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Items by Anjuman Rahman
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Gaza musician: The siege has ‘made us strong through difficult experiences’
SOL Band has also had to fight back after coming under attack for having a female member...
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‘Unveiled’: How an Iraq artist is taking control of the veiled Muslim narrative
Faceless, the silent image hanging at the entrance spoke a thousand words. Words which the artist Husam Al-Deen wanted viewers to comfortably exchange and discuss on the heavy topic of veiled Muslim women who receive much attention from Western politicians, media and academics. Currently displayed at London’s P21 Gallery, a small...
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Remembering Ahed Tamimi’s arrest
During her arrest, Tamimi was sexually harassed by an Israeli interrogator during her detention, her lawyer Gaby Lasky, has alleged....
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Rights group: Our role is to reduce Palestinian suffering
"We are trying to hold the criminals accountable"...
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Why is a right-wing Israeli group coming to London to advocate destroying Palestinian lives?
The representative of a notorious right-wing settler group which campaigns for the demolition of Palestinian villages has been re-invited to London to promote the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The settlements are intended to block the possibility of a future Palestinian state. Naomi Linder Kahn is...
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An app powered by virtual reality makes borders and checkpoints in Palestine disappear
A high-tech virtual reality app has been developed which includes the production of short videos that try to present the human aspect and reality of Palestine...
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Global solidarity with Palestinian photographer shot in the eye
A Palestinian freelance photographer who was shot by Israeli soldiers while covering a demonstration in the occupied West Bank has drawn international attention...
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Syria: ‘I finally learnt how to enjoy the torture,’ says former prisoner
Screams of agony became the norm, his own as well as thousands of others. And so did the deafening silence. For three years, Omar AlShogre, 24, was confined in a 4 foot by 4 foot cell, and trapped skin to skin with 40 to 50 other detainees in an...
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Lebanon protesters search for their revolutionary crushes
For more than a week, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have taken to the streets in what has been dubbed the “October Revolution”, to call for the fall of the government. The sudden movement erupted after the government’s plan to tax the use of internet telecommunication applications Whatsapp, Facebook and...
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Britain’s delay in recognising the state of Palestine is illegal, says ambassador
Britain is yet to acknowledge its historic responsibility for the calamitous situation facing the Palestinians....
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Egypt has resorted to framing teachers as terrorists
It’s becoming a scene all too familiar, the public anger at the ruling elites, the repeated calls for mass protests, the flashpoints of demonstrations erupting in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, almost as if the 2011 revolution is incomplete. At present, Cairo is under a heavy lockdown with authorities and plainclothes security...
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Demi Lovato accused of whitewashing the occupation by taking sponsored trip to Israel
American pop star and actress Demi Lovato has been accused of ignorance on the Palestinian issue after she posted several photos from her sponsored trip to Israel with lengthy captions praising the country as “absolutely magical”. Many have accused the 27-year-old singer of ignoring the apartheid system affecting Palestinians as...
