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Safa Othmani

Safa is a dedicated scholar, writer and advocate with a profound academic background. She obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Literature with top honours. Having served as a university teacher specialising in postcolonial anglophone literature, she actively contributed to shaping discussions and understanding within academic circles. Her extensive experience extends beyond academia, having held roles as a senior editor and translation manager with reputable international organisations including the Palestinian Return Centre, USAID, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, migrant-rights.org and the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria.

 

Items by Safa Othmani

  • Hamas’ gift bags to Israeli hostages: A powerful message wrapped in a simple gesture

    “They wrap bullets in our bodies, yet tremble at the sight of a gift bag,” said a Gazan appearing in a video circulated on social media. Among the most striking images from Sunday’s Israel-Hamas prisoner swap—a rare agreement in the midst of deeply entrenched hostilities—were the smiling faces of...

  • Narrative weaponisation in Israel’s war on Gaza

    Last week, an Israeli-French woman who was among scores of Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian Resistance group, Hamas, claimed a Hamas militant raped her “with his eyes”, as she was “closed in a dark room, not allowed to talk, not allowed to be seen, to be heard, hidden”. 21-year-old...

  • Gaza’s children: Victims of war or superheroes?

    To be a child in Gaza is living on borrowed time. The footage of a Palestinian fetus dead in a Gaza hospital last month, after the mother was killed in an Israeli air strike, showed the world the horrors of giving birth and being born in the besieged enclave....