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December 23, 2014
Dear Family and Friends:
One of the well known Christmas songs “I’ll be home for
Christmas” which my generation remembers
for being first recorded by Bing Crosby in the forties, was on the program of the Christmas concert we attended at the Jerusalem Center
for Near Eastern Studies – Brigham
Young University
As I listened to the beautiful tenor singing it, I could not
help but think of all those who won’t be able to make it home for
Christmas, by no choice of their own.
And that is when the song becomes so meaningful when you think of the
many soldiers serving on foreign land, the refugees, the prisoners, and the
many young Palestinians who have been
denied their right to come home or be united with their families because of absurd
laws under a military occupation or because their homes were demolished and they have no shelter
in this bitter cold weather.
So I hope all of you who are gathering with your families
for Christmas, will indeed feel grateful
for this blessing without having to worry about check points or denied entry.
Have a joyful Christmas and best wishes for peace and good
health throughout the New Year. Samia
P.S. I thought you might enjoy this short Christmas
animation
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