User:Tiamut

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[edit] proud to announce!

That our cat gave birth to the first of three kittens, just before the call to morning prayer today. It was very cool to see her pop the first one out and then hear the cries of Allahu Akbar (God is great). The third kitten unfortunately didn't make it. The realization of its passing was followed by the ringing of the church bells (God is great all the same). The soundtrack of my city. 14:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

This user has a husband.

[edit] some sounds of my city

birds
roosters
church bells (the time, every hour and one beat for a quarter hour, two beats for a half hour, and three beats for three quarters of an hour)
cars and people yelling about who's car is parked behind theirs
the call to prayer, five times a day
children playing, screaming, laughing, crying
the carpenter's shops (there are still carpenters in Nazareth
just like in Yousef)'s days)
the neighbours chatting over the balconies or visitors calling for someone to come down
arabic music
hebrew - the voices of the jewish tourists from tel aviv getting their "authentic arab experience"
TV news broadcasts "live from the neighbours' living rooms!"
birds
roosters
church bells

[edit] most recent barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		for all your much-needed contributions, Regards, Huldra 15:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] why i joined wikipedia

• Free and unfettered access to information about all subjects, popular or not, is a key principle underlying my involvement in Wikipedia. I used to edit anonymously, but have found that "membership has its privileges," particularly in the face of increasing calls for the deletion of not insignificant articles on controversial subjects.

• I think the Wikipedia: Kindness Campaign effort is really very beautiful and hope to become more involved in that and other groups and projects at Wikipedia.

[edit] articles created

• Mary's Well
• May Ziade
• Jisr Al-Zarqa
• The Koenig Memorandum
• Tawfiq Ziad
• Rim Banna
• Internally Displaced Palestinians
• Separation policy (Israel) dissolved into Hafrada shortly thereafter
• Daniel Schueftan

[edit] templates i created or helped build

• Template:Arab citizens of Israel
• Template:History of the Levant
• Template:Palestinians

[edit] articles i helped build

• Canadian Arab Federation
• Palestinian Christian
• Nazareth
• Tzippori aka Saffuriya
• Arab citizens of Israel
• Naeim Giladi
• Arabic music
• Land Day
• October 2000 events
• Anti-Zionism
• Template: Palestinians
• Palestinian Jews
• History of Jordan
• Law of Return
• Abnaa el-Balad
• List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• Wadi Salib
• Jaggi Singh

[edit] a poem i originally posted at abu ali's talk page (though it's wikilinks continue to morph into new forms)

I mean, how could we?
Express an opinion, that is.
Challenge authority
or bring in points of view underrepresented in the mainstream.
Be persistent,
and yet pen poems.
Write about our poets, writers,
music, and resistance.
How dare we pretend to know who we are
and express what we believe.

How dare we?
Write about what we know
What they've done to us
What they still do to us
And not apologize
for our pursuit of the truth

[edit] and this was the second part of my message to him and to all of you at Wikipedia who have felt the wrath of those seeking censor the truth no matter how much evidence you put in front of them, no matter how hard you try

I don't know if you're Palestinian (you here). But I know that as a fellow human being, you share my pain at the state of the world. And I share yours. That's what moves me to write. My love for all people which begins with love for myself, then my neighbours, my people, and expands outward from there, everywhere. And if that's wrong, if passion is forbidden, and free-thought is dead, then let me die with them. For then, there is nothing in the world left to live for. Tiamut 20:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC) (Ahhh, the melodrama of our "Orient". Obviously passion and free-thought continue to live, and death is hopefully still way way off in the future. No need to worry, not planning anything crazy. Just thought I would clarify since once I read about this Palestinian guy at a University in Montreal that said he "was going to be famous one day", and the Zionist he was arguing with started shouting "So, you want to join Hamas?" assuming that he meant he wanted to become a suicide bomber. He was charged with making death threats, though the case was eventually dismissed after one of the witnesses admitted to writing both witness statements that were used against him and which were in fact identical. I know it sounds "conspiratorial", but it is actually true: [1][2][3] Tiamut 21:09, 2 March 2007 (UTC))

To all the truth-seekers and freedom-lovers out there: Keep up the good fight. Tiamut 04:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] copied from a post by G-Dett at the Allegations of Israeli apartheid page

"You are sad," the Knight said in an anxious tone: "let me sing you a song to comfort you.... The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes.'"

"Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested.

"No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed. "That's what the name is called. The name really is 'The Aged Aged Man.'"

"Then I ought to have said, 'That's what the song is called'?" Alice corrected herself.

"No, you oughtn't: that's another thing. The song is called 'Ways and Means': but that's only what it's called, you know!"

"Well, what is the song, then?" said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.

"I was coming to that," the Knight said. "The song really is 'A sitting on a Gate': and the tune's my own invention."

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass.

--G-Dett 22:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Allegations_of_Israeli_apartheid"

[edit] other awards

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For standing up for yourself against people who make Wikipedia unbearable at times. MetsFan76 22:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		For your learning from your mistake and for going aobut it in a civil Manner, Happy Editing! Aeon 19:26, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas.
Awarded to TIAMUT for for being Civil and Assuming Good Faith in a frustrating situation :)--Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)