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Christmas is celebrated by billions across the globe, but the Palestinians in the holy birth place of Jesus have been struggling for nearly 8 decades to find any glimpse of joy and peace for the day when they should be the ones leading the celebrations.

🧵An extensive thread: Naji Al-Ali & Handala

Today marks the 37th anniversary of the artists assassination in London.

He was and still is a vital figure and symbol for Palestinian resistance and liberation, as Handala continues to be a symbol for the Palestinian people. Ghassan Kanafani’s discover of Naji

Ghassan Kanafani came to Ain al-Hilweh camp in Lebanon in 1962 to attend a popular celebration of Palestine Day as a journalist and politician belonging to the Arab Nationalists Movement, and was known as the editor of the magazine "Freedom" and a storyteller with a story collection called "The Death of Bed No. 12."
Both Naji al-Ali and Ghassan Kanafani were twenty-six years old. As part of the festival, a simple exhibition was held in a worn-out tent to showcase children's drawings about the Nakba, the Diaspora, and revenge. Among them were rough sketches by Naji Salim Hussein al-Ali, after returning years earlier from his work as a car mechanic in Saudi Arabia in 1959, and working as an art teacher at the Jaafari school south of Soor, Lebanon.

Indonesia just celebrated its independence day on 17 August, but Indonesia facing a crisis of democracy and fighting against dynasty politics right now.

So, What is happening with election in Indonesia?

why #kawalkeputusanMK (watch The Constitutional Court) is trending?

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Jakarta's governor Election is coming up, The Constitutional Court (MK) is the highest legal house in Indonesia, initially the registration requirements for regional head and deputy regional head candidates were to be at least 30 years old and have 20% of party members sitting in the DPR, but there was only one candidate who could meet these requirements, for democracy to run fairly, the Constitutional Court decided to change the requirements for party members from 20% to 7.5%, with this several of the best candidates from small parties emerged and independent cadidates.

The problem arose when The House of Representatives (DPR) held an emergency meeting to draft the Regional Head Election Bill. To cancel the Constitutional Court's decision in order to benefited the President's son, they made a law that mayoral or deputy mayoral candidates could register as long as they were 30 years old at the time of inauguration.

🧵~ Israa Jaabis

The Palestinian Ministry of Women's Affairs chose her as the "Woman of Palestine for 2017" for her steadfastness and endurance of the darkness of prison, illness, and the oppression of the jailer and wounds. On October 11, 2015, while returning from Jericho to Jerusalem after visiting her husband, Israa Jaabis’s car broke down near al-Zaim checkpoint, and the occupation forces opened fire on the car, causing a gas cylinder to explode and a large fire to break out, according to her family's account of the details of the incident. They added that Israa regularly traveled to Jerusalem, where she had to prove her residency to the Israeli police, so that her son could obtain the right to reside in the city with her.

Israa had applied for reunification with her husband in 2008, who lives in Jericho, West Bank and whose Palestinian identity card does not allow him to enter Jerusalem without a special permit, but her application was rejected several times despite the costs she paid. If they were allowed to be together in the same city, Israa would’ve never been at that checkpoint the day of the incident.

🧵🕊️ Palestinian Prison Break

On #PalestinianPrisonersDay we wanted to share a story with you, one that shook the Palestinian community and prisoner movement and embarrassed the occupation, a prison break. Escape:

Escaping from prison is one of the most unconventional means of gaining freedom, and the world of prisoners is full of successful escape stories. Palestinian prisoners are part of this world, and they have the right to resort to this method to break their chains and snatch their freedom despite the Israeli jailer, so they have exercised this right many times and tried to escape repeatedly and achieved success many times, individually and collectively. The latest story was in 2021, called the Tunnel of Freedom.

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80 years ago today, Leila Khaled was born, the Palestinian Female resistance.

Leila Khaled was a Palestinian liberation fighter who was involved in the Palestinian Freedom Movement of the mid-1960s, Khaled was born in Haifa on April 9, 1944. Her family fled to Lebanon in 1948, during Nakba.

At age 15, she joined the pan-Arab Arab Nationalist Movement, originally established in the late-1940s by George Habash, then became a medical student at the American University in Beirut. Leila Khaled became famous in 1969 when she was involved in the hijacking of an El Al plane, an Israeli airline. During the incident, the plane diverted to Syria.

The goal of this action by the Palestinian Resistance was for the freedom of their people who are arrested by the occupier israel at that time.

"I had a hand grenade in my pocket and a gun. Then I met my [PFLP] colleague Salim Essawi. We had clear instructions not to hurt anyone." all passengers were released without physical injury, And the Palestinians who were arrested were freed

In the interview, she said that she did not care about the label attached to her as the first woman to hijack a plane.

Leila Khaled revealed that piracy itself is not the ultimate goal, it is just a way to get attention so that people hear about Palestine and ask about Palestine.

Palestinian Dabke 🇵🇸

Dabke is much more than just a dance. It is a form of storytelling through movement, and for many, a way to showcase solidarity and cooperation, cultural resistance, and the strength of the human spirit.

Remember we’re helping you learn some moves in the end! The word dabke means “stamping of the feet” in Arabic.
This etymology aptly describes the dance’s distinctive feature: the rhythmic, synchronized stamping of the dancers’ feet, accompanied by interlaced arms and melodic chants.

#LandDay Event Day 2

Palestinian Music and Dance is an essential part of the culture, in fact it’s one of the ways Palestinians keep their identity and history alive while under occupation. Some instruments are shared with the levant and Arab region as a whole while one instrument is unique for Palestine.

Make sure to answer the question at the end of this thread!

Dont forget to look out for the Dabke tutorial for a beginner-friendly sequence in the next thread! Let us know if you got it down! ~ Shabbaba

Shabbaba is one of the simple flute instruments that reached Palestine hundreds of years ago from Egypt. Throughout history it was mainly played by sheep grazers; they used the wooden instrument to play music to pass the time while using it for their sheep grazing too! The instrument is used to produce sorrowful and emotional melodies and that made it popular in Palestine as people expressed their pain and struggle with the painful sound.

🧵🕊️~ Land Day ~ March 30th

Please look forward to a special event we'll be holding on March 30th in honour of Land Day, get your favourite Poems, Music and Art created by Palestinian artists ready for that day!

Saturday marks the 48th anniversary of Land Day, which dates back to 1976.

Land Day gained great importance for Palestinians, as it was the first clash between the Palestinian masses inside Israel (Palestinian citizens of Israel)and the authorities there.

Palestinians everywhere commemorate Land Day on March 30 every year by launching several cultural events and protests. ~
In 1975, the Israeli government announced a plan to “Judaize” the Galilee region, to build Jewish communities on land belonging to Palestinians, who are the majority in the region.

This plan was part of a project the Israeli authorities called the "Development of the Galilee." The government approved a decision on February 29, 1976, to confiscate 21,000 dunums (21M square meters).

On February 29, 1976, the government approved a decision to confiscate the land belonging to Palestinians in the towns of Sakhnin, Araba, Deir Hanna, and Arab al-Sawa'id.

Israel allocated these confiscated areas to build more settlements.