I have lived in Palestine, shared the hospitality of families, dressed as I liked, walked the streets freely (including on my own at night), and worked with a gay male colleague who was equally free.
It seems the ignorance of Palestine is yours, madam, not mine.
As for your other political points, such as they are, my essay addresses them.
A little while ago on Substack I wrote a comment about how appalling it was to hear feminists mindlessly repeating hasbara talking points. Someone replied that she didn't think it was "mindless" because at least in some cases they were probably being paid by Israel to do so as part of an effort to frame this genocide as in defense of women and Israel as some liberal beacon fighting backward rape-prone savages. I have to wonder ...
Yes Jews are always paying people with all their money to mindlessly repeat Zionist tropes. Give me a break.
Saudis? Qataris? They are owning the woke of the west and shaping their views, buying up teams, cities, schools and the feeble minds of the far Left pro Hamas lobby.
Nakba is one of many horrors on earth I don't care about, nor do most Westerners need to.
Holocaust is central to 20th century history and impacted all Westerners, and Americans.
We care about those things that matter to us.
The West has no connection to, or need to be concerned with, the Middle East and Islamic civilization. They would have taken all of Europe and tried to.
Israel is part of our heritage, Palestine is not. Why don't you care about Sudan or Nigeria? Congo? Whats with the Palestinian fetish? Is it because Edward Said was hot?
Why do you side with the people who would not let you write public pieces in their region? Or let you criticize the young men in the family? Or walk the streets freely? Dress how you like? And I won't go into the casual rape/domestic violence culture and much else liberal western women seem to have no idea about.
I think you're confusing Muslim Americans, who are American, Americanized or westernized for the most part with life and men/patriarchy in the Middle East/Islam.
I have lived in Palestine, shared the hospitality of families, dressed as I liked, walked the streets freely (including on my own at night), and worked with a gay male colleague who was equally free.
It seems the ignorance of Palestine is yours, madam, not mine.
As for your other political points, such as they are, my essay addresses them.
I met a kindly terrorist once. My father met a charming murderer and my grandfather met a very friendly Nazi.
You can extrapolate the point.
Thank you so much.
Brilliant piece. Thank you.
A little while ago on Substack I wrote a comment about how appalling it was to hear feminists mindlessly repeating hasbara talking points. Someone replied that she didn't think it was "mindless" because at least in some cases they were probably being paid by Israel to do so as part of an effort to frame this genocide as in defense of women and Israel as some liberal beacon fighting backward rape-prone savages. I have to wonder ...
Yes Jews are always paying people with all their money to mindlessly repeat Zionist tropes. Give me a break.
Saudis? Qataris? They are owning the woke of the west and shaping their views, buying up teams, cities, schools and the feeble minds of the far Left pro Hamas lobby.
Breathtaking. Brava!
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Nakba is one of many horrors on earth I don't care about, nor do most Westerners need to.
Holocaust is central to 20th century history and impacted all Westerners, and Americans.
We care about those things that matter to us.
The West has no connection to, or need to be concerned with, the Middle East and Islamic civilization. They would have taken all of Europe and tried to.
Israel is part of our heritage, Palestine is not. Why don't you care about Sudan or Nigeria? Congo? Whats with the Palestinian fetish? Is it because Edward Said was hot?
Why do you side with the people who would not let you write public pieces in their region? Or let you criticize the young men in the family? Or walk the streets freely? Dress how you like? And I won't go into the casual rape/domestic violence culture and much else liberal western women seem to have no idea about.
I think you're confusing Muslim Americans, who are American, Americanized or westernized for the most part with life and men/patriarchy in the Middle East/Islam.
Go. Try. Write us back.