OccupyPeaceHouse.org

Before the whole “Occupy” thing happened, I had decided to write a book of interviews with people across the country who were suffering either as a result of the economic times we’re living in, or because they were simply born into poverty and the deck was so stacked against them that they never found a way out. To prepare myself for the project, I read books like The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler and Broke U.S.A.: From Pawnships to Poverty, Inc.- How the Working Poor Became Big Business by Gary Rivlin.

Written by Mira Dabit, Edited by Crystal Zevon

Blogger Profile: Mira Dabit

Mira Dabit is a Palestinian youth activist and folkloric storyteller, who lived and worked in north and south Ireland after receiving her BA in psychology and sociology from Birzeit University. She has returned to the West Bank where she is organizing theater projects for youth, along with other initiatives that strive to make marginalized voices heard.

Hungry for Freedom, Starving for Justice: a story of hunger striker Adnan Khader
By Mira Dabit

In the heart of a revolution transcending one locale, what connects us?

That question looms deep in my mind as I walk through the streets of Ramallah, a city I know so well. I look ahead and am confronted by red and black spray paint on random city walls exposing the birth of a new Graffiti culture. The words, “Occupy Wall Street not Palestine”, “Hungry for Freedom" and “Children of the Stones" create a visual and heartfelt historical testament to the Palestinian collective memory.

Here's a blog post I wrote about my experience since leaving the occupation at Freedom Plaza.

A couple weeks ago, I left Washington, D.C. where I’ve been an occupier since October. Coming home has been an experience stranger in some ways than living in a tent on a marble plaza in the middle of the nation’s capital.

By: Mira Dabit from Ramallah