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Items by Afroz Alam Sahil
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Call to amplify the Palestinian narrative
As the guns fell silent, albeit temporarily, in the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza, experts and media professionals gathered in the Turkish megapolis of Istanbul, issued a clarion call for shaping the Palestinian narrative. The Fourth Palestinian International Media and Communication Forum, or Tawasol 4, served as a beacon of…
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Is waving a Palestinian flag a crime in India?
In states across India, such as Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir, police have filed cases against nearly two hundred Muslim youths. Approximately fifty youths have been arrested, so far, with many others detained and interrogated. Charges have been registered under various sections, including those…
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It is ironic that the leader of a former colony is standing with a coloniser against the oppressed
When the world was “shocked” by Hamas’s attack on Israel, I, too, was shocked when my Gandhian-Communist friend, who used to claim that he believed in humanism and non-violence, called me and argued with me about the situation in Palestine. This Gandhian friend has now become a supporter of Godse’s…