Azura is an activist with Viva Palestina Malaysia, and now being a part of a historic journey with 'Viva Palestina 5 - A Global Lifeline to Gaza", a gigantic land convoy leaving London on Saturday, 18th September in conjunction with convoys leaving from Casablanca and Doha. She will be driving one of the 150 vehicles loaded with humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. This blog will tell the story of her amazing journey to Gaza!
Yesterday, the feeling in our camp was amazing. Everyone was all pumped up and roaring to go.
Myself included...
I feel like I have just woken up from a bad dream... and now I am in a La-La land where all are nice and sweet.
Sometimes I had to pinch myself- Is it real that I am going to set foot in Gaza in a few days time, inshaAllah? Betul ke nie?
If this is also a dream, no one wake me up, ok... I will probably punch you... haha...
The thought of entering Gaza, Palestine is the reason why at times I senyum-senyum sorang2... couldn't help smiling la.... Being in Gaza is one of my sweetest dreams....
Then during our morning meeting where Kevin explained the latest happenings and give us the updates, he showed us a plastic bag.
What is so special about this plastic bag?
The person who gave Kevin this bag was an old, old man. And a poor one too, with nothing much to spare.
But the moment he found out that we are preparing to go to Gaza, he bought some groceries with the little Syrian pounds he had, put them in the plastic bag and gave it to one of our volunteers....
'Please take it...', I can imagine him saying it...
Huyooo.... emosi sekejap.... like Dr Musa say... we all became very smonel (emotional) for a moment....
Zab, if you are here, I dont know what will happen.... probably cry and insist on looking for this Atuk....
Then I remembered something...
We are all leaving for Gaza to meet and deliver humanitarian aid for the oppressed Palestinians; but at the same time we are leaving these beautiful Palestinians in Syria who have been kicked out of their own land and now live as refugees!
Syria alone has embraced 600,000 Palestinian refugees since the heartless Zionist Regime of Israel invade and illegally occupy Palestine.
To my family and friends, Zabrina has collected some pictures taken at the Palestinian Refugee Camp in Latticka, Syria by other activists in this convoy.
While we are helping the Palestinians in Gaza Break the Siege, let us never forget the Palestinians who has lost their homes and thrown out of their own land.
Let us help them to get their Rights to Return to Palestine, coz that's where they came from and that's where they really belong....
(posted by Sis Zabrina for Azura who is on her dream journey)
The Simply but Ugly Truth - Face it!!!
Palestinian children in Syria
Azra Banu from Malaysia with her newly adopted Palestinian girls in Syria!
Modified Motorbike - So smart!
The Alley in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Syria
Palestinian Boys
Dr Zin from Malaysia with Palestinian children
Dr Zin and Aqsa Syarif visiting Palestinian Home
Happy Palestinian Kids
Aqsa Syarif visiting Palestinian Refugees in Syria
VP Activists invited to Palestinian home
Palestinian kids awaiting to play football
Kevin with some Palestinian children
Celebrating with Palestinian children
Palestinian Refugee Camp in Latakia, Syria
Victory! says Aqsa Syarif together with the Palestinians
We are brothers!
Some Palestinian homes in the Refugee Camp
Best of Friends are the ones you grow up together with!
Unsafe condition - just look at the wires!
Pepper with some beautiful Palestinian ladies
Activists with Palestinians children
We are sisters!
Wonder whats on his mind....
I will always be a Palestinian!
I love you Palestine...
Backyard of Palestinian homes in the Refugee camps
Yesterday, in between meeting the great and wonderful people of Turkey, I was chatting with one of my convoy friends about one of my favourite subjects, you know..... Gaza, Palestine, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanction) Campaign on companies such as McD, Coca Cola, Starbuck, Nestle and others that support and fund the Zionist Regime etc etc.
Remembered Mike at this point.... Mike, you will definitely enjoy this talk if you were here!
And really, its always great t talking with these people and exchange ideas.
It is very important that we know how our money are used to supply bullets etc to kill Palestinians when we go shopping their products...
I/We work so hard everyday, to feed our parents, ourselves, our children, to send them to school, pay bills, buy medicine, pay our houses loan, pay home rental, pay our car installments etc etc...... then when we go shopping, we 'accidentally' sponsor bullet to kill someone else's children ie the Palestinian's children, sponsor to destroy the Palestinians houses, sponsor to destroy schools in Palestine, sponsor to block medicine from entering Gaza, sponsor to stop food to be eaten by Gazans, sponsor to make a child an orphan, to make a woman widowed etc etc etc
Hish, think about it .... Can we sleep peacefully at night?
I know I definitely cannot.... I cannot eat the food from places I know one bite from me = sponsoring one horrible act from the listed above.
No way hoze!!!
But one thing, good to know around the world, there are more and more people already waken up to this truth.
Anyway, not sure how, but from talking about boycott, my conversation turned into songs about Palestine, Oppression.
And one of my friends told me how he loved Lowkey songs..
Lowkey...
I said, who?
'Lowkey... you don't know him?'
Alamak... malu sekejap....
So, my friend started to tell me about this young British singer/rapper famously known as Lowkey.
One of his songs is called Long Live Palestine!
Quickly I sms-ed Zabrina, and asked her to look for Lowkey video to post on my Blog/Tweeter/FB.
She said, who?
So, I said, Lowkey... you dont know him? Hehe....
And Zabrina said selamba-ly..... no.....
I hope you guys can watch Lowkey's video below and read the lyrics too ya.
He is simply amazing!
Free Free Palestine!
Free Free Palestine!
Loving Palestine More and More Everyday,
Azura....
(Posted by the-selamba Sis Zabrina for the-malu-sekejap Azura)
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, This is for the child that is searching for an answer, I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter, Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza!!
While we listen to tunes, made by ignorant fools, Israel blocked the UN from delivering food, They'll bring in the troops and you won't even glimpse at the news, They make money of the products that we are quick to consume, It's not simply a question of differing views, Forget emotions, this is fact, what I spit is the truth, Makes no difference if you're a Christian or if you're a Jew, They are just people living in different conditions to you, They still die when you bomb their schools, mosques and hospitals, It is not because of rockets, please god can you stop it all, I'm not related to the strangers on the TV, But I relate because those faces could have been me, Words can never ever explain the raw tragedy, It's not a war they're just murdering more rapidly, We are automatically supporting pure savagery, Imagine how you'd feel if it was your family,
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, This is for the child that is searching for an answer, I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter, Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,
Palestine remains in my heart forever, We stand for peace, in times of war we shan't surrender, Remember, it didn't start in that dark December, Every coin is a bullet, if you're Mark's and Spencer, And when your sipping Coca-Cola, That's another pistol in the holster of a soulless soldier, You say you know about the Zionist lobby, But you put money in their pocket when you're buying their coffee, Talking about revolution, sitting in Starbucks, The fact is that's the type of thinking I can't trust, Let alone even start to respect, Before you talk learn the meaning of that scarf on your neck, Forget Nestle, Obama promised Israel 30 billion over the next decade, They're trigger happy and they're crazy, Think about that when you're putting Huggies nappies on your baby,
This is for Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank, Gaza, This is for the child that is searching for an answer, I wish I could take your tears and replace them with laughter, Long live Palestine, Long live Gaza,
This is not just a war over stolen land, Why do you think little boys are throwing stones at tanks? We will never really know how many people are dead, They drop bombs on little girls while they sleep in their beds, Don't get offended by facts, just try and listen, Nothing is more anti-Semitic than Zionism, So please don't bring bad vibes when you speak to me, I know there's plenty of Rabbi's that agree with me, It's your choice what you do with this message, Don't get it confused; I view this from a truly human perspective, How many more resolutions have to be violated, How many more children have to be annihilated Israel is a terror state, there terrorists that terrorise, I testify, my television televised them telling lies, This is not a war, it is systematic genocide, But whatever they try, Palestine will never die!!!
