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		<title>anguish and agony</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2010/04/anguish-and-agony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Human Condition]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/08/values-from-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Existance]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/07/thoughts-on-peace-and-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Proportionality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rule of Law]]></category>

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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>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Routine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=1518</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discussion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misconceptions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=1487</guid>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air Raids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></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>knots</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/knots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=1469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The seats are well cushioned on EgyptAir flight 985, perhaps some of the most comfortable that I have rested on since leaving America. Compared to all of the buses, trains, and planes that I have ridden in over the months, none have cradled my neck, supported my back, and been as soft on my rear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>precipice</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/precipice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=1421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The air conditioner rumbles, offering white noise to drown out all of the sounds from the street, as well as cool air to offset the midday heat and give me a solid day without sweating, perhaps the first in a long time. Laying on a king size bed in nothing but a pair of boxers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sabr</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/sabr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CodePink Delegation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Destruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internally Displaced Persons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johor El'Deek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Occupation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Cast Lead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNRWA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aphoric.net/if.only/?p=1426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<div class="excerpt-photo"><a href="http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/sabr/"><img src="http://aphoric.net/if.only/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/girlsrubble-150x120.jpg"></a></div>

“Sabr,” he called over to me, pointing to the little green discs protruding from the piles of rubble, “nihna hek el'sabr.” His comparison was correct when he said that that the people of Johor El'Deek are like the small cactus that grows regardless of location, sprouting from dunes of wreckage left over from demolished homes. The plant is known to grow all across Palestine, from the rocky desert to the hills. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pink playgrounds</title>
		<link>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/pink-playgrounds/</link>
		<comments>http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/pink-playgrounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CodePink Delegation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza Strip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military Occupation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Playgrounds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="excerpt-photo"><a href="http://aphoric.net/if.only/2009/06/pink-playgrounds/"><img src="http://aphoric.net/if.only/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/playground2-150x120.jpg"></a></div>

It was already well past noon before we even rolled onto the first site. Driving past the large gate and following the inside of the wall, the twenty-passenger bus came to a stop fifteen meters from the horse stable. Half of the group clamored over the piles of piping and hardware that was stacked in the aisle of the bus and went to speak with the government officials. [...]]]></description>
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