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I've been wanting to talk about my family history a little on here for a while but it never seemed like the right time. Trudeau's comments this morning really ignited a fire in me, though, so if you're interested you can find a little about that below.
(Pictures from palestineremembered.com)

This is Sireen, where my dad's family is from. My aunt is named after it, and I'm named partially after it (ser-een-a). This graveyard is one of the only things left of it. The orange tips on the gravestones are lichens, an organism graveyard of rocks. flowers grow behind it.
between fungus and algae. When I first saw these photos I thought it was paint, but instead it's proof that life endures.

This is the structure that may have been a mosque, and the well. These structures are all that remain in the village of the people of Sireen. Small rock structure with a hole carved out. The landscape iA rectangular well full of water.
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