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[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

mar7aba ..ana mahmoud men falasteen ..awal she ya eli bt7ki 3an 7alek falastenih .. enti ath bati eli enek ma bt3rafi 3an falasteen wla she .thanyan marati bt3ref 3an falasteen akthar menk ..b3deen men treeket 7kyek .. embayen 3leek ma zorti falasteen wla elk ay 7da fi falasteen .. liano law ana kont m7lek .kont tameet 7ali fi jorah wi est7eet eni a7ki 3an 7ali falasteeni.. ba3deen mesh kol alnas wa7ad ...ana ma bkrah alyhood kolhom ..liano fi almlee7 wi al3atel ween ma kona ..fi falasteen wa fi kol al3alam.ba3deen kabel la tektbi ay shi ..e3rafi sho katabti.. mshan t3rafi keef alnas ra7 etjawbek.. lianek bt7ki ma 7keet shi wa enti 7keeti al7aki .eli a3ta lanas eli mwjodeen yjawbook bna2a 3la 7kyek.fi alakher la tekhzeena allah ykhleeki li ana falasteenyeh wa elna alsharaf enkon falasteenyeh... Mahmoud alfalasteeni men jenin

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Wanna go there so that no one else knows what's being said? That's rude. Take it off the boards and PM me.

[mybackpages 0]

mar7aba ..ana mahmoud men falasteen ..awal she ya eli bt7ki 3an 7alek falastenih .. enti ath bati eli enek ma bt3rafi 3an falasteen wla she .thanyan marati bt3ref 3an falasteen akthar menk ..b3deen men treeket 7kyek .. embayen 3leek ma zorti falasteen wla elk ay 7da fi falasteen .. liano law ana kont m7lek .kont tameet 7ali fi jorah wi est7eet eni a7ki 3an 7ali falasteeni.. ba3deen mesh kol alnas wa7ad ...ana ma bkrah alyhood kolhom ..liano fi almlee7 wi al3atel ween ma kona ..fi falasteen wa fi kol al3alam.ba3deen kabel la tektbi ay shi ..e3rafi sho katabti.. mshan t3rafi keef alnas ra7 etjawbek.. lianek bt7ki ma 7keet shi wa enti 7keeti al7aki .eli a3ta lanas eli mwjodeen yjawbook bna2a 3la 7kyek.fi alakher la tekhzeena allah ykhleeki li ana falasteenyeh wa elna alsharaf enkon falasteenyeh... Mahmoud alfalasteeni men jenin

arrrggghhh I hate that my computer will not pick up certain letters and shows them as 7s or 3s ...any solutions? doenloads? settings?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

They are 3s and 7s. No adjustment to your pc needed.

Edited January 8, 2007 by Green-eyed girl

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well blah, we're off to a flying stop. do i really need now?

Nope you won't need that. I already asked them nicely to keep it friendly, and they always listen to ME!

hhahahah that made me laugh.. I will stop here- while I am still smiling..Have a great day!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

If anyone wants to know what my husband said, he is ready to translate it, but he didn't want to shame you in front of everyone.

You are the one who opened the can of worms about heritage, and about how yours is somehow more meaningful to this discussion than that of the husband I'm "just" married to. I simply responded in kind. Now you're crying "foul" about the unfairness of "trying to be more Palestinian." Well then... why did you bring it up in the first place ?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

One thing that every Palestinian with their heart in Palestine wants is the right of return. One thing you should never do is question the legitimacy of a displaced people who have lost their home thru an injustice. Them's fighting words!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

If anyone wants to know what my husband said, he is ready to translate it, but he didn't want to shame you in front of everyone.

You are the one who opened the can of worms about heritage, and about how yours is somehow more meaningful to this discussion than that of the husband I'm "just" married to. I simply responded in kind. Now you're crying "foul" about the unfairness of "trying to be more Palestinian." Well then... why did you bring it up in the first place ?

You brought it up by asserting authority thru marriage, thenm by trying to diminish me thru trying to diminish my place in the world as a Palestinian. You show little understanding of a displaced people when you do that, and you do another injustice. I will not be shamed by that act. Don't try to compare me to your French heritage. It's not the same at all. You don't know enough about my background to judge and your husband has a nerve to try to shame me.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

ebayen 3leelk ma bt3rafi 3rabi wla btfrafe te7ki 3arabi ..embayen eno al3rab 3amleen elk 3mleh ...sho 3amleen elk ..e7kili mshan a7el al3kdi eli 3ndek thed al3arab ...b3deen e3rafi sho btktobi .wi kaman e3rafi sho btjawbi ...liano embayen e7na bn7ki fi altreek alsa7ee7 wi ent shathef fi tareek tanyeh...embayen 3leeki sharbeh eshi . ba3deen enti yli bt7ki 3an 7alek falasteenieh ...sho bt3rafi enti 3an falasteen ..e7kili eza enti falasteenyeh ... mshan asadek enk falasteenyeh..mashi?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I have no interest in continuing to argue with you, WOM. I prefer peace. Frankly, it surprises me that this has happened. It also surprises me that you don't know better than to tell a Palestinian who isn't currently in Palestine that they're lesser than those who are. That's lesson number 1. I got more upset than I ever thought I would. That surprised me!

I've kept info about myself to a minimum on the boards because I've learned that it does no good to talk about personal stuff in public. If you want to talk about this off the boards, I'm fine with that. We are family. It's best that we educate ourselves than continue on blindly.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I have no interest in continuing to argue with you, WOM. I prefer peace. Frankly, it surprises me that this has happened. It also surprises me that you don't know better than to tell a Palestinian who isn't currently in Palestine that they're lesser than those who are. That's lesson number 1. I got more upset than I ever thought I would. That surprised me!

I've kept info about myself to a minimum on the boards because I've learned that it does no good to talk about personal stuff in public. If you want to talk about this off the boards, I'm fine with that. We are family. It's best that we educate ourselves than continue on blindly.

Now you're just trippin.

This is what you said to start off the heritage tangent:

I AM Palestinian, as is my family; I'm not just married to one. I don't need a lecture on how it is there or the atrocities that have and do go on or who gets along with whom. Why you think I do is not because of anything I actually said. I'm not interested in a "who's more offended by the Israeli government than who. No one has to agree here, but I would GREATLY appreciate it if emotion doesn't overtake reading comprehension, opening the door for negative assumptions.

You tried to put me and my answers down because I'm "just" married to a Palestinian. I guess you thought being a 4th generation American of Palestinian heritage would be some kind of trump card, but it seems you didn't think it through very well. Now you stoop to self-pitying histrionics over imagined slights I never made.

Cry me a river.

By the way, do you speak Arabic at all ? You haven't responded to a word my husband wrote (except the one word I translated.) He is becoming suspicious.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

You pulled the heritage card first in your post after you came at me. You know, I only posted my comment at the request of peezy and those who wished to discuss the comment. I should have known someone would make a big deal out of it. I'm surprised it was you.

I responded because it's clear to me that you wanted to corner the market on who is more Palestinian. Then, you made that clear by trying to put me down as less Palestinian than you and Mahmoud by comparing me to your French heritage.

Ask the people here who've sent me Arabic to translate if I understand it. Except for the first part of his first post, I'm not even reading them. Be suspicious all you want. I have made it clear that if you want to discuss in Arabic, take it off the boards. It's rude to leave others out. You have no problem berating me in English.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I guess you thought being a 4th generation American of Palestinian heritage would be some kind of trump card, but it seems you didn't think it through very well.

This is all you know, and you are trying to milk it dry. Won't work.

Palestinian vs. Wife of Palestinian. Rich.

[sarah and hicham 3]

Wanna go there so that no one else knows what's being said? That's rude. Take it off the boards and PM me.

Oooh I know what he said. Thanks Hicham for translating.

Mazel tov!

[sarah and hicham 3]

ebayen 3leelk ma bt3rafi 3rabi wla btfrafe te7ki 3arabi ..embayen eno al3rab 3amleen elk 3mleh ...sho 3amleen elk ..e7kili mshan a7el al3kdi eli 3ndek thed al3arab ...b3deen e3rafi sho btktobi .wi kaman e3rafi sho btjawbi ...liano embayen e7na bn7ki fi altreek alsa7ee7 wi ent shathef fi tareek tanyeh...embayen 3leeki sharbeh eshi . ba3deen enti yli bt7ki 3an 7alek falasteenieh ...sho bt3rafi enti 3an falasteen ..e7kili eza enti falasteenyeh ... mshan asadek enk falasteenyeh..mashi?

That's a zinger!