Nattcup ..." Night Cup "

Ohhh My God!! What’s an Interesting Night!! BusSing Practicing..Singing with all their energy...exciting.. happy..meeting together again..love everywhere..



It was Night Cup that I have attended at 22/01/2010 – 23/01/2010 which started at 20:00 – 07:00 As this night was under the title of: Bling..Bling..while everybody was wearing shining cloths..shining shoes..shining jewelry…

Midnight Fighting started..Competition started …having fun started..250 Participants, some of them playing Volleyball..playing Bandy.. while the rest are encouraging the players, screaming: “ Go Røyken..Go Lier..” Enjoying ..Laughing in the atmosphere.. Playing games..gathering..

Spending all the night time..some is becoming sleepy..some still has the energy..some is laying down on the floors..camera and taking photos everywhere.. It was wonderful Night…

But what complete this night by successful that collecting money for Water Filter in Bangladesh reached good amount..the participants were sensitive enough to support Bangladesh by buying the water and from Bangla Shop and all refers to Bangladesh..while not to forget the Bangla Delegation who has make their responsibility by supporting Bangladesh..

At the end of the night..or we have to say at the morning  the groups who won the games, received their cup..and backing and come back to home while everybody was looking forward for his bed as it’s own friend now after the great and tired night…

Jesus and the Samaritan Women...

4:10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." 4:11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 4:12 Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?" 4:13 Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 4:14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." 4:15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water."

Strange and Great Feeling to be from Bethlehem, from the Holy Land ..The feeling that I got it when I attended Sunday Service at Tangen Church in Drammen, which I felt as special guest! How the feeling when the people meet you and know that you are from the place where Jesus was born! Or the place where Jesus met the Samaritan women at Nablus City north of Jerusalem, when he asked her for the water and she refused to give him water! Because she’s Samaritan and he’s Jewish! So this is one my favorite dialogue! As this story was the theme of the service, as how Jesus decided to pass from Nablus city to meet this woman and to transfer his message for all the people who believe in him not only for Jewish! So his message is to prove for Samaritan that Worship can be everywhere, the worship inside our heart not where we worship! Because the Samaritans don’t believe in Jerusalem they only believe in Mount Gerziem was the original Holy Place of the Israelites.

As I was Guest in the service, the priest has interviewed me about some issues in Palestine! The water nowadays in Palestine and how it has been one of the major issues in Palestine since years ago, so nowadays; we don’t have enough water to live, to feed ourselves, to drink!! And the farmers, the water are their own rescue! As well as many Palestinians people are living from the water and when no water, what they can do?! Dying! As Israel use 70% from the water and we are the rest! Imagine that! Unfair..they are cutting it regularly, it comes to us twice in a month! Imagine how many Israeli settlements we have and each settlement control many wells..Israel controls all the resources! It’s really difficult and bad situation!

Jacob’s Well, It’s one of the most beautiful places in the holy land! So this well lies within the complex of an Eastern Orthodox Monastery in Nablus. So Jewish, Samaritan, Christian, and Muslim traditions all associate the well with Jacob. This site had been identified as the place where Jesus held his conversation with the Samaritan woman, and was probably being used for Christian baptisms. And it has since been restored and a new church modeled along the designs of the Crusader era church, houses the well inside of it, in a crypt on a lower level. As well as it has been called “the most authentic of all the Holy Places in Palestine”, it was shown to be about 135 feet deep.

But do you that I have visited it recently and for the first time, because it’s not easy at all to reach there, with all of the checkpoints and blocks at the road, I had to pass through the hardest checkpoint to go there, but it was unbelievable day for me, to visit such as these holy places, even they are in my city! And can’t reach them! I felt like tourists who I went them! Don’t belong to Palestine to see such as these places for the first time! Sad feeling but very proud and happy! It contains amazing garden surrounded the orthodox church while, as well as many icons, mosaic and paintings, and most of the work inside are done by priest who still there which he has built his tomb there, even the tomb special and different, I was shocked when I saw it!

So we continued our discussion about Palestinians Christians..Well, to be Palestinian Christian is something I’m very proud of! And I think every Palestinian feel the same like I do! But the miserable fact that we have reached dead end with our conflict with Israel! The restrict movement we are living, the checkpoints we are facing every day in our way to study and work, and the wall surrounded us like big prison! Which it’s border between the families, and threading the relationship between them..

The immigration of the Palestinians is increasing everyday! They are moving from their lands! The Youth are moving to study and not caring to come back to the tragic situation! We are losing the youth! Losing their education by benefiting it for the rest of the world! Not for their country! How many Christians are leaving every day?! In whole Global you will find Palestinians immigrations! We are decreasing day by day, This is our real life! But anybody caring??!!

As well as these checkpoints and wall have various impact for the Palestinians..We the Palestinians have our own rescue..our hope inside our Olive Trees! But they are preventing us from it too! We can’t reach our lands to pick up our Olives!!
Imagine when we are forbidden to pray at the church! Forbidden to enter Jerusalem! We are living in the Holy land! We are forbidden to be there! Where are our rights as Christians?!! As Palestinians?!! All are taken from us! Injustice!!

But In spite of the problems and tragic we are facing every day! Our HOPE in our hearts! Never give up! We still strong because we all believe in Peace! We know some day we will reach it..we will have it  We are living in HOLY LAND so absolutely we will have it some dayyy….

Far Away from Home!!!!

Far away from home! From Palestine! From Occupation! From Israelis
Solders! From Checkpoints! Living Freedom Life! Traveling wherever and
whenever I want! Finding everything I need here! Possibilities in my
whole life! Even it’s Complicated and Simple Life! Maybe critical what
I’m saying but that’s the life here!

My heart is holding mixed feelings of living far away from the
conflict area! It’s not that easy to be far while my whole family and
all the Palestinians living in bad situation and I’m here finding
peaceful, freedom, changing life and becoming better day by day as I
think so the opposite of Palestine, while back home every day many
Palestinians arresting, dying, injuring, fighting, struggling for
finding food, for reaching their school or work with the Biggest
Prisons ever which they are the checkpoints and the Wall, houses
destroyed to leave them homeless, trees uprooted…

Do you think I’m happy? Sad? Actually I have good feeling that I’m
lucky to be here, to live in a period time far away from all the
tragic situation, I think everybody deserve period of safe living,
good life even if the person is good or no! We all are equal and
deserve the best! So to be honest I have a feeling of safety, free and
good feeling toward the Norwegian people that some of them are trying
to involve themselves in our conflict with Israel. But can’t say that
I’m so happy, no I always think about my family, friends and all
Palestinians back home, I’m always afraid for them, worry, confused
from the life here and there! Unfair Life! But why people don’t
appreciate their life?! Ok there are some Norwegian feel that, but
all of them are supposed to know and feel the value of their living in
PEACE!!!!! The simple word with many meanings which most of the world
is dreaming of!
What about the jobs here? Everybody has one..that’s so different for me as well! Many Palestinians asking me to find them job here, do you think its better? Well, for me..it’s better and possible but I’m not advising people to come and be an immigrate! We don’t need that! All the Palestinians have to still in their lands!! So, to be honest, where ever I go,, whatever I do here,, happy either sad! I’m proud to be Palestinian, to carry the GREEN ID, even this is the whole case! And our struggle, but still no place like home! No place like Palestine! Even with all the difficulties life there! The best life in Norway maybe, but no place similar to PALESTINE!!!!!! The best ever, with all my respect to Norway 

It’s really easy movement in Norway, when we are going somewhere to
attend festivals or any program; even going home sometimes; I go with
Turid and ask her if she knows the exact time of our arrival! And she
always correct with it! She knows when we will be at our destination, but the problem that we might face it here the weather forecast, nothing else! So this is not a big problem..It’s nothing! Compare with our problems in Palestine, because here no checkpoints, no borders, no soldiers asking us where we are
going and why! What are we carrying in our bags? Bombs? Do we hide
somebody at our car?!! This is the life in Palestine! Do you know what
else, when I went to Tromsø I took with me Palestinians Flag, I
brought it from Y Global! Not from Palestine! I couldn’t carry
anything related to Palestine because the soldiers will stop me and
maybe arrest me because of it! It was really strange feeling for me to
carry Palestinian Flag with me in my bag!!

Do you think it’s easy to live far away from bad situation? No it
still hard know that the violence is still continuing while I’m here,
and all my family and friends are back home!! All the Palestinians!!
Maybe you will laugh at me about what I’m going to say! But actually
it happened to me many times while I’m here and reading, hearing and
watching our news I felt lonely among Norwegians, I belong to the
Palestinians to be like them! To live the tragedy life! And I was
about to cry! I really did! But sure I’m really lucky to be here, but
inside my heart wishing if I’m there, but I know that someday I’m
going back to the bad living! So I think that I have to balance my
life here and back home, keeping on my Palestinians news and be aware
about what’s going on here, to see lose the opportunity to live in
Deluxe life! The Paradox between Palestine and Norway!!

I remember when I was in Tromsø, we were sitting with some friend and
we heard sounds like a bomb! And I was really shocked from this voice
and directly told them:” Oh, please I’m not in Palestine!” Because
here you don’t feel any kind of fear! That’s really strange feeling
for me!

Christmas Time..Family Time..Great Time …People are counting the days
for Christmas…Everywhere in the Global, but not in Palestine!! Why??!!
Not for the Palestinians Children!! Not in The Holy Land!! But we the
Palestinians are waiting for the New Year maybe, because we are
thinking that maybe this year will be a “Peace Year”! Every year the
same!! And still waiting and waiting.. Until when???!!!! ……

Millions and millions of children in the Universe are spending a
pretty and joyful Christmas time…

But the Palestinians do not…

While the children of the World sleep in the hope that the gift of
Santa will be awaiting them the next morning near their beds, our
children sleep with the only hope that the sun of each tomorrow will
rise while they are still alive…

In the time when many children of the world have peaceful dreams of
Santa’s sleigh carrying gifts, sweets and toys, Our children have
nightmares of machine guns that are mounted on the Israeli tanks…

While so many merciful persons remember to send special gifts to many
needy children in this World, our neighbors, the Israelis, did not
forget to send our children a very special and unforgettable gift at
Christmas, a special gift that is consisted of bullets, missiles, and
bombs… a gift to our children whose sense of security has been
unsettled by the night attacks…

Children love Christmas and everything that goes with it …

But here, in our Land, what go with Christmas this year are the
feelings of horror, fear, anxiety, stress, and insecurity…

At this Christmas time, the green Christmas tree hang heavy with
shining lights while people enjoy watching them shining with joy…

As for us, we can only enjoy the glow of tracer bullets in the black
skies as they flew across the valleys…

Children of the world enjoy listening to the sounds of Christmas bells
that are ringing everywhere in the towns…and the children of Palestine
can only listen to the sound of gunshots that echoes overnights…

Children around the World gather together with their families across
the table enjoying a special Christmas meal… But most of our children
still go to sleep hungry…

That’s how we are celebrating Christmas every year…

We’re celebrating it in a completely different manner…

Nevertheless, we are still holding in our hearts a hope…

A real hope that the message of the lord

“Peace on earth & Goodwill towards Humankind …” Christmas is such a
special time of the year…& It merely comes once a year

Will realize in our land & in the whole World…

This holy message of Christmas has become our dream

Which we hope it will, one day, come true…

Our Hope will never disappear!! Never! Never give up! We are always praying..waiting for Peace! And ask all the people to pray for the Palestinians too.. to mention them in their Prayers… to remember that there are many people in all the world still living in miserable life..Special in HOLY LAND!!! In Unfair life!! So please we ask you to be sympathetic with us and special at Christmas Time!! At Jesus Birth Time!!