Photos! Who has photos?

Lots of us had problems with our cameras, and relied on others - who had problems with their cameras... Please if you have any good photos of the tour, forward them to us or put them on this blog!

From Carmel (Camden-Abu Dis)

I thought it was really impressive to see a whole panel of women talking so knowledgeably and passionately as they did at the event I attended (W's Day at Ossulston st). They also seemed to be invigorated by it all.

I think there were a few new faces who I hope will be inspired by the quality of the speakers to get more involved with CADFA and help organise another such tour!

Carmel

From Cynthia (West Lancs - Al Walaja)

I'm so glad we were able to meet at last even though it was a brief meeting! The two days with our visitors was rather tiring for me too even though they were doing most of the hard work. Thankyou so much for organising this event. It was a huge task and it all worked so smoothly.



I think I have learned a lot in the process and am doing a lot of hard thinking about what we can do in the future as a group.



I'm afraid I wasn't able to get any photos though Rana was very busy with her camera and the press came along to several events and took photos. So if we get any of those I hope we can send them on and I'd really love to see photos from others.



Please do email when you have news of their safe return and also in due course about Rana's baby.

From Miriam (Tower Hamlets-Jenin)

Well done, it was a great experience and as u say the women met so many people and allowed us to reach out to new people and fresh contacts for future activities.

Attached are 1 photo of arrival heathrow, 2 of event of March 8th when over 80 people heard the women speak at the brady arts centre E1, and two of the event in St. Barnabas church Bow E3 where they spoke to (and read qu'ran) the congregation of Father Brian.

Will send on photos of Sharifa at the STW demo soon.

U probably need a good rest!

From Mike (Watford-Salfeet)

Thank you for organising the Palestinian Womens International Womens Day trip--it must have taken huge amounts of time. Both our visits yesterday went very well.

Keith and I met Shatha and the other 2 students with Hayet for lunch, which was pleasant and very interesting. The contact with Shatha in particular will be very useful for Keith during his forthcoming visit to Salfeet.

The evening meeting was also very good. We had around 55 people--much the biggest attendance we've ever had, including a higher proportion of women than usual. We served a meal to most of them, and Rawya's talk was well received with many questions. She also visited a local secondary school during the afternoon, partly to see the school and partly for a question and answer session with some sixth formers. That also went really well. Rawya was ideal for us with her good command of English, and I think real friendships may result from her visit.

So from our point of view, well done and thank you.

Sharifa's speech at the demo on 15th March

Look at (www. leninology.blogspot.com)
and then go down to the video under Sunday 16th March
and about 2 minutes in

We loved the sea at Dawlish...