ME/NA pictures

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Palestinian man turned back at checkpoint

Kristallnacht in Ramallah

Soldier and Palestinian family at checkpoint

The Wall at Abu Dis (Palestinian town just outside Jerusalem)

Palestinian man looking at his olive orchard, vandalized by settlers

Settler graffiti in Hebron (al Khalil) - "Kahane was right"

Settler graffiti in Hebron (al Khalil)

A soldier who wanted to confiscate my camera and film

Palestinian girl with house key from her family home taken in the Nakba

[jordanianprincess 0]

Mansaf!!! The national dish of Jordan...

(not my pic)

[wildroze22 0]

Palestinian man turned back at checkpoint... etc

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

[Ban Hammer 13,110]

Palestinian man turned back at checkpoint... etc

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

i was wondering if anyone else noticed this took a political turn

Edited January 15, 2007 by charlesandnessa

[Bosco 1]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

The first post requesting the pictures said:

Please share pretty (or not so pretty) pictures of the ME/NA.

The pictures WOM posted are a very real part of Palestinian life and to post only pretty pictures would be a misrepresentation of life there, IMO. You also are free to post whatever you choose.

[jordanianprincess 0]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

While I agree with you to some extent about showing the beauty of MENA, there is an obvious reality to WOM's pictures. If you do a google search for photo's of Ramallah, all you will find is photos similar to these and worse. Maybe it would be better fitting to post photos of Ramallah before all the conflict began in the Middle East but where to find them, and do they represent what is left today? This is all that is left to show for the most part. Although these places are beautiful and always will be, they no longer hold the beauty they once did.

I don't see these photo's as being political and I don't even know why you are getting defensive about them. She didn't post anything that is not true or any remarks that are directed to anyone. Israel has also suffered indeed, but Israel still holds it beauty and always will because it has the resources to pick up and move on as do many other MENA countries that have been attacked by terrorists.

Edited January 15, 2007 by jordanianprincess

[UmmSqueakster 54]

I'm getting a vision of the future...it's becoming clearer...wait...wait...

...I foresee that yet another one of my threads will be closed soon...

[Ban Hammer 13,110]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

While I agree with you to some extent about showing the beauty of MENA, there is an obvious reality to WOM's pictures. If you do a google search for photo's of Ramallah, all you will find is photos similar to these and worse. Maybe it would be better fitting to post photos of Ramallah before all the conflict began in the Middle East but where to find them, and do they represent what is left today? This is all that is left to show for the most part. Although these places are beautiful and always will be, they no longer hold the beauty they once did.

I don't see these photo's as being political and I don't even know why you are getting defensive about them. She didn't post anything that is not true or any remarks that are directed to anyone. Israel has also suffered indeed, but Israel still holds it beauty and always will because it has the resources to pick up and move on as do many other MENA countries that have been attacked by terrorists.

i wonder if you and others would be so quick to jump to my defense if i posted israeli suicide bombing victims first

[jordanianprincess 0]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

While I agree with you to some extent about showing the beauty of MENA, there is an obvious reality to WOM's pictures. If you do a google search for photo's of Ramallah, all you will find is photos similar to these and worse. Maybe it would be better fitting to post photos of Ramallah before all the conflict began in the Middle East but where to find them, and do they represent what is left today? This is all that is left to show for the most part. Although these places are beautiful and always will be, they no longer hold the beauty they once did.

I don't see these photo's as being political and I don't even know why you are getting defensive about them. She didn't post anything that is not true or any remarks that are directed to anyone. Israel has also suffered indeed, but Israel still holds it beauty and always will because it has the resources to pick up and move on as do many other MENA countries that have been attacked by terrorists.

i wonder if you and others would be so quick to jump to my defense if i posted israeli suicide bombing victims first

Do you have anything worthy to offer or are you just going to add your lame side comments as usual?

[wildroze22 0]

im not saying her pictures arents truthful, im just saying they are political. you can always choose what to post.

i choose to show israels beauty, not its faults, which is def has. why cant WOM also choose to show ramallahs beauty? i know its there.

i agree with the last post. would you respond this way if i had shown israeli victems first? shes showing one side, does that mean i should show the other so we can fight about it?

i was simply asking her to be respectful. show your beauty, not the hatred for the other side

[Ban Hammer 13,110]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

While I agree with you to some extent about showing the beauty of MENA, there is an obvious reality to WOM's pictures. If you do a google search for photo's of Ramallah, all you will find is photos similar to these and worse. Maybe it would be better fitting to post photos of Ramallah before all the conflict began in the Middle East but where to find them, and do they represent what is left today? This is all that is left to show for the most part. Although these places are beautiful and always will be, they no longer hold the beauty they once did.

I don't see these photo's as being political and I don't even know why you are getting defensive about them. She didn't post anything that is not true or any remarks that are directed to anyone. Israel has also suffered indeed, but Israel still holds it beauty and always will because it has the resources to pick up and move on as do many other MENA countries that have been attacked by terrorists.

i wonder if you and others would be so quick to jump to my defense if i posted israeli suicide bombing victims first

Do you have anything worthy to offer or are you just going to add your lame side comments as usual?

to answer your multi-part question: yes

i'm just curious, that's all.

eta: i'll take your answer as a no then.

Edited January 15, 2007 by charlesandnessa

[UmmSqueakster 54]

From the Egypt flickr group

View of a mosque near the Autostrade from the Citadel

Sahn Pillars of the Muhammad Ali Mosque

Apartment Buildings in Zamalek

[jordanianprincess 0]

im not saying her pictures arents truthful, im just saying they are political. you can always choose what to post.

i choose to show israels beauty, not its faults, which is def has. why cant WOM also choose to show ramallahs beauty? i know its there.

i agree with the last post. would you respond this way if i had shown israeli victems first? shes showing one side, does that mean i should show the other so we can fight about it?

i was simply asking her to be respectful. show your beauty, not the hatred for the other side

How is she not being respectful!!!!! Just because you don't agree with her photos, there are many that do. These photos show the only reality that is left for Palestine. You have a choice of which photos to show for Israel. You can show photos of damaged buildings from bombings as can I in Jordan, but the difference is we have alot more beauty to show. This is all that is left for them, do you not get that?

[jordanianprincess 0]

i thought this was to show the beauty and such of MENA. would you like me to start posting pictures of suicide bomb remains? of my boyfriends uncle beaten to a pulp after being kidnapped by palestinians?

im sure there are things that better represent ramallah than these. ive been, i know it has its beauty.

seriously, play nice

While I agree with you to some extent about showing the beauty of MENA, there is an obvious reality to WOM's pictures. If you do a google search for photo's of Ramallah, all you will find is photos similar to these and worse. Maybe it would be better fitting to post photos of Ramallah before all the conflict began in the Middle East but where to find them, and do they represent what is left today? This is all that is left to show for the most part. Although these places are beautiful and always will be, they no longer hold the beauty they once did.

I don't see these photo's as being political and I don't even know why you are getting defensive about them. She didn't post anything that is not true or any remarks that are directed to anyone. Israel has also suffered indeed, but Israel still holds it beauty and always will because it has the resources to pick up and move on as do many other MENA countries that have been attacked by terrorists.

i wonder if you and others would be so quick to jump to my defense if i posted israeli suicide bombing victims first

Do you have anything worthy to offer or are you just going to add your lame side comments as usual?

to answer your multi-part question: yes

i'm just curious, that's all.

eta: i'll take your answer as a no then.

Charles I am going to try to be as patient with you as I can. No one in here has ever said Israel has not suffered, they most certainly have. However they have alot of beauty still, and they also have the resouces to recover. Jordan was attacked by suicide bombers as was Egypt, but they recovered because they have the resources. This is all that is left of Palestine, so should WOM show photos of things that no longer exist?

[UmmSqueakster 54]

3 egyptian teenagers, looks to be near the pyramids. I picked it for their hijab style that's apparently all the rage in Cairo - multilayer shayalas. I think they're layering 3 or 4. I've heard that some girls are up to 5 or 6. I can only manage 2 without it getting too heavy and falling off my head

More Egyptian girls. I love the color.

Edited January 15, 2007 by rahma