"Seven" is the pseudonym we gave to a Palestinian-American youth whose politics were formed when she was 7 and saw her grandfather punched by an Israeli soldier as her father and brother looked on helplessly. One of the most important stories this website has ever told. Seven went to the movies this weekend.
I saw "Sin Nombre" over the weekend, you should watch that. It's about a family from El Salvador making their way through Mexico to get the U.S. and their encounter with the Mara Salvatrucha gang. It's about poverty, poor Mexicans joining gangs, and struggle. Very
sad. Anyway, at the theater they also showed a preview for a movie
called "The Lemon Tree" about Arabs about to get their orchards
f—ed by the Israelis. It was interesting how quiet the audience got,
then people started clapping. Clapping because it was a preview about
that topic. Only time I ever felt solidarity with people in the U.S.
