HEART BREAKS AS VIOLENCE TEARS AT ROOTS.MY name is Rana Sharif, and I am a 17-year-old student at Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. Math/Science Magnet. The past few weeks have been emotionally drenching drenching farmer's term for the administration of medicines as solutions or suspensions in water by mouth with a drench bottle, gun or funnel. drenching bit to be included in a bridle as a bit. . I am a native-born Californian; however, my roots lay amid the turmoil and pain of the Middle East. Both my parents were born in Palestine, where we are still heavily rooted. My parents were fortunate enough to come to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and provide a better life for my sisters and I. But I have not disjointed myself from my people. I think because I am away from them, living a better life, I suffer more. I write this with tears rolling down rolling down The liquidation of an option position by an investor at the same time that he or she takes an essentially identical position with a lower strike price. my face. I cannot begin to express my pain and sorrow for those suffering in my homeland. On Oct. 1, I logged on to the Internet for a routine check of my e-mail and news when my attention was caught by a headline: ``Boy Dies in Mideast Clash.'' This article was about the 12-year-old Palestinian boy caught in the cross fire of Israeli authorities, as his father and he sought protection behind a barrel. Moments after the cross fire began, the boy (Rami rami [L.] plural of ramus. rami communicantes bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion to spinal nerve; categorized as gray rami (unmyelinated postganglionic fibers) or white rami (myelinated preganglionic ) was fatally hit and his father left unconscious. I know I am only 17 years old, but I must make the attempt to make a difference. I am not saying any of this should be blamed on Israel. Actually, this is a problem in which both sides must take part in solving. I have been to Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest and it is a beautiful city. I have also been to Hebron, and it is a wonderful city as well. It breaks my heart to see young innocent people dying, being shot at, bombed at and abused. The Palestinian people For other uses of "Palestinian", see Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian. Palestinian people (Arabic: الشعب الفلسطيني, are weak. They have no mechanisms of defense and cannot help themselves. Already enough people have died and injured. How much longer will this go on? The people of both Israel and Palestine have one simple wish: They wish for peace. Is that not a natural right bestowed on all men? They do not want to go to bed in fear and wake up in fear. They simply want to live and enjoy what life has to offer. - Rana Sharif Northridge |
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