Comments for Half & Half http://www.amikaufman.com Musings of a Levantine-Anglo Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on the beginning of the end by Pamela Olson http://www.amikaufman.com/2009/04/the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Pamela Olson Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:12:10 +0000 http://shmookty.wordpress.com/?p=217#comment-1610 I adored RAM FM. My favorite thing to do was drink a Taybeh beer at Pronto in Ramallah while listening to RAM FM and reading a good novel or philosophy book. Good times. Meshtaqlak. (I miss you [RAM FM]) I adored RAM FM. My favorite thing to do was drink a Taybeh beer at Pronto in Ramallah while listening to RAM FM and reading a good novel or philosophy book. Good times. Meshtaqlak. (I miss you [RAM FM])

]]> Comment on Hours of Happiness by Pamela Olson http://www.amikaufman.com/2010/05/hours-of-happiness/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Pamela Olson Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:08:36 +0000 http://www.amikaufman.com/?p=1808#comment-1609 I'm an American woman (neither Jewish nor Muslim -- ex-Christian, actually) who lived for two and a half years in Palestine, based in Ramallah. I remember my 60 seconds of fear when I first ventured past the green line to visit Jayyous. The fear evaporated the moment I crossed a roadblock and was met with half a dozen cab drivers greeting us with "Salaam alaykum!" What followed were the best and most enlightening years of my life. I have a feeling it's a metaphor for what's coming in the Middle East, and maybe even the world -- moments of intense fear followed by the evaporation of illusions and the best and most enlightening times in human history. Inshallah. (Or -- if we will it. If there is a God, I believe he works through us.) I’m an American woman (neither Jewish nor Muslim — ex-Christian, actually) who lived for two and a half years in Palestine, based in Ramallah. I remember my 60 seconds of fear when I first ventured past the green line to visit Jayyous. The fear evaporated the moment I crossed a roadblock and was met with half a dozen cab drivers greeting us with “Salaam alaykum!” What followed were the best and most enlightening years of my life.

I have a feeling it’s a metaphor for what’s coming in the Middle East, and maybe even the world — moments of intense fear followed by the evaporation of illusions and the best and most enlightening times in human history.

Inshallah. (Or — if we will it. If there is a God, I believe he works through us.)

]]> Comment on Was the Summer of 2009! by Ido http://www.amikaufman.com/2010/08/was-the-summer-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 Ido Mon, 21 Feb 2011 06:57:29 +0000 http://www.amikaufman.com/?p=2158#comment-1600 What furore? Gilad Shalit has been humiliated in a much deeper way, and the world is silent. Hypocrisy, anyone? What furore? Gilad Shalit has been humiliated in a much deeper way, and the world is silent. Hypocrisy, anyone?

]]> Comment on About by Elsy Menko http://www.amikaufman.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 Elsy Menko Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:15:04 +0000 http://www.amikaufman.com/?page_id=1333#comment-1592 Hi ami, you must be Danny and shelly's son, born on tisha be-av 1973. Your name came up in a newspaper article here in holland. How are your parents? We were friends back in those days. Our son Joel was born on the 18th of av that year. We must get in touch with them again when in Israel next. Pls let me have their email address. Thanks and all the best, elsy & Micha menko, amstelveen, holland. Hi ami, you must be Danny and shelly’s son, born on tisha be-av 1973. Your name came up in a newspaper article here in holland. How are your parents? We were friends back in those days. Our son Joel was born on the 18th of av that year. We must get in touch with them again when in Israel next. Pls let me have their email address. Thanks and all the best, elsy & Micha menko, amstelveen, holland.

]]> Comment on Israeli’s Photos on Facebook Cause Uproar by Maya Norton http://www.amikaufman.com/2010/08/israelis-photos-on-facebook-cause-uproar/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 Maya Norton Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:13:17 +0000 http://www.amikaufman.com/?p=2181#comment-1572 Too funny, Ami, mon ami. ~ Maya Too funny, Ami, mon ami.

~ Maya

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