Ramadan may have come to pass but please remember to keep your brothers and sisters in Palestine and AROUND the world in your du’as! Never underestimate the power of du’a!
Source: AlJazeera English
Posts Tagged Jerusalem
Tuesday August 04, 2009 00:11 by ICHAD
Cycling close to double the distance of the Tour de France, three Irish cyclists are now on the final stretch of their journey from Ireland to Gaza. The students, having just reached Israel-Palestine, arrived in Jerusalem yesterday and will attempt to cross into Gaza over the coming days.
Their 6,000 km cycle aims to raise money in support of an emergency appeal to provide for neo-natal care and medical resources for burn victims in Gaza. The initiative came from Eoghan Quinn (21), a type-1 diabetic, after he learned of the restrictions on medical supplies reaching Gaza. [1].
This is probably the coolest poster I saw in all of Palestine! (trust me, I saw a lot of posters)
"AlQuds/Jerusalem: Live, Protect, and Shop In It". Saw this right around the corner from Masjid Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock.
AlQuds: Live, Protect, & Shop In It
Unfortunately today is my last day in Al-Quds. It’s actually quite depressing leaving this city after being in Palestine for a week and a half. I could seriously spend my entire summer in this city without regretting it, but my time here is almost up 
I’m sorry I know I’ve lagged on updating the blog. Haven’t had internet access every evening and those evenings that we have had access I’ve been dead tired to write up anything for the blog. So check this out I’m going to post our complete itinerary after this post so you can check out what we’ve been up to for the past week (I didn’t want to make this information public before because I wanted to get here safely before posting it on the world wide web… didn’t seem to help much though, I still got stuck at the border for an entire day going through background clearance and three different interrogations, more on that here).
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Road to Al-Quds/Jerusalem
Jun 22
AlHamdulilah (All praise/thanks are to God)! I made it to Al-Quds/Jerusalem last night around 6:30pm. Spent about an hour and a half to find my hotel, took a shower, prayed my travel prayers, and headed straight to Masjid Al-Aqsa for Isha prayer (evening/final prayer of the day).
After such an exhausting day and everything I had been through at the border to get there, I can’t explain how amazing it was to finally see The Dome of the Rock (Al-Sukhrah, where the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, ascended to heaven with the Angel Gabriel nearly 1400 years ago) and Masjid Al-Aqsa (where the Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, prayed before his ascension).
Here is a picture I took after the prayer of exactly how I saw The Dome of the Rock for the first time:
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