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	<title>notes of a [non-combatant] &#187; America</title>
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		<title>anguish and agony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deaths can be counted and bodies can be stacked, but pain carries an immeasurable weight, and neither retribution nor anger can be counted. Tragedies carry numbers, mortalities, amount injured, houses damaged and destroyed, people displaced, but anguish has no number and pain has no calculation. Either it is there, stifling and suffocating every breath, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>values from death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When swimming in the ocean and being knocked about by waves, there may come a point when one sweeps you off your feet, turning you end over end, and ultimately overpowering you. It isn&#8217;t much to worry about, as the waves come in intervals and give time to recover, to surface and find air. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>peace and justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace and justice are not words written in letters and on blogospheres, dotted across newspaper articles and bandied about at conferences or over cups of coffee. These values do not manifest increasingly with each time the words are thrown about, as they are solid entities that are created through action and not words. Peace is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>nameless</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/nameless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Routine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The sound echoes off the tiled walls, sitting in the air and resonating across the entire bathroom. Standing naked in the shower, I stare down at the porcelain tub and watch the stubble fall like black dust, slowly making its way to the ground at my feet. Scraping along my skin, first across my face, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iced tea</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/iced-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Misconceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[She asked all of the hard questions, her soft, even voice respectfully inquiring on all subjects. The restaurant was nearly empty when we arrived for lunch, but it was packed with the dinnertime rush when we finally realized the time and ended our four-hour conversation. We sat at the table the entire time, discussing politics, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hard boiled eggs</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/hard-boiled-eggs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was running down empty streets, watching the fighter jets pass overhead, their payload falling like raindrops and exploding into clouds of fire that enveloped the buildings around me. Before long, I found myself under one such building, an extremely large and architecturally interesting structure whose upper floors provided a canopy for a large courtyard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wheels on the bus</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2008/12/wheels-on-the-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s extremely awkward typing on this laptop while the bus shakes, driving across some of America&#8217;s most uneven pavement. The wheels on the bus go round, right through Washington, DC as I sit back in my comfortable, pleather seat. Calvin, aka Montel, is probably the most cordial and friendly bus driver I&#8217;ve had in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>things i&#8217;ll miss</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2008/12/things-ill-miss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Road Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sentiment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My time in the United States is down to the last few days, so I wanted to post a few photos that highlight some of the small things that I love, that I&#8217;ll definitely miss about the lower 48. Beyond the givens- family and friends- there are particular things that will stick with me. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>all things need unity (part 2; politics)</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2008/11/all-things-need-unity-part-2-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally, this post would have only been one part, had it not been for the Langar Hall. An author with the blog commented on the recent attacks in Mumbai, which ended up getting syndicated onto my browser&#8217;s homepage. I began reading a number of articles on the site, which I can largely appreciate and agree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>all things need unity (part 1; life)</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2008/11/all-things-need-unity-part-1-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hugged her goodbye, as it’d probably be the last time that I’d see her in… I don’t know how long. As she approached me, she looked at my t-shirt, which had been covered by the sweatshirt I just removed. She asked “What does this say? All things need unity.” Then she paused, and sighed [...]]]></description>
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