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LIVE UPDATES: Palestinians are dying in Israel detention because medicines are unavailable to them

'One of the first things that Israel did on October 7 is cancel the work permits of thousands of Gazans... quite soon after that Israel started to arrest them. Most of them were not suspected of anything. They were detained because their permits were canceled.' This led to overpopulation and mistreatment of detainees. Some soldiers even posted their abuse of detainees online.

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      • Manar Abu Dhabi and the role of art in times of conflict

        What is the role of art in times of conflict? I gave this some thought during the art light festival, Manar Abu Dhabi, curated by Reem Fadda and Alia Zaal Lootah from 15 November 2023. The festival runs to 30 January 2024. Reem Fadda makes really good pasta with zucchini. “I used to do it from scratch, even the pasta itself, you know, but now I don’t have that kind of time,” said the director of the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi over dinner for the launch of Manar Abu Dhabi. “I actually learned to make pasta a few years ago. You know, before Covid we got this thing called Second Intifada.” She laughed bitterly. “We were under Israeli curfew, so […]

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      • We are your soldiers: How Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser remade the Arab world

        ‘Seven decades since his coup, and more than half a century since his death, the Arab peoples have scarcely begun to shake off the legacy of “Father” Gamal Abdel Nasser,’ as the sweeping regional history of Egypt’s former president concludes. Nasser was certainly an iconic figure whose persona shaped modern Egypt, but his influence went well beyond his country and extended across the Arab world, as well as across Africa. The history of Nasserism as non-Egyptians experienced it, is not fully appreciated enough and Alex Rowell’s new book We Are Your Soldiers: How Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World ambitiously aims to give us a taste of what that history looks like. While Nasser is not the only […]

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