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Bismillah (In the Name of God)

I've always loved to write, but I've never had my own blog, out of a combination of inexcusable laziness and a more excusable aversion to sharing my more private ideas and feelings. Lately though, so many interesting things have happened to me that warrant sharing that I should at least have a place on the web that is ready and waiting for a quick write-up. So here it is.



The reason I am creating this blog right right now is becuase I'm on the Viva Palestina aid convoy to Gaza, which I joined yesterday in Amman. More specifically, I'm in a McDonald's in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba (don't judge - you can't put a price on free wifi) and the idea of creating a blog occured to me, about 20 minutes ago. The convoy is taking much-needed medical, financial and food aid to the besieged people of Gaza. Currently however, the Egyptian authorities are practically denying us entry to Egypt, for reaons I will elaborate on later, and so we are stuck here for the time being.

This is criminally short for my very first blog post, but I know that if I don't set one up now then I probably never will. A more comprehensive post, about myself and who I am, about my goals and my reasons for setting up this blog (expect it to be about politics, faith, travel, society and culture, for now) will come as soon as possible, but right I have to run back to camp and see if there are any further updates on our situation.

Thank you for reading!