# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3g3rTmqIrD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18916767-breyeschow-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-19T03:19:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

## Caption

We spent a few hours at the Aida refugee camp and Alrowwad (Pioneers for Life) for Culture and arTs (ACTs), where we heard stories of Palestinian prisoners, administrative detention, and the crime of simply being Palestinian — no matter age, religion, or gender. So many stories of people's torture, killing, and trauma were difficult to hear, and I can't imagine what it means to have to keep putting your trauma on display.

As we left, we were invited in to watch the Dabke dance rehearsal. As we have been told over and over again, while there is certainly disappointment in the response and abandonment by the world during this time, joy still lives, and hope is not lost.  As one of the first delegations to come to the camp since October 7th, I genuinely believe that mutual uplifting occurred and hope was indeed shared.

We were able to sit with Abdelfattah Abusrour (@abdelfattahubusrour) who is the artistic director of @AlrowwadOrg and is the initiator of the "Beautiful Resistance" philosophy against the ugliness of occupation, violence and violation of human rights and values. Through performing and visual arts, Abdelfattah builds on the concept of a non-violent approach based on Palestinian community needs and with focus on children, youth and women. The aim is to create capacities in culture, arts and education and help build the peace within as a step to be able to build the peace with others, in an approach based on human rights and values.

Be sure to follow @ipmn_pcusa @sabeelelquds @fosnalive for ongoing updates.

Longer Reflections on Substack https://theamalgamation.substack.com/p/brc-in-palestine

The Delegation Statement of Purpose and Personal Reflections can be found here: https://www.theipmn.org/blog/solidarity-with-the-suffering

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #PCUSA #Sabeel #Dabke #DabkeDance #AidaRefugeeCamp #KairosPalestine #Ceasefire #CeasefireNow #solidariitywiththesuffering

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

dabke, ethniccleansing, ceasefirenow, sabeel, genocide, solidariitywiththesuffering, pcusa, ceasefire, palestine, aidarefugeecamp, westbank, israel, dabkedance, gaza, kairospalestine

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