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לפוסט הזה יש 28 תגובות

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   Eddie Lama June 16, 2021 הגב

   Your spirit and compassion needs to be made into a vaccine to inoculate against hate and stupidity

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      🙂 Thanks.

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   Vera. Weiss June 16, 2021 הגב

   Dear Umm Forat, Congratulations for writing such a book it is vey important. I wonder when an English translation will be available? Good. luck!With best wishes from Vera Weiss – Jerusalem, Israel

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      Thanks! I’m working on the English translation.

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   chana June 16, 2021 הגב

   I’m looking forward to being able to read your book … when it’s translated into English. Thank you for having found a very personal way to inform about life in Palestine/Israel while chronicling your daily joys and struggles

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      Thank you! And thanks for your interest in the book.

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   נורית June 16, 2021 הגב

   את אדם ואשה מדהימה. מקווה, בשבילכם ובשביל כולנו, שתוכלו לחיות היכן שתרצו בלי מגבלות והגבלים.

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      תודה רבה, נורית. אלה איחולים נכונים וצודקים!

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   Beth-ann (Batya) June 16, 2021 הגב

   Dear Sari ~ Thank you so much for your inspiration, and for sharing your important story. I’d previously read your writing, and was very moved today to learn – as they say – “the rest of the story.” Yours should be a mundane daily life, but the reality is otherwise. I learned about those distinctions first-hand decades ago as a college student traveling with my roommate from our dorm room at Tel Aviv U to her home in Tira – which became my home-away-from-home during my year at TAU. The native would be asked for ID when boarding a bus, while the visitor was basically ignored. The pavement stopped at the entrance to what was then a village not on the route of the Saturday farmer’s market. I was introduced to the inequities, which were contrary to what I was taught growing up when my grandparents – immigrants to NY from Eastern Europe – emphasized that no one should be a second-class citizen, and no one should ever be treated with anything other than the utmost respect. These introductions were a bit overwhelming for an 18-year-old from NJ, but they have informed my life ever since. I, too, am a lawyer, though my focus has been on bringing about justice by defending shareholders’ rights to exercise their corporate franchise, and using capital mobilized in the form of responsible investing in order to harness corporate resources to bring about meaningful change. (I am also a candidate for membership in the Israel Bar Association as a “foreign lawyer”.)

   I look forward to hearing more about your journey, and any insights you might be able to provide as to what others can do to help bring about change. From my perspective, over the past 40 years the separations have only gotten more pronounced. Fears have been stoked (which is unconscionable! What is there to fear from people?), and there are fewer opportunities to interact. That, of course, was by design, and is a big part of the problem. Frustrating to say the least. But I have worked where I can to help foster change, being the first pro bono legal counsel for the Alliance for Middle East Peace (allmep.org), being engaged in a initiative to foster entrepreneurship in the West Bank, and now a new endeavor among Palestinian tech professionals in the diaspora to bring opportunities to those “back home.” Thank you again for speaking up,!!

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      Thank you so much, Beth-Ann, and wishing you success with your important work.

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   Mira Khazzam June 16, 2021 הגב

   Hello Sari,

   I very much enjoy reading your blogs. Is an English translation of your book being published?

   Congratulations on the publication of your book,
   Mira

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      Thank you for your kind words, Mira. I’m working on an English translation. I’ll update if/when there will be an English book!

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   Yehonathan Tommer June 17, 2021 הגב

   Sari,
   I’m writing a novel about a young professional Palestinian-Israeli family in Jerusalem living as outsiders rejected by their families. Their love for each other is threatened by the inevitable intrusion of clashing cultural and national identities, ethnic hostilities , brute racism and inhuman bureaucratic restrictions.
   I read with compassion your posts about your family’s daily life an d look forward to reading your book.
   Jonathan

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      Umm Forat June 18, 2021 הגב

      Thank you, Jonathan, and good luck with your book!

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   Gita June 17, 2021 הגב

   I always look forward to reading your pieces, in South Africa raising a multi cultural family, some 25 years after the end of apartheid. Feeling in solidarity with you and what your family has been through.
   Congratulations on your book,
   Gita

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   Safiyyah June 19, 2021 הגב

   Salaams/Shaalom! I’ve followed you and your family’s courageous journey for a long time. Nice to “meet” you and see your beautiful face ?

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      Umm Forat June 20, 2021 הגב

      Thank you- Nice to meet you!

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         Umm Forat June 20, 2021 הגב

         🙂

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    Miri June 20, 2021 הגב

    Thank you for a moment of light and hope in all the darkness Sari. May the future belong to people like you, Osama and your children. Love from London from me and Indrajit

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       Umm Forat June 20, 2021 הגב

       Thank you, Miri! Lots of love to you and Indrajit.

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    Marika June 26, 2021 הגב

    Dear Sari,
    Your life and work have been an inspiration to me since taking one of your law subjects over 10 years ago at TAU. It’s been a privilege to watch your journey from afar and it’s great to hear all your varied news via this blog (which I have just discovered).
    I continue to try to emulate your teaching abilities as well as the dedication of spirit you show in standing up for what is right.
    Thank you for all your efforts, past and future.

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       Umm Forat June 26, 2021 הגב

       Wow, Marika, thank you so much. And thank you for how you have dedicated your life to making this world better.

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    שרית July 4, 2021 הגב

    שרי היקרה
    קראתי את הספר שלך בנשימה עצורה, הספר מרתק ופוקח עיניים, וסיפור האהבה שלכם מרגש מאוד.
    את אישה מרשימה ומיוחדת מאוד.
    אני מאחלת לכם את מיטב הברכות, ושתזכו לחיות באושר היכן שתבחרו.
    כל טוב

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       Umm Forat July 4, 2021 הגב

       שרית, תודה רבה, רבה על העידוד והמילים החמות! איזו ברכה יפה. עשית לי את היום!
       שרי

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    אילת July 4, 2021 הגב

    הספר שלך ריגש אותי וגם העציב מאוד. העלה בי מחשבות רבות על האחריות שלי כיהודיה בארץ הזו. אני הולכת איתן. מחכה לקרוא עוד דברים שתפרסמי.

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       Umm Forat July 4, 2021 הגב

       .אילת, תודה. מקרב לב. ותודה על לקיחת האחריות.

       בשותפות,
       שרי

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    Richard Cramer July 15, 2021 הגב

    Just learned about you from an Israeli friend. I live over in Chapel Hill. It would be great if we could meet. Your story is so important and inspiring.

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       Umm Forat July 17, 2021 הגב

       Thank you, Richard!