One of the people I was honored to meet and befriend during my stay in the Bay Area is Comrade Jia Ching

Solidarity with Mahalla in SF وقفة تضامنية مع المحلة في سان فرانسيسكو

Since JC, a PhD scholar at UC Berkeley, is about to leave for China on a research trip, and since I’m too leaving the US soon, after I’m done with my terror project, back to the cradle of civilizations (Nasr City), our friends threw us a farewell Dim Sum at San Francisco’s Chinatown

Jia Ching

Dim Sum

Jia Ching

After the yum-yum Dim Sum feast was over, we left the place…

Jia Ching

… heading to the Chinese Progressive Association office for a visit…

The Chinese Progressive Association Office مكتب الرابطة الصينية التقدمية بسان فرانسيسكو

The Chinese Progressive Association Office مكتب الرابطة الصينية التقدمية بسان فرانسيسكو

We took off later to get our farewell coffee at the Mission

Jia Ching

…and as we were driving, we passed by Mariana, Sara, Mich and their friends who were once again giving the Zionists hell, counterprotesting the festival held at the Yerba Buena Gardens to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Israeli apartheid state…

Anti-Zionist Jews counter-protest Israel's 60th BD celebrations يهود معادون للصهيونية يتظاهرون ضد إسرائيل

And as always, there has to be some Zionist intimidating the activists with a video camera..

Zionist صهيوني

We kept on driving, till we reached Caledonia Alley in the Mission, and grabbed good coffee from that place

Four Barrel Coffeeshop

Jia Cheng

Good luck with your trip JC… I hope we meet again soon habibi… Shokran for all the solidarity work, great hospitality and comradeship…


2 Responses to “Jia Ching”  

  1. 1 jcc

    Hossam Habibi,

    Thank you so much for sharing your time, solidarity, ideological ribbing, and excellent sense of humor with us here. (and, of course, the amazing bloggings and photography.)

    I look forward to seeing you and working with you again.

    Best wishes to you during the rest of your visit and for a smooth journey home. (and back again!)

    jc

  2. 2 Hossam el-Hamalawy

    Shokran for all those nice words ya JCC.. the pleasure was all mine.. Godspeed habibi, and I’m sure I’ll be seeing you soon..
    P.s.: Take lots of pix in China.. and may be share them with us on flickr?





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