DROP THE MIDC CAMPAIGN
PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE
CULTURE AND TRADITIONS
HISTORICAL TURNING POINTS
NAME THE PALESTINIAN WRITER
100
MIDC stands for___ ______ _____ ___________ ______
What is The Maryland Israel Development Center?
100
This word translates to "shaking-off" in Arabic.
What is Intifada?
100
This classic Palestinian dish means "upside down"
What is Maqlooba?
100
In this year all settlers were forced to leave the Gaza Strip.
What is 2005?
100
“Uncle, give me a cigarette.”
Who is Walid Daqqa?
Walid Daqqa was a Palestinian political prisoner and writer. this quote is from one of many essays talking about his time in the Zionist prisons.
200
This Maryland County gives the MIDC around $40,000 a year.
What is Montgomery County?
Montgomery County is heavily invested in the Zionist entity. Most of the businesses brought by the MIDC are located in Moco.
200
This symbol became one of many symbols of Palestinian resistance after it was used by Hamas to point out military targets.
What is the upside down red triangle?
200
This crop was the crown jewel of Palestinian agriculture in the 1800s
What is "Jaffa Oranges" or "Nablus Olive Oil"?
200
Israel launched this preemptive war against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, occupying Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula
What is The Naksa "The Setback"?
200
“Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.”
Who is Refaat Alareer?
-Gaza Writes Back
300
The MIDC assists "Israeli" businesses with ________, _______ and ________ to help bring their company to Maryland for free.
What is Office Space, Legal/Accounting Services and Grant Application Assistance?
300
Six Palestinian prisoners in the Gilboa Prison used this tool to escape. (all six were eventually recaptured)
What is a spoon?
300
In 1997, this plant was declared a "protected plant" and foraging it for possession or trade became a criminal offense.
What is Za'atar?
300
December 9th was the 38th anniversary of this event that took place in Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza.
What is The First Intifada?
300
“We come from the land, give our love and labor to her, and she nurtures us in return. When we die, we return to the land. In a way, she owns us. Palestine owns us and we belong to her”
Who is Susan Abulhawa?
-Mornings in Jenin
400
This many Israeli business have been brought by the MIDC to Maryland.
What is ~43?
The MIDC has brought around 43 Israeli business to Maryland. These range from weapons manufactures, surveillance companies, and recently AI developers.
400
This Palestinian activists and former militant carried out a hijacking operation as a member of the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) to demand international action for Palestine in 1969.
Who is Leila Khaled?
400
This star/snowflake design often seen on winter sweaters, scarves or ornaments is a Palestinian tatreez motif
What is "Moon of Bethlehem" (Qamar Beit Lahem) or "Bethlehem Star"?
400
In this year Zionists formally occupied all Palestinian lands.
What is 1967?
400
“The stars had only one task: they taught me how to read.
They taught me I had a language in heaven
and another language on earth.”
Who is Mahmoud Darwish?
-Unfortunately it Was Paradise: Selected Poems
500
Montgomery County politicians collaborated with the MIDC to bring this Zionist military radar manufacturer to Germantown
What is Rada Technologies?
500
This political party initially claimed that armed resistance was the only way to end occupation before laying down weapons and signing the Oslo Accords in 1993.
What is Fatah?
500
In Mandate Palestine rural peasants wore the keffiyeh while the urban intelligentsia wore this hat from the Ottoman era.
What is Tarboush?
500
In this year the U.S. President recognized Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist entity and moved the U.S. embassy there.
What is 2019?
500
"The beginning of every revolution is an exit, an exit from the social order that power has enshrined in the name of law, stability, public interest, and the greater good."
Who is Bassel al-Araj?
