has seen them as a valiant call for peace Because there has been no reaction that I have been able to trace The murder of a Palestinian for no reason other than his objection to being ruled by Hamas has been met with utter silence from the usual suspects of Palestinian human rights defenders they somehow managed to keep it out of the news The social media accounts of the likes of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Francesca Albanese and – of course – Gary Lineker are full of tirades against Israel over the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza Some “pro-Palestinian” accounts have even posted statements from clan and tribal elders in Gaza against the anti-Hamas demonstrations statements that come across as just one step removed from those of captives forced by their captors to say how well they are being treated of the death of any of those murdered in recent days by Hamas for taking part in demonstrations against its rule and you will search in vain it appears the deaths of Palestinians killed by Hamas are an irrelevance because they do not comply with the ideology that Israel is the evil imperialist coloniser and that those who “resist” Israel are "freedom fighters." The only dead Palestinians that matter to them are those who have been killed by Israel To anyone who has been studying the pro-Palestinian movement this will be one of the least surprising revelations ever Palestinians have never been anything other than a tool with which to attack Israel as part of a wider campaign based on the vague idea promoted relentlessly across the media that the Palestinians are the victims of Israeli aggression this obvious indifference to the murder of Palestinians by Hamas might prompt some re-thinking Hamas Gaza October 7 Massacres Palestine Solidarity Campaign Francesca Albanese Jeremy Corbyn Green Party Stop the War Israel PRO-PALESTINE DEMONSTRATIONS This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 2018—A 15-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his wounds Wednesday after Israeli forces shot him during a May 15 protest in the central West Bank city of Ramallah Odai Akram Mohammad Abu Khalil died May 23 in a Nablus hospital from wounds sustained when he was shot by Israeli forces during protests commemorating the Nakba and in opposition to the U.S according to initial reports by Defense for Children International - Palestine “Blanket impunity given to Israeli soldiers enables the disproportionate and excessive use of force,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish “Palestinian children will remain vulnerable to the unwarranted use of lethal force until Israeli soldiers are held accountable for their actions.” Israeli forces shot and seriously injured Odai in the abdomen with live ammunition near a military checkpoint at the northern entrance to Ramallah on May 15 Confrontations between protesters and Israeli forces were taking place at the time of his injury He underwent treatment at Ramallah’s Palestine Medical Complex and Al-Najah University Hospital in Nablus He remained in critical condition for eight days and was pronounced dead on May 23 Some 27 Palestinians were injured during protests across the West Bank on May 15, according to the Ramallah Health Ministry, local news outlets reported An Israeli military spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency that rubber-coated metal bullets and 0.22 caliber live bullets were used on demonstrators during the protests at the Ramallah-area checkpoint which constitutes a lethal amount of force may only be used when a direct threat to life or of serious injury exists Four years ago to the day that Israeli forces shot Odai, Israeli forces fatally shot Nadeem Nawara Despite video, spatial, and audio forensic analysis showing an Israeli border police officer targeting and killing Nadeem, the officer received a light sentence for "accidentally" causing the child’s death © 2025 Defense for Children Palestine All rights reserved Created with NationBuilder | Built by Tectonica It might be a little rough around the edges as we take some time to get the website exactly right We will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time The Parliamentary Candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vowed to win the Krowor seat come Saturday December 7 he is determined to secure a very large majority of votes in the parliamentary election to become the next Krowor lawmaker one constituency that promises to be of interest is the Krowor in the Greater Accra region which is among the region’s oldest constituencies has been unpredictable as it swings between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in every election year speaking to Onua News at the ongoing special voting exercise at Nungua District Police Headquarters was sure that he has won the people’s mandate in advance Laryea he will win the seat from the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Agnes Naa Momo Lartey on Saturday December 7 “I feel like I am only going for an endorsement rather than going into a competition so you can see that I am relaxed because I have gone through the campaign ‘Engineer’ is now a household name in Nungua and the same way as I said it is going to happen live and I am going to Parliament,” he touted on December 2 He explained that even though he is not yet an MP he has worked tirelessly to support and develop the area and that gives him the confidence of winning the seat Parliament to resume sitting on December 16 and website in this browser for the next time I comment comprehensive coverage of Ghana's elections with expert analysis and real-time updates By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy « Prev Next » Comments (5) Listen to Article Executive Secretary of Lands Commission Odai Alfayoumi still looked stunned as he sat across from me Pictures of a young boy surrounded us on the shelves I received a call from the sheriff,” he said ‘Are you Wadee Alfayoumi’s father?’ I said yes Alfayoumi hadn’t been talking to reporters He’d made a few public appearances since his son was murdered He told me he keeps thinking about that call “You shouldn’t inform someone of such news in this way,” he said and I couldn’t grasp what he was saying,” he said I could go to the police station so they can explain They gave him bits of information piece by piece it was becoming national news out of Chicago that his son had been killed “I cried nonstop until that evening,” Odai said “He left this world and he took our hearts with him.” The man owned the house where his ex-wife and son lived; he lived just outside their door He would even sometimes greet them with the standard Arabic greeting Now the man was alleged to have stabbed his son 26 times Alfayoumi never intended to live in America where he was a successful interior designer he met a young Palestinian in a Facebook group for Arab Americans in the Chicago area He says she encouraged him to stay in the States “I was supposed to stay a short period and go back home Though the divorce process took three or four years he said they maintained a strong friendship rooted in mutual love for their son The custody was divided in a way that left Wadee with Odai only two days out of every two weeks “His mother usually brought him to me at 9 in the morning,” he remembered “I would be sitting here on the chair looking outside the window to see him when he arrives.” The long periods in between visits took a toll: “Longing increases When I drive him back to his mother on Sunday You become like a charger; today you miss him a bit I am totally out of charge; I must see him Alfayoumi stayed in Chicago in part because he wanted his son to have more opportunities later in life it wouldn’t be surprising to find that your taxi driver has earned a high academic degree but there are few jobs and low salaries,” he said “My life perspectives have changed drastically His future is what made me stay in America when I came as a tourist.” Having a son named Wadee had been Alfayoumi’s dream since he was a child His nickname growing up was Abu Wadee (“father of Wadee”) because he wished his name had been Wadee instead of Odai he committed to giving that name to a son if he were to one day have one it felt like fulfilling his lifelong dream “It is killing me knowing that my dream has come to an end,” he said I got the sense that Alfayoumi was still living in some kind of in-between—a dream state where he hadn’t yet processed exactly what had happened His olive-green eyes were haloed by dark circles of exhaustion he held back tears as he scrolled through his phone showing me the last photos he took of his son Wadee including one of him wearing a sparkling blue birthday hat on his 6th birthday as he showed me one of his son kneeling on an adult-sized prayer rug that showed just how small he was My son would have been 17 years old,” he said It’s even more surreal that he knows the man who killed his son When Wadee and his mother moved into the apartment where he would be killed Odai went to inspect it and met the landlord “He’s the one who let me in and showed me around I didn’t like the house because it’s hard to get in the driveway My biggest fear was she gets into an accident on her way in or out or the boy runs out into the street,” he said He said the landlord looked rough and disheveled but he came to feel at ease with him: “He would collect scrap wood and create a table or chair for the boy to play with He made a treehouse and created a swing between two trees out of strings and ropes He put in tremendous effort into these projects and when I asked him why “I only saw him when I came to pick up or drop off Wadee I’d ask him if the boy was keeping him up or bothering him Now that he knows what happened in that house Odai can’t get one detail of that day out of his head This is the kind of question that has no answer How did he feel being stabbed by someone who he might have thought was playing with him?” This is completely understandable: She too was stabbed repeatedly and had to spend a week in the hospital due to her wounds She couldn’t go back home after her release—the carnage remained—so she lived out of a hotel for several weeks before finding a new apartment in a nearby town people close to the family put us in touch “How beautiful it was to have these six years and eight days filled with prayer and kisses and warm hugs and a happy creative boy that was so smart and singing whose friends knew his name before they learned their name He was an angel we had for six years and eight days,” she said with a bright smile We talked about how her son mimicked the way she prayed mouthing syllables to copy the way she quietly recited Quran he would bring a scarf and skirt!” she said Her new apartment was still only sparsely furnished with bare walls that echoed and emphasized the sound of her laughter We both laughed as she recalled how Wadee would dress himself ‘You’re wearing your clothes on the wrong side.’ They would laugh at us at the park,” she said Hanan served Arabic desserts on her coffee table an assortment of bite-sized baklava and Bird’s Nest Kunafa which I had picked up from a Palestinian dessert shop I asked her why she said yes to my interview request when she had turned down many others pointing to the several small bandages on her lip and chin “I was hesitant to do that first press conference waiting for me to report that I’m still good I wondered if this was how Hanan’s grief had manifested: the beaming conversation the obvious joy in her memories of her child her focus on the present and refusal to dwell on what happened When I gently asked what she remembered from that day but a representative for her provided a written timeline That statement says Wadee and Hanan lived in Czuba’s house for two years which they needed to pass through to access their “private space,” including two small bedrooms Wadee would refer to Czuba and his wife as Grandpa and Grandma Everything changed after the start of the war in Gaza in October it started Saturday morning with Wadee undressed and about to take a shower and Czuba knocking on the door in his living room leading to his tenants’ space and was surprised to find Czuba yelling at her demanding to know why she wasn’t doing anything to “stop the war” in Gaza She was stabbed 12 times with a 12-inch knife with a 7-inch serrated blade and quietly called 911 from her bathroom so as not to alert Czuba he had already broken back into the space she was renting and stabbed her son 26 times the police said she found her son on the ground with the knife still lodged in his abdomen Police arrived at the scene quickly and found Czuba sitting on the ground outside the house.Paramedics transported everyone to the hospital Wadee was still alive but in critical condition she gave the nurse Czuba’s wife’s phone number and asked her to call her to explain what happened so that she wouldn’t come home to the bloody scene and be surprised She explained to the nurse how to take care of her son in case she didn’t survive the sheriff’s office released a statement that announced Czuba was charged with first-degree murder She said she was born and raised in Beitunia to a huge family with nine siblings on an idyllic farm Neighbors came to the farm to buy from her family “It was beautiful nature; we were surrounded by green.” After finishing high school down the road from her family’s farm “I can’t even remember the number of people who came My mom and dad told them I was young and they didn’t want to say goodbye to me so early a Palestinian American suitor from Chicago got her family’s blessing She hadn’t considered coming to America before the way we handled this marriage made it impossible to continue it,” she said The boys went to live with their father and she sees them on the weekends It was during this process that she met Odai on Facebook and moved quickly into that marriage where she would have Wadee and then get divorced again We couldn’t continue at all in this marriage I felt it wasn’t written for us to continue as wife and husband So I filed for divorce just three months after delivering Wadee that she could finally focus on living her own life She found work as a caregiver for senior citizens always looking for more affordable living situations It was a real estate agent she was speaking to who suggested the rooms for rent at his brother Joseph Czuba’s home but was much more attracted to the price tag: $300 a month She had mixed feelings about her new landlord/housemate But I didn’t expect he would judge me for these things happening overseas,” she said “He was listening to the news and judging me for what he was hearing ‘I told you about the war between your people and you’re not doing anything about it.’ He wanted me to do something about it?” she asked a moderately sized village 45 minutes outside of Chicago that’s known locally as Little Palestine It’s immediately noticeable on the main strip with its various Arabic-language storefronts some of which make direct reference to Palestine plazas here were like 50 percent occupancy Khattab recently celebrated 30 years of living in the area He had hoped to one day go back to raise his family in Damascus but made his roots in Bridgeview permanent after the Syrian civil war made it impossible to go back home He said the Arab diaspora is attracted by the Islamic schools and established mosques in the area He watched the community develop from a small almost entirely white town into what it is today when the Mosque Foundation was just one small room and the dawn prayer would have between five and 10 people the mosque is full nine rows deep for prayer The community is populated around the mosque but they don’t know what’s going on beyond it sometimes,” he said He remembers hearing from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Ellison told him that a white supremacist terrorist organization that attacked a mosque in Minnesota with explosives was based in southern Illinois we usually have three of four entrances open for the prayers,” he said “I know five or six people carry when they go to the morning prayer,” he said “I had a discussion with the chief of police of the village ‘Be careful when your guys go to the mosque you’re more likely to get shot by friendly fire than the bad guys.’ ” the executive director of the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said there’s no denying the link between the violence and how Americans perceive the war in Gaza in an atmosphere that he said often ignores the suffering of Palestinians “People will take matters in their own hands And you see what happened to Wadee and his mother It was a man who was radicalized by the mainstream media.” Rehab shared with me a handwritten death threat he received at his office a few days ago called him “a dead man,” and threatened violence Us crusaders will behead you Muslim rats,” the letter read It added: “The lousy Muslim hyena boy was only the beginning.” Rehab has been meeting with political figures behind the scenes and urging them to take this threat more seriously the longtime senator from Illinois—“he wasn’t radicalized by some right-wing blog He wasn’t a member of some underground white supremacist group He wasn’t a member of some illegal militia who the kid liked and called him grandfather we got ahead of it early with a big press conference with national and global news The president responded and the governor came to the funeral The president called the family and sent a letter We helped the whole world move in the right direction about it I stopped by to look at the house where Wadee had lived with a small memorial on the street with sports balls and teddy bears laid out and a small Palestinian scarf wrapped around a flagpole flying an American flag Czuba’s truck is still parked next to the house The back of it is covered in Christian bumper stickers with calls to support children One is a quote from Pope John Paul II: “A nation that hurts its own children is a nation without hope.” Another sticker says “Children She threw her hands up in the air and shouted “Can I help you?” I asked if I could talk to her she told me that news trucks have been parked outside of her home nonstop “The whole country needs to calm down,” she said Odai arrived early the morning of his son’s funeral to conduct the ritual washing of the body himself “I was the one who washed him when he was born and I was the one who washed him when he died,” he said For many people who attended the funeral in Little Palestine—“it was the largest the town had ever seen,” Khattab said—Odai noticed that it seemed to bring closure The support he’s had so far has both heartened and frustrated him—the latter happening more when it comes from people outside of his community: “Big names reached out He said he sympathized with me and felt for me.” But he didn’t see the losses as the same and said he can “smell hypocrisy” when it came to American policies in Gaza and elsewhere but he plans to be there in court as Czuba’s trial unfolds smiled as she talked about all of the support and love she received after what happened “I think this hate happened to show me after it the whole love from everyone And I will continue to wish for all of us to have peace and happy days Alhamdulilah.” When I went to take her photograph for this article she carefully turned her head to avoid showing most of her wounds she told me that she wanted people to see she is OK The Nii Odai Ntow Family in Accra has warned people and other families about the lands that belong to them which was addressed by the Finance Head of Customary Lands the family reminded the people and families of the legal tussle they have gone through to get their lands Nii Ayidzaku narrated in detail the rulings from the legal battles some of which travel through almost all levels of the legal system in Ghana some of these families have flouted the judgement of the courts and gone to develop the land even when the courts barred them from doing so He reminded the public that documents available to them prove that the Nii Odai Ntow family are legitimate owners of such lands in Kwabenya Again, Nii Ayidzaku called on law enforcement agencies, especially the police, Land Commission to ensure that the other families comply with the judgement of the courts he called on the land minister to look into the activities of the land commission which he claims some people have turned into gold mines He also asked the developers on their lands to come and acquire tenancy from them More stories here The Nii Odai Ntow Family of Ashongman in the Ga East Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has appealed to the Lands Commission to revisit the 1904 judgement of the Supreme Court on the Nii Odai Ntow Family Lands to ascertain the exact boundaries before proceeding with its intended demarcation exercise there was no dispute about the true ownership of their land the boundaries which had become an issue of dispute could be resolved effectively if the Commission referred to the Supreme Court Judgement on the case titled Bosumpim and Ors Vs Addressing a news conference at the Nii Odai Ntow Family House at Ashongman on Saturday Hislord Tettey Anang said the 1904 Supreme Court judgment titled Bosumpim and Ors vs SCT.2/4/32 affirmed that their family was the rightful and legitimate owners of the 12,690 acres of land in the Ashongman Kwabenya enclave the Supreme Court affirmed that the 12,690 acres of land belonging to their family shared boundaries with Akwapem to the north Awura Dede and Abloradjei to the north-east through to Onyina Tia located at the present day Legon Botanical Gardens the 12,690 acres shared boundaries with the La Stool Lands through Dome and parts of the St Johns Grammar School along the Pokuase road to Nsawam Prisons through to Brekusu and the Adjongote Hills the then family head of the Nii Odai Ntow Family and the Chief of Ashongman relying on the 1904 judgment made the necessary declaration and same was plotted by the Lands Commission These records he noted still remained with the Commission and was surprised that same commission would purport a redemarcation exercise on their land He said the Nii Odai Ntow Family had not extended the boundaries of their land beyond the established 12,690 acres and would plead with the Lands Commission to assess their own records before seeking to alter the existing demarcation Mr Anang said there was enough evidence to show that the family was the one that released portions of their land to Ghana’s first President for the purposes of the establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission project He said any attempt by the Lands Commission to delete either a part or all of their land entries would be unlawful and baseless Mr Anang therefore asked the general public to disregard the news circulating that a high court has instructed the Lands Commission to delete Nii Odai Ntow family lands in their records as false “We are ready to legally deal with the Secretary of the Lands Commission if he goes ahead and fraudulently adhered to the report,” Mr Anang emphasised says he is poised to win the Krowor seat in the upcoming December 7 general elections He is optimistic to beat the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) Agnes Naa Momo Lartey with an overwhelming vote margin to secure the seat for NPP The Krowor constituency remains a notable political battleground in the country’s electoral history as both New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress compete fearlessly to win the people’s mandate The NDC has won four out of seven elections since Ghana returned to constitutional rule in 1992 Madam Agnes Naa Momo Lartey of the NDC garnered 41 850 votes representing 55.80 percent to defeat Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye of the NPP with 32,604 representing 43.47% The upcoming December 7 polls promises to be a fascinating showdown in Krowor as the two main political parties have adopted diverse tactics to win the seat is poised to win the seat for the NPP and has adopted a door-to-door campaign to engage the constituents Odai Laryea touted the role he has played to see to it that the road network in Nungua receives facelift stressing he is in to develop Krowor and make Nungua hospitable “We civil engineers make the world hospitable and I have started and the road development alone in the area tells you a lot I think nobody will come and even challenge me because I have done massive work for Nungua,” he claimed He similarly highlighted other programmes he has rolled out to touch many lives including skills training giving out start up tools to artisans as well as giving job opportunities for hundreds of the youth He is optimistic yet prayed the people will reflect on his benevolence and give him the mandate to serve « Back Your request appears similar to malicious requests sent by robots Please make sure JavaScript is enabled and then try loading this page again. If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: Odai Masri had been a key figure in the Palestinian electronic music scene since 2006 and was recently suffering from a double-ear infection that threatened his ability to hear Palestinian artist and co-founder of Exist festival Istanbul-based community station ROOT, where the DJ and producer, real name Odai Masri, was a resident, shared the news on 30th June via Instagram one of the closest people to Root community has left us today" "We were your backbone and we will always carry your fight Rest well beautiful soul." Masri's age and a cause of death have not been confirmed In August 2022, Masri shared a vulnerable post on Instagram describing being diagnosed with a serious ear infection that harmed both of his ear drums and how that impacted his mental health as a musician I had to stop exposing my ears to loud/heavy sounds" "I had to make one of the toughest decisions I've ever taken my safe space and the thing that shaped me into who I am Of course there is a way to fix both of my ears which is an operation that I can't afford without health insurance This past March, promoter Kaos London organised a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Masri's treatment "The doctors have informed Odai that if the surgery is not performed as soon as possible the perpetual infection will permanently damage the ear drum and result in deafness" and was "not able to return to Palestine without facing charges against him by the Israeli government due to his being a Palestinian Rights Activist." As he was staying in Jordan undocumented he did not have the right to work and gain health insurance The campaign raised more than £400 over their goal of £3,000 for Masri In late June, Masri posted a heartfelt update on Instagram: "For the past three months I was fully focused on my mental and physical health recovery." He thanked those close to him for supporting him through his struggles very heavy that I always had thoughts to give up.. But I was blessed and lucky enough to have my family friends and the community supporting my ass" "People that I will be forever and ever thankful for and watch ODDZ's 2018 Boiler Room set below A week after the Hamas-Israel conflict ignited a horrific hate crime happened stateside—a landlord renting rooms to a mother and her son seemed to have snapped and allegedly went on a stabbing rampage against both of them while blaming them for not stopping the violence in the Middle East A few weeks later, Slate’s own Aymann Ismail traveled to Chicago to report on how the community in the Little Palestine neighborhood where the boy had lived was reacting. Ismail ended up speaking with both of the slain child’s parents about what their life feels like now. The heartbreaking piece is worth your time Do Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh actually care deeply about preserving workers’ rights? Certainly not. But these days, you gotta take what you can get from this Supreme Court, Mark Joseph Stern writes. He explains what might be behind these justices’ willingness to side with the liberals Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has spent the last ten months holding up what would normally be routine appointments for the military because he was attempting to protest the Defense Department’s policy on abortion. It was never a good plan, and the reason he ended his stunt is also embarrassing.The only real question is why this wasn’t dealt with months ago, Fred Kaplan writes There has been a lot of news recently about how screwed the entire podcasting industry is. But one thing keeps getting left out of this narrative:The number of people listening to podcasts, and how much they are consuming, keeps going up. Scott Nover has an optimistic take on the future of audio Taylor Swift has been named Time’s Person of the Year (again, kind of—she was also one of the Silence Breakers in 2017). Sure, it seems good, but how on Earth can one person stand all this exposure for this long? Sam Adams wonders if this award is a blessing or a curse Much like Beyoncé’s entire project of being Beyoncé has been. Nadira Goffe has the latest about why the star is letting some of her flaws show through in her latest concert film and the Culture Gabfest is also talking through the achievement A daily email update of the stories you need to read right now Here's a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Weekend fatal crash victims identifiedVENTURA COUNTY – The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office released the names of four people killed in traffic accidents over the weekend On Friday night, a single-vehicle crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. on eastbound Highway 118, just west of Moorpark city limits The driver was identified as Vikki Lowe Lowe had reportedly swerved off the road and hit a tree according to the California Highway Patrol's Moorpark office The second fatality happened some time between midnight and 2 a.m. Sunday along South Lewis Road in Camarillo. A motorcyclist, identified as Christopher G. Griffith, 33, was found down an embankment several hours after the accident Griffith lived at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu according to the medical examiner's office which involved a pedestrian and two vehicles Sunday along Harbor Boulevard in Ventura was hit by a vehicle and knocked down onto the road A second vehicle then ran over Abuzaid and fled the scene. The first driver remained at the scene and cooperated with police No drug or alcohol use were suspected of the first driver The incident remains under investigation by the Ventura Police Department The weekend's fourth deadly crash involved a suspected DUI driver and a bicyclist in Oxnard reported around 10:18 p.m just east of the intersection with Oxnard Boulevard 47, was riding a blue BMX-style bike when he was hit by a 2018 Honda Civic that veered onto the south shoulder according to Oxnard police. Miranda was pronounced dead at the scene a 27-year-old Oxnard man was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated He pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Ventura County Superior Court and remained in county jail as of Wednesday afternoon in lieu of $50,000 bail Early morning shooting injures twoOXNARD – Two people were hospitalized after they were shot early Wednesday morning in Oxnard Police were contacted about the victims shortly after 3 a.m refused to cooperate with police and did not disclose where they were shot Both were taken to local hospitals for treatment of non-life threatening gunshot wounds No arrests have been made in the case and the investigation remains ongoing by Oxnard police ICYMI: Simi drug lab explosion, close call for bicyclist on railroad, more SIMI VALLEY – A Simi Valley road was closed for about two hours Tuesday morning as police investigated what was initially believed to be a fatality from a self-inflicted gunshot wound The incident was reported as a gunshot with a subject down shortly after 8 a.m according to the Simi Valley Police Department apparently dead from the self-inflicted injury The department issued an alert about police activity in the area due to the apparent fatality An update indicated on-scene medical personnel had established vital signs after initially pronouncing the man dead The man was transported to a hospital in critical condition No update on his status was available Wednesday. If you feel despondent, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, for both English and Spanish speakers, can be reached at 800-273-8255 or suicidepreventionlifeline.org PORT HUENEME – An attempted traffic stop involving a stolen vehicle led to a pursuit and crash in Port Hueneme late Tuesday afternoon Patrol officers saw a stolen Honda CRV near Ventura and Hueneme roads at around 4:45 p.m. the Port Hueneme Police Department reported When they tried to pull it over near Hueneme Road and Fifth Street later identified as a 39-year-old Oxnard man continued northbound on Fifth until he hit a dead end He got out of the Honda and ran northbound on the bike path toward Pleasant Valley Road Officers gave chase and caught the man on Ventura Road He was arrested on suspicion of stolen vehicle and resisting arrest violations and booked into county jail a pursuit in the city Tuesday morning lead to a felony arrest after a patrol officer reportedly saw a gold-colored Volkswagen speeding southbound on Ventura Road The driver failed to yield when an officer tried to pull him over instead turning eastbound on Pleasant Valley into Oxnard city limits The car stopped near a restaurant at C Street and Pleasant Valley where a passenger fled on foot toward homes in the 400 block of Canterbury Way according to Port Hueneme police officials Officers saw the suspect discard several items as he ran A search of the area turned up a loaded magazine for a gun with a loaded firearm later found with assistance from Oxnard police The suspect was eventually arrested on suspicion of felony firearms and forgery violations as well as narcotics possession Jeremy Childs is a breaking news and public safety reporter covering the night shift for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached by calling 805-437-0208 or emailing jeremy.childs@vcstar.com. You can also find him on Twitter @Jeremy_Childs Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker 2020 at 11:14 am CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Authorities said three men began to smash a victim's car windows with crowbars (Photo by Scott Anderson/Patch Staff)OAK CREEK WI — Three men have been arrested and charged after police in Oak Creek say they assaulted an Oak Creek man and his mother in retaliation for a previous fight According to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Muntaser Assad and Odai Assad of Franklin each faces two counts of substantial battery as a party to a crime they each face up to three years behind bars if they are convicted Oak Creek police say officers were sent to the 8500 block of South 5th Ave officers found a Toyota Rav 4 resting in the ditch with several of its windows smashed out and a victim with a gash on the side of his head among other injuries Muntaser Assad and Odai Assad got out and confronted him Authorities said the three began to smash out his car windows with crowbars According to the criminal complaint the victim's mother was in the passenger seat as this was happening and tried protecting her son by covering his body Police said she was struck several times with crowbars and her son had to have staples affixed to the back of his head to close an open wound When police questioned the son over why this might have happened he told police he believed it was in retaliation because he had broken the jaw of Mohammed and Muntaser's brothers two weeks earlier in a fight Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Odai Salah befriended Rosemary Windle and Maurece Smith by claiming he could put them in touch with business contacts in the Middle East But in January he armed himself with a knife and went to their flat in Torquay where he strangled Windle and stabbed and suffocated Smith returned at least twice to the murder scene to create the impression the couple were alive giving himself more time to use the cheques and credit cards he stole Mr Justice Jack said: "I am satisfied the reason for your killing Maurece Smith and Rosemary Windle was to get at their money." The judge told Salah: "Lying is in your blood." He described him as cool and calculated and devoid of any moral sense; he was a clever man but with a "warped intelligence" had told the jury: "This was a cold-blooded execution by the defendant of an elderly couple in order to get money from them He saw Rosemary Windle and Maurece Smith as an opportunity to get money He murdered them and then stole from them.He took their cheque books and credit cards and used them." He studied at the school of law and social sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University He set up a business distributing Lebanese food and wine but it failed in 2009 Dunkels said: "The defendant had been in financial difficulties for some time He had resorted to various deceptions to get money or credit banks and other organisations that had lent money to him were pressing him for repayment or for arrears of monies due to be paid Dunkels said Salah met the couple late in 2009 with Windle running a successful business selling linen and other goods to wealthy clients in the Middle East Smith suffered problems with his hips and knees and walked with crutches Dunkels said: "[Salah] was falsely representing himself to the victims as someone who could put valuable business their way His purpose must have been to convince them that he had financial standing so as to win their confidence and to then somehow persuade them to advance money to him." It was not clear what triggered the attack "Perhaps he realised that he could not sustain the story of taking them all to Lebanon for big business any longer and that they could not be persuaded to hand over money to him willingly." he went to a bank and tried to pay a forged cheque for £27,000 into his own account Nine minutes later he went into another bank and tried to pay in another forged cheque Next day he posed over the phone as Smith to try to pay off a £4,658 debt When police went to the flat they found Smith's body in an armchair covered with blankets and pillows and a cushion over his face A broken knife blade was found under his body Windle's body was found in the garage lying on the floor covered by a blanket Salah had told the jury that he did not kill the couple He admitted his finances at the time were "horrible" but said his future finances were looking excellent Detective Superintendent Steve Carey said: "Salah is an arrogant and practised liar He was a desperate man who had run out of money and who was looking for any way to fund his lifestyle." Post your requirement - We will connect with the right vendor or service provider © 2025 LiveChennai.com - All rights reserved This portal designed, developed and maintained by JB Soft System How can the collective exist in a country torn apart by civil war In Jamhara/Assemblage Syrian artist Mohamad Omran and writer Odai al-Zoubi use ink drawings and words to envision unity in the midst of fragmentation Jamhara moves from a bus stop outside Hama to a poet of the Chinese Communist Revolution This ease with the worldly is reflected in the text’s bilingual publication fluidly readable in two directions: one for English Jamhara thus seems to resolve what Syrian novelist Rosa Yassin Hassan dubs the “tightrope” walked by Syrian writers today between “particularity and worldliness (al-khususiyya wa al-‘alamiyya)” Many of Syria’s cultural producers (including Omran and al-Zoubi) live abroad and what Hassan calls a worldly movement of “creativity” Thanks to spikes of academic and popular interest in the 2011 uprising and the war that followed more Syrian literature dealing with revolution and violence is being translated into European languages Hassan’s pull of the worldly tugs on writers and works alike using literal and cultural-political translations to make Syrian’s recent past and contemporary struggles globally intelligible anglophone readers might parse Hassan’s claim on the particularities of Syrian literature (and art) through identity I read instead across the spaces Jamhara opens between text and image to address a different kind of particularity: a restraint that marks a certain privacy a refusal to put the particular (al-khass) into figurative circulation and trauma that Jamhara identifies in nine paradigmatic scenes I use it to underscore a theme that has animated Omran’s work for years and that preoccupies many Syrian activists and thinkers today: the troubled relation between individuals and political collectives Jamhara breaks contemporary lexical conventions for thinking politics jamhara titled works that assembled not events The Gathering (Jamharat) of the Arabs’ Verse by Abu Zayd al-Qarashi) and dictionaries (e.g. The Comprehensive Lexicon (al-Jamhara fi al-Lugha) by Abbasid grammarian Ibn Durayd) Jamhara is the gerund of a verb derived from jumhur More orderly than the mob (it yielded the Arabic for “republic”) jumhur’s political immanence pales next to al-sha’b—the people—the noun politicians use to interpellate the nation and in whose name the 2011 uprisings spoke their most famous slogan jamhara names assembly and its formation: becoming-assembly pre-print translation for Omran and al-Zoubi’s project suggests this dual process as well as the semantic novelty their approach invites: “the huddle” Jamhara loosens the representational grip of dictatorship and ISIS on the Syrian society terrorized by them Omran and al-Zoubi use jamhara to re-frame stock memories of the Assad regime and the post-2011 decade These include being forced to march as adoring crowds; the spectacle of ISIS; imprisonment; demonstrations; forced displacement These experiences are categorized anew as instances of Syrians (and Syrian-Palestinians) becoming assemblies this inventory levels the ground between assemblies formed voluntarily—paradigmatically 2011—and those born passively Its gathering is thus an anthologizing gesture an introduction to taking stock of Syrian collectivities past and present yet the vitality of the non-human is out of frame in a work relentlessly focused on the human including men who stand apart to record two contrasting funerals: one for Hafez al-Assad (president 1970-2000) Before them lie metonyms of Hafez’s reign: Hama Omran’s drawings of security officials and motorcades here tend to the ironic but the state apparatus is no less ominous for being ridiculous After the uprising lies the post-2011 contemporary: overcrowded prison cells Omran’s faces and bodies are wracked with new torments stripped nearly naked in the prison scene; eyes closed or absent in exodus from a sagging urban warscape as though the artist wishes to ward off horrors sensed ahead the risk of death is constitutive of 2011’s becoming-assembly: not for nation (or Caliphate) It becomes in so many decisions to face death A worse fate is letting these others down; letting the protests die; and “then,” writes al-Zoubi being “alone again.” One wonders what language beyond the religious might have let protestors articulate such becoming-assembly; recalling Hassan’s particularities what theory of uprising could embrace the frictions in translating Jamhara’s unruly immanence into global terms of neoliberalism and precaritization When its authors do draw a translational line it is not between locals and globals or different languages They are different sizes; an outstretched hand dwarves a man’s body The most visually unified assembly in Jamhara is the state’s: security agents They are marked by their robes and sunglasses their uniformly calm faces and closed mouths Jamhara does not give “the individual” a content but chooses to leave representational space open—between media and in what I am describing as restraint opting for smaller groups and visible faces over the horizon-filling expanse of revolutionary masses mourning crowds are indistinguishable from joyous ones Yet Omran’s closeness does not yield intimate portraits his figures frequently lower or close their eyes thematize surfaces and silences as constitutive of communication he recalls: “the country was deeply divided with no evidence or results: nothing on the surface at all” This might be dismissed as an effect of censorship Yet restraint characterizes ordinary relationships in Jamhara: fearing social unrest relatives offer one another reassurance while packing to flee imprisoned for protesting in 2012 and now living in Paris writes “I lie to [my family] constantly,” and they to her but communication is not hindered: “I understand very well what they are experiencing [in Syria],” and they her in Paris Her father wrote her letters every day of her imprisonment but she did not read them until she was on a plane to Paris She doesn’t need to explain why she didn’t read this evidence of her father’s grief an intimate reflection of the imprisonment she survived Jamhara suggests a task facing Syrians who take stock of becoming-assembly since 1970: a mourning at once collective and deeply private writer and artist abdicate their media to depict ISIS in a becoming-assembly that conjures the absent gaze of Syrians on their violence: a mediatized assembly This is why Omran’s drawing reproduces the iconic shot of an ISIS member about to behead a prisoner while bearded men brandish weapons and black flags in the background ISIS is not un-representable but excessively so al-Zoubi inserts Wat’s poem on the ceaselessness of evil refusing to offer a Syrian voice on the spectacle in a parallel gesture to S.S.: some letters are not yet (ever?) to be opened It would be convoluted at best to suggest that the restraint traversing Jamhara is attributable to the Assad regime’s censorship The work is part of a new drive in Syrian cultural work to remember the past without erecting new sacred monuments: sites of mourning but also of fetishization and exclusion that can foreclose transformation in the present historically and critically reflective current of intellectual production that has followed the 2011 uprisings writers and activists are acknowledging the trauma and despair accumulated over years while fiercely scrutinizing the politics of narrative and commemoration “How,” to borrow Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah’s words the immanence of 2011 is no lodestar for the present Children play; adults smoke nargileh; a woman has taken off her shoes to eat a banana Omran’s black background may even be read as a screen evoking the relevance of digital connections for scattered communities the image offers a narrative arc: of the fragmented present as time for mourning [1] In 1982 to crush the Muslim Brotherhood’s uprising against the state [2] Qing’s poem was translated into English by Fang Dai The translator(s) of Jamhara’s original texts as well as the translators of Qing and Wat into Arabic [3] Deleuze and Parnet [4] Hardt & Negri Judith Butler’s Notes Towards a Performative Theory of Assembly opens with Egypt’s uprising as the origin for today’s interest in social movements [5] See e.g. Hardt & Negri’s alarm at Islamic movements glorifying martyrdom premised on a distinction between the (good) martyr passively defending “their faith […] even unto death” and a (bad) martyr who annihilates him/herself when attacking enemies [7] Syria has not been spared neoliberalism’s reach; see Bassam Haddad’s Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience [8] Here my translation is from their Arabic Fairfields 'Michi-no-Eki' Portfolio Continues to Introduce New Hotels Across Four 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in Kamen Rider Ryuki will be marrying Swedish TBS commenter Lilico (born as Ann-Sophie Lennerfors) which was revealed during April 2nd 2018 on the program “Non-Stop!” by LiliCo herself Source: Daisukitoku, Asahi Shimbun This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Enter your email address to subscribe to the Tokusatsu Network and receive notifications of new posts by email Iraq — Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai died in a blaze of gunfire and rockets yesterday when U.S military claimed their deaths will blunt Iraqi resistance to the American occupation The six-hour raid was the most successful American operation since the war and comes as a much-needed tonic for U.S who recently have suffered a dozen attacks a day by Saddam loyalists and other anti-American groups News of the sons' deaths touched off celebratory gunfire in Baghdad and at least one southern city cautioned "there will be some people who will be pretty unhappy that we killed these two guys." Four coalition soldiers were wounded and two other Iraqis were killed in the raid The house belonged to Nawaf al-Zaydan Muhhamad a Saddam cousin and tribal leader in the region "We are certain that Odai and Qusai were killed today," Lt "The bodies were in such a condition where you could identify them." The identifying marks included Odai's scars from a 1996 assassination attempt The soldiers removed four bodies and did not let photographers take pictures The other two bodies were tentatively identified as that of a bodyguard and a teenager The teen may have been a son of Qusai and grandson of Saddam occupation troops are thought to be the work of former military officers and Baath Party leaders loyal to Saddam and his family — especially the sons who played primary roles in the military and feared security services with the Florida Army National Guard in Baghdad He clapped his hands and said: "One step closer to getting home." Both Odai (pronounced oh-DEYE) and Qusai (pronounced koh-SEYE) ranked second only to their father in the deposed regime The United States had offered a $25 million reward for information leading to Saddam's capture and $15 million each for his sons these two individuals were responsible for countless atrocities committed against the Iraqi people and they can no longer cast a shadow of hate on Iraq," it said in a statement We will pursue the other members of his murderous regime wherever they might be hiding." Sanchez said he thought the security situation now would improve "I believe very firmly this will have an effect This will prove to the Iraqi people that these two members of the Iraqi regime will never come to power again," the general said a delegate from Iraq's new Governing Council "This will contribute significantly to reducing attacks on coalition soldiers," he said about 1,000 people gathered outside the smoldering villa "How can they do this?" shouted a man in the crowd apparently more concerned with the property damage than the death of two of the cruelest men in Saddam's regime "What are the Americans doing destroying a house like this?" 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