While watching the events in Gaza unfold these past few weeks, I am overcome with grief, and it has become even more dominant once the ceasefire was declared. In the next few days and weeks, Israeli elections will roll on while Gazans will spend this time digging the bodies of relatives out of the rubble. [...]

Nuff said… These people are just amazing. I’ve seen some familiar faces that have showed up almost every day and it’s good to see new faces as well. If you still want to help out, more and more people will be coming over the weekend so keep yourself informed with 7iber when it comes to [...]

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This is the breaking news of the day over here. Naturally, the Jordanian military has denied Israeli claims that shots were fired at a border crossing from the Jordanian side. There’s no doubt in my mind that Jordanian military fired anything so much as a wad of bubble gum at the Israeli side. Israeli media [...]

All the updates are on 7iber but just in case my readers missed it, I’d like to re-articulate it here on the Black Iris. Suffice to say, the Aramex Campaign is going fairly well and we’re still helping them through 7iber and the Action Committee to mobilize volunteers. So far, the Aramex people have done [...]

It’s almost impossible to talk about anything except Gaza these days. That’s not an understatement. It simply feels like the reality of the situation is so imposing on our lives that I can hardly open a newspaper or surf the local and regional blogosphere without reading about Gaza. It’s on the tip of every tongue [...]

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A lot of people have been wondering how they can still help do something on-the-ground in Jordan when it comes to the situation in Gaza. Here’s three things you can do: First: 7iber needs volunteers who are willing to help sort and package goods just like last time, at the Aramex warehouse. Second: 7iber is [...]