Chemistry teacher Andaleeb Aftab had spent the morning invigilating at an exam before taking a break in the school’s staff room. It was just as she was beginning to make her way back to the classroom that she heard the screams. There were gunmen in the school, a colleague was[…]
By Ramzy Baroud – Throughout her hunger strike, that of exactly 47 days, Hana Shalabi never slept consistently for a number of hours. In the first few days of her strike, she would doze off only to wake up with the sudden fear that someone was trying to hurt her.[…]
In the whole period since Israel’s lethal and devastating summer 2014 attack on Gaza, the United Nations has provided assistance to just one family to rebuild its totally destroyed home. “I held the new keys in my hand; at that moment, I felt relieved and happy, and I wanted to[…]
A resident of the city reflects on daily life under ISIL. Ghareb al-Omawi is a name I made up and use on my social media accounts, such as Facebook, after the eastern region of Syria, from Raqqa to Deir az Zor, fell under ISIL’s control. Ever since, our life has[…]
By Nigel Wilson – At a bus stop near Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group of students cursed a looming deadline, while a couple next to them shared a cigarette. Nearby, a man dressed in shorts and flip-flops stood with a black rifle slung across his shoulder. This has become[…]
At the start of the school day, students at the Tariq bin Ziyad school in Hebron mill around outside the white-brick building, talking to friends and playing football. The teenage students show no rush to head to class. Conversations drift from friendly rivalries between Real Madrid and Barcelona supporters, to[…]
Muslims are finding it easier to travel to holiday destinations abroad, amid a boom in the global halal tourism sector. This emerged at the first World Halal Travel Summit 2015, which concluded in Abu Dhabi last week. The summit brought together a myriad of role-players in the global halal tourism[…]
By the end of this century, areas of the Persian Gulf could be hit by waves of heat and humidity so severe that simply being outside for several hours could threaten human life, according to a study published Monday. Because of humanity’s contribution to climate change, the authors wrote, some[…]
This is the final article in a series focusing on BDS movements around the world. In 1948, Israel was founded as a Jewish state on land ethnically cleansed of its indigenous Palestinian population. As a result, most Palestinians became refugees and to this day are not allowed by Israel to[…]
This forms part of a series focusing on BDS movements around the world The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement known by its acronym, BDS, with branches quickly spreading throughout the world has quickly become the main focus of international solidarity and activism. The movement has grown in size as a[…]
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