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Last day at work: Happiness in Palestine.
Closing of training and English classes led by Maggie Nazer at Hebron YDRC, Palestine Today was my last day working at the Hebron Youth Development Center as an intern. The amazing performance and...
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Don’t talk about Palestine
Jerusalem old city by Maggie Nazer I have visited Jerusalem 6 times so far in the past 2 months: more than my Palestinian friends will be allowed to enter it in a lifetime. For the first time so far...
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Sofia today
Sofia in its Majesty Photo credit: Strahil Vasilev (First day back home after 2 months in Palestine) I don’t know if it’s because I was in the Middle East for the past two months, so my perception is...
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No “Occupied Palestinian Territories”
Маги Назер и приятели на празненството по случай отбелязването на международния ден на Йерусалим Today I attended the Celebration of the International Day of Jerusalem in Sofia which featured talks by...
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Bulgarian media: Wave of online hatred in response to articles about...
Incredible to see what кind of responses an article based on my account about Palestine (which is btw more of an overview of the recent and older events of the conflict rather than straightforward...
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Faces of Palestine
This is an excerpt from a Middle East Eye article I published in the summer reflecting on the social documentary project my dear friend Asala Salhab and I carried out on the West Bank, Palestine in the...
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Choose Love over Fear
Today and every day, choose love over fear until it becomes your habit. Wayne Dyer Today I reminded myself of the time I was freer when I could Love without fear and find strength in vulnerability. In...
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The Reign of Monogamy
This is a sociology paper for my Society and the Individual Class taught by the great Jamie MacCallum :) Durkheim and the reign of monogamy I started practicing polyamory[1] three years ago in an...
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Marxism in the Bedroom
More than a century ago, Oscar Wilde stated what may seem an eternal truth. “Everything is about sex except for sex. Sex is about power,” he wrote. But what power could this be? As Marx posits, “The...
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Little Daily Insight: you WILL get hurt
The simple truth is that If you are a closed-off, fearful, unapproachable, reserved person, you will get hurt a few times in life. And even if you are the most open, brave, honest and loving person,...
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My 21st Birthday in Palestine
In second grade I invited my classmates and friends from school to celebrate my birthday. My mom and I cooked all day and prepared a one-of-a-kind home-made Barbie-like cake with a real doll inside. It...
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Day 1 and Arrival: the magic of excitement
A beautiful window of a building in Hebron I arrived at the Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport in Israel at 00.15 on the 23rd of May after what I know was the longest and most stressful travel experience I’ve...
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You know what “Occupation” means, right? (A lesson from a failed educator! :P)
Today I led my first class of English for beginners at the Hebron YDRC. The group for beginners will meet every Tuesday and Thursday and I was very excited to finally start teaching after spending last...
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No “Occupied Palestinian Territories”
Маги Назер и приятели на празненството по случай отбелязването на международния ден на Йерусалим Today I attended the Celebration of the International Day of Jerusalem in Sofia which featured talks by...
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A Bulgarian “Guyland”
This is an academic research paper written for my class “Sociology of Gender” at Middlebury College. If you have any feedback, please, use the comments section under the article! Happy reading! M. From...
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Desire and Pleasure of the (Un)Sexed Body
The “sexing” of bodies is inevitably a social process whereby certain bodies are categorized as pertaining to men, while others- to women. The “in-between” remains invisible, concealed by the...
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Manufacturing Female Anxiety
I am 22 years old. I weight 52 kilograms. My height is 164cm (I’d like to think of myself as “petite”, although I’m perhaps too tall for it). I do think of myself as attractive. The size of my breasts...
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First impressions from Sierra Leone
English below! След дълги часове прекарани в чакане и път най-накрая се отзовах на летището Лунги в Сиера Леоне. Бързо си взех багажа и не след дълго ме заобиколиха група мъже, предлагащи ми най-учтиво...
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Little, Big Things (Day 2 in Sierra Leone)
English Below Спане Първата нощ, без да знам, че трябва да се изпъне мрежата за комарите, и изтощена от дългото пътуване се бях завила с нея като с одеало. На следващия ден май ме бяха усетили и като...
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The exploration begins: first steps alone in Freetown
English below Продължавам с още мъничко детайли за Неделята си, която само бегло описах в предишния пост. Сиералеонците, вече съм установила, въобще не признават времето, когато ти кажат, че ще се...
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