Last year , a friend works with faculty for Israeli _ Palestinian peace called me asking me to participate in a forum with academic people
inside Palestine occupied land 1948 . .
I rapidly agreed because It was important to participate in a forum discussed the Palestinian issue to tell them about our suffering under an illegal Israeli occupation and through that I can see my occupied land 1948 and also the WestBank .
Unfortunately , she called after a week told me that Israeli occupation army didn't give me a permission to pass Beit_Hanoon border . On the other hand , I was lucky to pass Rafah border for traveling to British … I think it is less difficult to travel out of Palestine more than traveling from Gaza Strip to West Bank .
In fact , I have seen West Bank and Palestinian occupied Land while watching T.V or photos , but
I haven't traveled there yet .
I wish one day to travel there to breathe our nation fresh air . I would like to visit our cities in West Bank , to visit Jerusalem for praying in Al_ Aqsa mosque , Nablus to eat delicious sweet " Nabulsiya " , Hebron to pray in Al_Ibrahimi mosque , Jericho to drink fresh water , Jennin to see the hero's of Jennin battle ,
Rammallah to watch films in Al_Qasaba famous cinema , Tulkarm ,Bayt Jala , Bayt Sahor , , Salfit , Tobas , Qalkilya ……
Besides , I want to visit Haifa to see it's port , Acre to see the castle and the wall , Tiberias to swim in the lake , Baysan , Beersheba , Jaffa ,Nazareth , al-Ramla , Safad , Askalan , Al _Led , Am_ Alfahim , Isdud ..

Really , I cannot understand this Issue in which
I can travel to British and move from Shefield to
Liverbool to London , but I cannot move from Gaza to Jerusalem even I am in my nation ….. OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhh , I forget that
I live under the racist and illegal Israeli occupation …

I live in Jabalia refugee camp which is not my original place of my family … my original village is Hulayqat which has occupied by Israeli occupation in 18th of October 1948 . It is 20.5 (km) North East of Gaza and it 's Elevation from the sea is 100 (meters) ..
Land ownership before occupation :7,063 Dunums which belongs to Arab 6,902 and for Public 161 Dunums , 6,751 Dunums are cultivable .
Number of houses : In (1931) was 61 .
Archeological site : Hulayqat had many khirbats which contained cisterns, a pool, and fragments of marble and pottery .
Town Today :
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is partially forested. There are sycalllore and Christ's-thorn trees and cactuses growing on the site. One of the old roads has been covered by a modern street.
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Gaza/Hulayqat/index.htmlat/index.html .
Everyone in this world have to know that Palestinians have the right of return which based on United Nations adopted Resolution 194 on December 11, 1948. I am sure that I will go to Hulayqat to run up our Palestinian flag , re_ built the destryed houses , plant the farm and build schools and foundations to educate our people . I will teach generations Dabka to reserve our Palestinian heritage .

We have a digital camera in our center which used mostly for documentation our work . Frankly , I was photographing without using the right technical way , I was using flash all
the time .But all that have been changed when I received an invitation by Quaker Palestine youth program to
participate in a workshop in basic photography On 18 of May .

I took my camera and went to the workshop in which I met Skip Schiel _ An American photographer who taught us about camera principles . I have still remembered his words about steps to making a photo—notice, think, try, and try again .. He wrote on the board three main principles that we have to follow while taking a photo —follow the light, choose the position and time, design the photo … After that all of we moved to take photos and I took many photos and also he shown us photos taking by him in several positions ……. After this workshop I can call myself as I have an experience in photography, but not a photographer yet . Now when there is any activity in our center , they prefer me to take photos .
Skip … I have to thank u about that and also to certificate that u are one of people who supports Palestinians in their struggle ,because Palestinians not only have to fight Israeli occupation
, they also have to take good photos to show the world our suffering and also our skills and abilities …
Skip …. You don't give us camera's , you do better than that as this proverb " you can serve the people by giving them fish, but we perform a greater service when we teach them how to fish .
Skip …. We are very pride of American like you and please tell u people that we love American like you who believes in justice , human rights, dignity and equally between all kinds of people .

** You can see more about him on his homepage
http://teeksaphoto.org/

I live in Jabalia refugee camp which is not my original place of my family … my original village is Hulayqat which has occupied by Israeli occupation in 18th of October 1948 . It is 20.5 (km) North East of Gaza and it 's Elevation from the sea is 100 (meters) ..
Land ownership before occupation :7,063 Dunums which belongs to Arab 6,902 and for Public 161 Dunums , 6,751 Dunums are cultivable .
Number of houses : In (1931) was 61 .
Archeological site : Hulayqat had many khirbats which contained cisterns, a pool, and fragments of marble and pottery .
Town Today :
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is partially forested. There are sycalllore and Christ's-thorn trees and cactuses growing on the site. One of the old roads has been covered by a modern street.
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Gaza/Hulayqat/index.htmlat/index.html .
Everyone in this world have to know that Palestinians have the right of return which based on United Nations adopted Resolution 194 on December 11, 1948. I am sure that I will go to Hulayqat to run up our Palestinian flag , re_ built the destryed houses , plant the farm and build schools and foundations to educate our people . I will teach generations Dabka to reserve our Palestinian heritage .

Have you ever been stayed in a small room for long time ?!
Have u ever heard that there are people kidnapped from their nation and have been put in very dark and small places in illegal prisons , they are Palestinians who imprisonment in accuse of any thing that Israeli occupation want to accuse them ….. Palestinian prisoners in illegal Israeli prisons have became more than 10100 prisoners including 104 females and also 335 children and there are prisoners are sentenced more than 25 years …..
I think that how much I talk , it will not be sufficient as the prisoner's child words in which she says :
Oh my father! Why they deprive me from you.
They had arrested you
before I kiss you, only one kiss.
Even before to wipe my mother’s tears.
Oh, my occupied childhood!!
I am a flower of Palestine.
Number of my identity is seventy thousand.
I have not seen you since rising the sun.
Feast follows other feast.
And you still standing behind iron bars .
Oh,Hey. ..you kissing your sons every morning.
I want my father back, I want my father back.

The question we must answer that who can release them ?
I think that there are only two ways : Inernational Community asks Israeli occupation to release them by peacefull way or Palestinians have to imitate Hizbollah in it's way of releasing their prisoners by kidnapping Israeli soldiers !!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally , I would like to say prisons for criminals not for people who are defending thier natioins ...

If u wnat to download video the palestinian child go here http://www.hemenpaylas.com/download/1464403/freedom.wmv.html