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Items by Wafa Ali
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‘This is for Palestine’, says mum who gave birth through smuggled sperm
In 2014, Suhad Abu Fayed gave birth to her daughter Huriye, a bright-eyed child with a mop of curly hair. When Suhad took Huriye to see her father, Sameer, for the first time, the Israeli guards at the prison where he is detained looked puzzled. “Who is this girl?”...
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‘Palestinian embroidery is under threat from Israel’
Rajaa has been stitching Palestinian embroidery for 50 years, she only stopped when settlers broke her arms six years ago while she was picking akkoob (gundelia) from the wild. “I was with my husband and friends of ours. Settlers from the settlement saw us and came down and started beating...
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‘Cycling is a form of resistance’ in the occupied West Bank
What started for Sohaib Samara as a way to get fit has seen him travel across the West Bank visiting hundreds of its villages. “In 2015, I was at work and I had to take the stairs to an apartment on the sixth floor,” he says, adding: “I was...
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Khan Al-Ahmar resident: ‘We are imprisoned here’
Abu Khamees was born in Khan Al-Ahmar some 52 years ago. His parents, Palestinian Al-Jahhalin Bedouins, moved to the village, which is now threatened with demolition by Israeli occupation forces, after being forcibly displaced from Tell Erad in 1951 to make way for the expansion of Israel. The family...
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#KhanAlAhmar
The case of Khan Al-Ahmar has been drawing the attention of politicians, activists and human rights defenders across the world. Israeli authorities issued a demolition order against the Bedouin village giving residents until 1 October to demolish their homes or risk having to pay authorities to demolish them. Situated...