Flying to Palestine (through Jordan) on Thursday, June 18, inshaAllah/God-willing, on a student delegation to the West Bank. Destination #1: Al-Quds/Jerusalem! The delegation program doesn’t begin until the 23rd, so I should have some time in Jerusalem. Here’s a rough itinerary of the trip:
- Flight to Amman, Jordan: Thursday, June 18
- In Jerusalem by evening of 19th
- Student Delegation:
- Tuesday, June 23: Jerusalem
- Wednesday, June 24: Bethlehem, Khalil/Hebron
- Thursday, June 25: Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem
- Friday, June 26: Al Quds/Jerusalem, Ramallah
- Saturday, June 27: Ramallah, Nablus, Balata refugee camp
- Sunday, June 28: Um Il Fahm, Al-Lajun, Haifa
- Monday, June 29: Haifa, Tel Aviv, Yaffa
- Tuesday, June 30: Naqab/Negev, Lyd, Ramallah
- Wednesday, July 1 – Sunday, July 5: Ramallah
- Viva Palestina Humanitarian Convoy to Gaza
- July 6-12: Cairo, Egypt
- July 13-16: Gaza
- July 18: Flight home
Hope to keep everyone updated with photos/videos if my camcorder isn’t confiscated by Israeli security forces/checkpoints.
Please keep me in your prayers, as I will you all in mine!
#1 by iqbals on June 17th, 2009
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Assalamualaikum,
Nice! Are you going to keep us updated via this blog? Cuz it would be awesome if you did! Please remember to take plenty of pics.
And since you will be traveling, please make du’a for me…especially if you make it to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, InshaAllah.
#2 by verbage on June 17th, 2009
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Can’t wait to see how your trip goes. You’re in our prayers!
#3 by SSir on June 22nd, 2009
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Asalaamu Alaikum Sarmad! Try to fly a BETTER airline then Delta next time, you already know why I’m angry at them. I can’t wait to see the other pictures, keep us updated–because some of us live in a box…