{"id":4637,"date":"2008-05-13T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-22T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T09:25:17","slug":"epalestine-blogspot-com-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2008\/05\/epalestine-blogspot-com-114\/","title":{"rendered":"[ePalestine] Dalia Association…the link \/ Silent march in West Jerusalem…POWERFUL \/ Black Balloons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friends,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It was brought to my attention by several of you that the photos and links in my post last night regarding the Dalia Association did not appear in the message.\u00a0 I apologize.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kindly visit Dalia at: <\/span> <\/span> http:\/\/www.dalia.ps\/<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> \u00a0 and, if possible, kindly make a donation at: <\/span> <\/span> http:\/\/www.dalia.ps\/node\/16<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a> \u00a0(U.S. contributions are tax deductible when made via Grassroots International Dalia Fund, our fiscal sponsor).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I use this opportunity to pass to you news coverage of a very powerful non-violent, and silent, march that took place a few days ago in West Jerusalem:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3542056,00.html<\/u> <\/span> <\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, today, Israeli President Peres launched a 3 day Conference in Jerusalem, called Facing Tomorrow.\u00a0 Dignitaries from around the world are attending as an expression of their support while they celebrate 60 years of the founding of the state.\u00a0 In reply…\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On May 15, Palestinians will launch 21,915 (365 days x 60 years) black balloons over the skies of Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/span><\/span> \u00a0We aim to turn the skies over Israel’s celebrations black to let people know that there is another side of the story, a side of heartache, suffering and dispossession. At the same time, each balloon will carry a letter from a Palestinian child expressing his\/her hope for the future, to let the world know that we believe in and dream of justice.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Onward,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear friends, It was brought to my attention by several of you that the photos and links in my post last night regarding the Dalia Association did not appear in the message.\u00a0 I apologize. Kindly visit Dalia at: http:\/\/www.dalia.ps\/ \u00a0 and, if possible, kindly make a donation at: http:\/\/www.dalia.ps\/node\/16 \u00a0(U.S. contributions are tax deductible when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-4637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9363,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4637\/revisions\/9363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4637"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}