A new ad campaign on California public transportation is getting Americans talking about Palestine, and thinking about the unique role the U.S. plays in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestine Advocacy Project, a nonprofit organization based in Massachusetts, is highlighting the work of legendary Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in a series of[…]
The echo of children gleefully playing in streets is quickly disappearing – today, the interaction between children is restricted to a screen. As a consequence, teenagers are exposed to content that has resulted in them maturing at an alarming rate. Where previous generations had to find pain-staking mechanisms to access[…]
Addressing themes that transcend geographical, political and socio-cultural boundaries with sensitivity and sophistication, Muslim artists continue to establish themselves among the world’s best practitioners of the arts. Sheena Baharudin finds herself in awe as she manoeuvres her way through breathtaking works designed to stimulate and provoke thought. When Pablo Picasso[…]
Cape Town, a canvas of amalgamated cultures, ethnicities, and religions, has over the years experienced many significant changes. With the commercialization of many regions of South Africa, Cape Town has transformed itself into a contemporary city. These changes are evident in the ever popular ‘wedding season’ which takes place across[…]
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that his government is planning stages of a multi-year project to surround the entirety of Israel with security barriers to defend against what he called “wild beasts” in the region. Haaretz quoted Netanyahu as saying: “At the end, in the State of[…]
At a memorial for her Jewish mother who died in 2012, Tami Gold put a white scarf she bought in Palestine on the gravestone, closing her eyes and singing John Lennon’s Imagine. It had been the favourite song of her mother – an opponent of Israel’s occupation of Palestine –[…]
By Jonathan Brown – In the weeks leading up to her escape from ISIL-controlled territory in Syria, Noora, a Yazidi from Sinjar, was held captive in a three room-house to the northeast of Raqqa. Her captor was a young Bosnian woman who had travelled from the Balkans to join ISIL.[…]
2015 will be remembered as the year that Palestinian popular resistance spread across historic Palestine and saw tens of thousands of Palestinians take to the streets to resist and confront Israel’s regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid. Ten years since the launch of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), 2015 also[…]
By Thessa Lageman – Around noon on December 17, 2010, Ali Bouazizi’s phone rang. It was his uncle Salah. “Grab your camera and come film,” Salah told him. “Someone has set himself on fire in front of the provincial government building.” At the time, Ali, now 43, was active in[…]
By Budour Youssef Hassan – Whenever Palestinians stand up for their rights in Jerusalem, it is a safe bet that Samer Abu Eisheh will be there. It is hard to imagine a protest near the Damascus Gate — an entrance to the Old City — without his bellowing voice. It[…]
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