#anne m read

[soracities]

Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red [ID in ALT]

#q #lit #quotes #anne carson #autobiography of red #variations on desire #reading #m #x

[gothhabiba]

The immediate impact of the Israeli occupation was to exacerbate unemployment: service jobs for the Egyptian army and UN forces vanished, trade with Egypt halted, and the port was closed. Moreover, since the combined GNP of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was only 2.6 percent of the Israeli GNP in 1967, they faced inevitable integration into the Israeli economy as the occuption continued. Furthermore, Israeli policies increased the Strip's dependency. These practices included permitting only certain Gaza products to be sold within Israel, flooding the Gaza market with Israeli goods, restructuring Gaza's agriculture, and encouraging Arab laborers to work in Israel.

The Balance and Composition of Trade. After only one year of occupation, 72 percent of Gaza's imports came from Israel; no imports were allowed from Egypt, and 1 percent of its imports came from Jordan (the balance came from Europe). This represented a dramatic shift, since all the prewar trade had been either directly with Egypt or with Europe and Asia through the Gaza port. [...]

A decade later the shift in trading patterns was even more pronounced. [...] 91 percent of imports came from Israel, and nothing was imported from Jordan or Egypt. [...] Dates, strawberries, and vegetables were also sold to Israel, and local industries engaged in subcontracting for Israeli firms.

Agriculture and industry were both hard hit by Israeli competition. Israeli eggs, poultry, and even vegetables sell at lower prices than local produce, and virtually all canned and bottled goods come from Israel. [...]

A 15 percent excise tax and soaring inflation erode the profits of merchants and factory owners. Gazans have no way to hedge against inflation, since the Israeli shekel is the only legal tender on the Strip.

Restructuring Agriculture. Israel has prevented farmers from exporting to Israel any items that compete with Israeli produce and has imposed restrictions on the planting of certain crops. As a result, the output of melons, onions, grapes, almonds, olives, and fish has decreased. Farmers need permits to plant trees and vegetables.

[...] The government has encouraged production of some specialized crops, such as strawberries and dates. Farmers in Beit Lahiya village say that they were ordered to grow strawberries and would otherwise have been prevented from using their land and well. These strawberries are marketed exclusively through Ashkelon port by the Israeli export firm Agrexco. No permits, however, have been given to farmers to plant such crops as mangoes and avocados, which are also grown in Israel.

Arab Labor in Israel. In 1970, 10 percent of the Gaza labor force was employed in Israel, but at present approximately 40 percent (35,000 persons) work there. This includes 25,000 workers who are registered with the official labor exchange and another 10,000 who work illegally. The high unemployment within the Strip and the fact that wages inside Israel were five times those in the Strip made such employment irresistible.

[...] Even those holding regular jobs face difficult conditions. For example, it is illegal for them to remain inside Israel from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. But employers and workers collude in circumventing the law so that the workers will not have to spend several hours every day commuting. Farmers let laborers sleep in huts, abandoned buses, or even in the open under the orange trees. In town, workers jam into hostels, sleep on construction sites, or spread out on the floor in restaurants. There have been cases of disasters when workers locked into factories at night were unable to escape when fires broke out. [...]

The overall impact of Israeli economic policy is to turn the Gaza Strip into a large labor camp. The Strip is a source of cheap labor for Israel and its internal economic base is continually eroded.

– 1985. Ann M. Lesch, "Gaza: Forgotten Corner of Palestine." Journal of Palestine Studies 15.1, pp. 43-61. Emphasis mine.

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Gaza strip #food #readings #quote #Ann M. Lesch

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#the doll people #ann m. martin #laura godwin #childrens #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[sleevebuscemii]

hollywood execs really spent millions of dollars on a production to find this out when i could’ve told them this for free

#PERSUASION of all fucking books of allllll fucking jane austen heroines you wanna fleabag girlboss badfeministify anne elliot??????? #i will say tho i Am enjoying reading all the scathing reviews #but you know what i’d enjoy more? a good fucking adaptation of this book!! #persuasion #jane austen #dakota johnson #m

[the-forest-library]

Ok, I had heard of this highlighted line from Persuasion, but in context it is so much worse. Jane really came for this man’s throat.

Annotations for those interested.

#and they say the classics aren’t relatable #persuasion #jane austen #david m. shapard #classic books #books #booklr #reading #bookish #bibliophile #anne elliot #captain wentworth #richard musgrove #british literature #literature

[leer-reading-lire]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || July || 22 || Colors

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #anne of green gables #anne of avonlea #l. m. montgomery #l.m. montgomery #l m montgomery #anne shirley #books and reading #booklr #bookblr #books #leerreadinglire

[cor-ardens-archive]

#anne carson and idk where i got that other quote from it was in the intro of something i read #m. lit.

[lgbtiwtv]

one thing about me is that I will enjoy the vampire chronicles’ fucked up little character dynamics

#Louis/lestat? Louis/armand? armand/lestat? armand/Daniel #the rue royale family??? Louis/Daniel??? Claudia & Lestat? Claudia & Louis? lestat/akasha? #they’re all SOOOOOO compelling #one thing about Anne Rice is that she wrote characters™️ in situations #like. she’d really put them in any situation just to see how they react. and I do respect that. #sadly she also wrote some of the most heinous shit I’ve ever read so. it’s a give and take #still. I love all of those little freaks. (except Marius and David and magnus FUCK you guys) #marius enjoyers DO NOT interact I hope he is violently killed but lives so I can finish him off myself for the shit he did to armand #ONCE AGAIN I MUST REITERATE: NOT the cursed evil shit #iwtv #interview with the vampire #the vampire armand #lestat de lioncourt #louis du pointe du lac #claudia #vampire chronicles #m watches iwtv

[werewolfetone]

Can you imagine if you were Captain or Mrs McCracken in this situation and your twenty year old daughter takes ill with something that in your time period kills thousands of people each year and that there is very little way to treat and the first thing she says upon recovery is "ohhhhh my god I have to catch up on the discourse"

#mary ann mccracken #reading #m mcneill #united irishmen #jory.txt

[soracities]

It happens to me frequently. You disappear? Yes and then come back. Moments of death I call them.

Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red

#q #lit #quotes #prose #literature #anne carson #autobiography of red #sing me down into the dark #reading #m #x

[propalahramota]

Netflix recommended me Blood, Sex & Royalty. I`m like 5 min in and absolutely loosing my shit already. It`s so baaaaad. 

#did Mary just bring her sister along to the french king`s fuck chambers just so Anne could have a peek at them fucking???? whaaaa #why is there bad pop #music #oh no anne is i`m not like other girls i read books #blood sex & royalty #watch it history girlies #you`ll hate it but in a fun way

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#kristys great idea #ann m. martin #the baby sitters club #middle grade #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[nat-reviews-books]

Currently Listening: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

I cannot believe that I haven't read this before, it's honestly been such a delight to listen to. I also love that every so often I can hear the narrator turning the page, it's like a nice, intimate bonus.

#books #currently reading #currently listening #anne of green gables #l m montgomery

[caramelcuppaccino]

speak up. speak up. speak up.

Rainbow Valley by L. M. Montgomery.

#reading in the train means i get to share quotes #almost dropped my phone tryna screen shot but 🤠 #poetry quotes #book quotes #quote #book quote #quotes #life quote #beautiful quote #new books #book #book review #books #reading books #reading aesthetic #book reading #reading #anne of green gables #rainbow valley #l. m. montgomery #anne shirley #gilbert blythe #lunlunstexts

[leer-reading-lire]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || July || 18 || Well-Loved

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #anne of green gables #anne of avonlea #l. m. montgomery #l.m. montgomery #lm montgomery #l m montgomery #anne shirley #books and reading #booklr #bookblr #leerreadinglire

[always-reverie]

“There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn form them, is there? And it’s so hard to keep from loving things, isn’t it?”

•Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

#bookish #booklr #bibliophile #bookworm #reading #books #anne of green gables #l m montgomery #long reads