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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’s major role in the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 is no secret and has been well-documented by historians. The mainstream media, meanwhile, has for decades addressed the Palestinian issue as something that dates back to the 1967 Six Day War, ignoring the fact that the conflict…
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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…
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Is French Montana ‘sexualising’ the hijab or ‘liberating’ it?
American rapper French Montana’s latest album cover featuring a queue of faceless niqabi women crossing their legs in red latex thigh-high boots has caused outrage amongst Muslim women. Seen sitting between the veiled women, French Montana – whose real name is Karim Kharbouch – is accused of sexualising Muslim women…