9.7.14

To our friends,

I have already been sitting for an hour, staring at the empty word page and not finding words that would describe the pain – the pain of those of us who see straight. The pain of the sober, of those who knew that the bottled demon grows and grows, and when it is let out, it will be unbearable. And it has been let out.

Last night I spoke with my good friend from Gaza. Over the phone he heard the din blast of the Gazan rockets that exploded near us, in an open field. At my end, I heard the Israeli bombing from the air near his home. We talked. He said: “You know what my dreamiest dream is? My dream is that still in my own lifetime I will be able to have coffee with you and your family (whom he knows personally from…

(Photo of Palestinians stranded at the Rafah Border. Via Twitter)

Main Headlines

 Monday

• Sisi defends fuel subsidy cuts in Ramadan speech to mark October 6
• Egypt’s Sisi: Extremists are destroying the region
• El-Sisi gives LE500,000 to “Long Live Egypt” fund
• Army officer was shot dead in Damietta
• Military looks to ‘ease burden’ of rising prices
• Egypt’s central bank pays off $700 million in debt to Paris Club
• Germany to lift Sharm El-Sheikh travel warning
• Suspension of Gulf aid behind $600m drop in foreign reserves in June
• Egypt arrests 4 over Alexandria bombing

Tuesday

• Egypt’s El-Sisi offers full support to Iraq’s Maliki
• Egypt’s Army Chief of Staff meets Libyan counterpart to discuss border security
• RPT-Fitch: Egypt’s fuel price hikes are positive for credit profile
• Government moves to contain anger toward price increases
• ‎Activist fined 1,000 EGP for poster‎ ‎‪that offend Sisi
• Egyptian authorities has arrested the son of…

Author Nelson Denis inked a deal with Nation Books to tell the story of the 1950 incident when two island towns were bombed by the U.S. Army, The New York Daily News reports.

Add non-fiction author to Nelson Denis’ diverse résumé.

The Harvard and Yale-trained lawyer, former New York State assemblyman, indie filmmaker and El Diario editor recently inked a deal with Nation Books to tell the little-known, true tale of the 1950 incident when the U.S. Army deployed 5,000 troops and bombed two towns in Puerto Rico – the only time in history that the U.S. bombed its own citizens, according to Denis.

The book, “War Against All Puerto Ricans,” delves into the gunfights, prison riots, political intrigue, FBI and CIA covert activity, and mass hysteria that accompanied the military action, all set against the backdrop of the Puerto Rican nationalist movement. It hits shelves next year.

For the…

My rose

Where is your head I used to hold in my hands ?

Where is your rosy cheek to kiss goodbye ?

What did they do to your beautiful smile ?

Sweetheart

What did they do to you?

O my pain, my pain

Throbbing

O World

Do you hear my pain?