Najla Said reads of her teenage visit to Gaza

Najla Said, reads from her play, of her life changing visit to Gaza as a teenager, with her Palestinian activist father, the late Edward Said, after he learned he had leukemia.

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[joefriendly]

@rachelgolem

The US occupation of Iraq is an international disgrace.

The US has demonstrated its bad faith by contaminating the sands of Iraq with vast quantities of depleted uranium dust that will be causing birth defects and cancer for millions of years! The US installed Saddam Hussein originally, after arranging his assassinating Iraq's popular president Qassim. So much for the US justification of the invasion when no WMD's were found. Life is far worse there after his hanging.

[Nis8Nis]

SHAME on you. Learn how to talk about other people with a bit more respect. As a Gazan Im severely insulted by your performance. I didnt feel any genuine empathy in your failure performance. Moreover, this is not Gaza in 1992 that you describe. Learn how to be a bit more honest and accurate.

[ta3tiki]

OMG, she said that "she does not say that because she has contempt for the palestinian way of life (she was talking about filth and stench)". Is she real this stupid, ignorant who---? 1.5 million palestinians most of them ethnically cleansed by her jewish friends, jailed in the worlds largest prison/concentration camp, being battered, plundered and murdered by all the savage europeans, and she is talking about arab/palestinian way of life being dirty and filthy?

[ta3tiki]

Well she too wants to be a european, not a filthy, dirty and stupid arab. She wants to be a savage european, stealing other people's lands and labor. The filth of Gaza is the jews' filth, the failed states of the world are european/euro-american states, that is the failed savages of europe have made failed states all over the globe. As Frantz Fanon put it: european opulence is literally scandalous, it has been founded on slavery and the sweat and blood of arabs, indians, africans and asians.

[najibubble]

this is najla said, the writer and performer. i respect your commentary but you have no idea what you are talking about when you criticize my words. i did not put this on youtube and cannot help that it was excerpted and you misunderstood the point. for those who have written positive comments, thank you,

[lambdontmatter]

that she saw is true than why say it in such a negative tone? there are other ways to go at it. and even if that was all true, the environment was like that because of that horrible circumstances the jews and America put them in. the arabs are to blame as well, but there is no need for all these disturbing comments!

[lambdontmatter]

to PALPRIDE: i dont want to be rude but i think you are the one misunderstanding her. i have watched the video very conspicously and i noticed that nagla is a major exaggerater. she is only telling the negatives of Gaza ! what about all the good things we have in the middle east. shoo? we forget that now? Also, nagla says she wishes that she didnt have to see both sides of either arab or american, well, its very clear that she prefers being American! very obvious! and if she really believes all

[palpride82]

sorry i had to cut up my comment response so its backwards plz start with the part that says TO ALL THOSE...

[palpride82]

@Nis8Nis Instead of respecting other points-of-view and merely disagreeing with them YOU took it upon yourselves to judge people and to re-enforce NEGATIVE stereotypes about OUR people....did you ever think about showing people the GOOD stuff about OUR PEOPLE and possibly through persuasion change and enlighten them about the beauty of PALESTINE?

[palpride82]

@Nis8Nis And Lastly a PS to all those ARABs who misunderstood this video AND made a negative comment....even if your original interpretation was correct, do you honestly think that the negativity helped?

[palpride82]

@Nis8Nis Also this video is a form of ART, that means freedom of expression and interpretation, so accuracy is not essential but can be used to criticize the ART NOT THE INDIVIDUAL.

[palpride82]

@Nis8Nis Fourth..you know what, I could go on forever but honestly I am not the best voice for MY PEOPLE (Palestinians) because I am pretty sure there is someone out there with a degree in Political Science that would be far more appropriate in explaining the complex concepts involving the history and present state of PALESTINE.