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Items by Anjuman Rahman
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'Direct stories from Palestinian journalists are essential. This is their war to tell'
Representative of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS), Shuruq As'ad, says no one could tell the story of Gaza better than Palestinian journalists living there because they want to see change and humanise the Palestinian experience....
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Israel has yet to tell a single truth not only since 7 October, but since the 1948 Nakba
It has been more than a month since Israel launched its forceful ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza in response to the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation initiated by the Palestinian resistance. Since then, the occupying state has been repeating its fabrications and misinformation, not only to rationalise its actions in Gaza...
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Gaza doctor at Indonesian Hospital: ‘Come and see, you won't find tunnels and bombs, you will only find our people dying.’
The war in Gaza has had a devastating impact on the region’s healthcare system. The ongoing Israeli attacks on hospitals, in addition to homes, shelters and schools, have been a hallmark of the war. At least 16 out of the 35 hospitals in Gaza are no longer operational, and...
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Skin diseases and head lice spread as conditions worsen in Gaza
Many of the Palestinians displaced in the Gaza Strip are taking shelter in overcrowded UN schools. A lot of them are mothers and children who left northern Gaza and Gaza City for the south due to Israel’s bombardment of residential areas. The result, said Futna Khalifa, is a “health...
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'If we can hear the bombs, we are alive': MEMO in Conversation with Eman Basher
Two weeks into Israel's relentless campaign of bombing the Gaza Strip have left Eman Basher no longer able to convince her son that the lights and sounds in the sky are just fireworks and there is no reason for him to be scared. ...
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Gaza Special: 'A catastrophe is unfolding in Gaza' MEMO in Conversation with Aseel Safi
As the Israeli offensive against the occupied Gaza Strip enters its sixth day, reports of intense bombings of apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, and commercial establishments continue to flood in....
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Global response to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
At the break of dawn on Saturday, the Gaza-based resistance initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, commencing with a barrage of rockets and infiltrating towns surrounding the besieged enclave. It said the surprise attack was in response to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem and increased Israeli settler...
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Israel weaponisation of water against Palestine is not just a strategic move, it is a crime against humanity
The universal human right to water, ensuring “sufficient safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses” is a principle upheld by international conventions. However, in the Occupied West Bank, this right is systematically violated through Israel’s targeted assaults on civilian water infrastructure. Just last week,...
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Students file complaint after US uni ‘bans Arabs’ from meeting on trip to Israel
A group of Palestinian students in the US have filed a civil rights complaint against their university for 'anti-Palestinian racism' after they protested a university trip to Israel and occupied Palestine. The students say staff at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) banned students with 'Arab-sounding names' from open...
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Meet Sarah Essam: An Egyptian woman and International Ambassador for Football alongside David Beckham
Sarah Essam never shied away from blazing her own trail. Even as a young child, her passion for football burned bright, defying the expectations of the girls around her who weren’t interested in the sport. At just 16, Sarah, who hails from Egypt, first made history in 2017 when...
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Ahed Tamimi is a force: MEMO in conversation with Dena Takruri
For the co-author of Tamimi's autobiography, meeting the outspoken Palestinian was an emotional rollercoaster...
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Fashion designer apologises after parading Saudi flag mini-skirt
Social media ignited with fury as users vented their outrage at Mowalola Ogunlesi, the brand designer behind Mowalola, for unveiling a new mini-skirt featuring the Saudi Arabian flag at London Fashion Week. During the brand’s Spring 2024 collection showcase, Ogunlesi entertained the audience with mini-skirts sporting designs of flags...
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They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom
When readers meet Ahed Tamimi in the electrifying opening of her new memoir, “They Called Me A Lioness”, she is only three years old, being strip-searched by Israeli prison guards in the biting cold after hours of travelling, since the crack of dawn, to be finally allowed to visit...
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Choreographing Palestine Resistance: Palestinian Artist Ahlam Shibli's powerful message at São Paulo Biennale
The Bienal de São Paulo has set bold ambitions for “Choreographies of the Impossible,” the theme of this year’s exhibition exploring how visual artists employ diverse creative practices to scrutinise the seemingly overwhelming contemporary issues, including the elimination of violence, inequalities and the pursuit of complete freedom. The biggest...
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Thank you Bella Hadid for your unwavering commitment to the Palestinian cause
Last week, a post criticising Israel’s far-right national security minister was shared by Palestinian-American model Bella Hadid on Instagram, an account with 60 million followers. The 26-year-old supermodel reprimanded Itamar Ben-Gvir for his televised remarks, which included his assertion that his rights held more significance than those of Palestinians...
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After 20 years, Dr Aafia Siddiqui 'was a living corpse, she looked drained and scalded, and in so much pain'
Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three, Aafia Siddiqui, was abducted from Pakistan in 2003; activists believe she was held by the US in the notorious Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and tortured because of her alleged links to Al-Qaeda, links her family says she does not have and claims which...
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Palestinian Paralympians: MEMO in conversation with Amos Trust
Bringing Palestinian talent onto the international arena means not only training and honing in on skills, but also navigating Israel's oppressive occupation and its repercussions on the team's mental health ...
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Christina Aguilera urged to cancel concert in Israel
Fans around the world are urging 32-year-old American pop superstar Christina Aguilera to cancel her upcoming performance in Israel due to the Israeli government’s escalation in its forced displacements of Palestinian communities. “Shalom Israel, I’m so excited to finally make my way to Tel Aviv, this’ll be my first...
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As a refugee I couldn’t defend my homeland, but I can make sure Syria lives on in my art
Ghazwan Assaf uses miniature sculptures to recreate iconic Syrian buildings to show the devastating consequences of war and how Syria and its people will live on...
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In sport we shouldn’t choose women for tokenism, many are experts and should be recognised
Palestinian Honey Thaljieh became the first Arab woman to obtain a FIFA Master and work at FIFA, she hopes a time will come when women will have the same opportunities as men in football...
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Egyptian world squash champ: I struggled so much I wanted to quit the sport, but it made me happy
25 year old Nouran Gohar has been playing squash since she was 9 years old. She turned professional at the age of 15....
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Israel is using rise in crime to impose greater controls on its Arab population
More Palestinian citizens of Israel are being killed as each day goes by. There have been over 100 murders half-way into the year, nearly triple the number in the same period last year, which also observed a fatal crime spike. Within the space of several hours, last Thursday, five...
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Tantura represents a microcosm to the whole story of Palestine - Palestinian filmmaker
When the killings were done in the Palestinian village of Tantura by Israeli forces in the 1948 massacre, at least 300 to 400 men lay dead in mass graves across the small fishing village near the occupied city of Haifa, which was once home to 1,500 people. However, the...
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Irish activist walking 2,200 miles from UK to Palestine
Irish campaigner Mick Bowlan has been walking for over a month on his 2,000 mile journey to Palestine, in order to raise awareness of Israeli occupation and apartheid in the occupied territories. The longtime activist for Palestinian rights aims to reach the occupied West Bank by mid-October 2023....