In Palestine, where Israel's occupation and military checkpoints, encroaching settlements and the imminent threat of annexation are daily realities, animal welfare is not really a priority for most people....

‘The only thing that has changed is the number of identified bodies of victims and the number of tombstones in Potocari. That is changing. Those numbers are growing,’ genocide survivor and army commander Serif Patkovic tells MEMO

I'm in the north of Paris, in an area where residential buildings are increasingly common. Along a peaceful street, there it is: Ardi, the Arabic for "my land". The...

On February 8 2017, Areej and Ashwaq Hamoud packed their belongings and left the house where they grew up in Saudi Arabia to board a plane to what they...

People in Gaza suffer crushing mental pressures due to extreme economic deprivation, the ongoing siege and over-crowded living conditions. This is on top of having endured three brutal wars...

An interview with former Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yilmaz

Interview with Celso Amorim, Brazil’s former minister of foreign relations

Since October last year, Lebanon's police and security forces have investigated or detained more than 100 civil rights activists in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has termed a "spate...

The hunger strike that Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq started in an Israeli detention centre lasted 94 days before he was released in May 2016

In the past, there have been many attempts at holding accused Israeli war criminals accountable. Particularly memorable is the case of the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, (known,...

This Palestinian-British filmmaker specialises in emotive short films which detail aspects of the daily life of Palestinians living in their ancestral homes in the occupied territories

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar Al-Zaidi made headlines by hurling his shoes at then President George W Bush

Alaa Al-Aswany is probably the most famous living Egyptian writer in the world. Since the success of The Yacoubian Building in 2006, which told us about the life of...

Floyd’s death sparked an outpouring of public anger about racially-motivated police brutality, triggering calls for the defunding of police departments in America and reforming school curriculums to include colonial history

'The most important thing which Israel must know is that we won’t give up our homeland. We have no life if we don’t return to what is ours by right'

"Whatever financial technical solutions you put in place, the underlying problem is a political dysfunction here… what we have now doesn't work and is never going to work… [the...

Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza's recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and...

Calls to domestic violence hotlines increased by 100%

Based in the UK, the 50-year-old artist is known for tackling the Israeli occupation and looks at the hostility and racist attitudes between much of Israel’s Jewish majority and Arab minority in his work

At the end of April, Lebanon's Tripoli witnessed some of the most violent clashes between security forces and protesters since anti-government demonstrations exploded across the country in October. One...

Starting on March 27, 1948, a small Palestinian village, called Beit Daras, came under Zionist militias’ attacks. With little means, the Badrasawis fought back

'There's no limitation for innovation' not even the occupation can hold you back, that's the message Girls in Tech in Palestine want aspiring female entrepreneurs to hear' The world...

Mats Svensson is a former Swedish diplomat, author, and photographer. His books include "Crimes, Victims, and Witnesses – Apartheid in Palestine." His latest volume, "Apartheid is a Crime –...

Last month, Israel elected its first hijab-wearing Arab member of the Knesset as part of the Joint List, the climax of a year of political instability

The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic has caused countless events to be cancelled, forcing them onto the digital realm and leaving them to rely on the power of modern technology. Even...

The Palestinian people have a long and complicated history. With it comes a rich cultural heritage, which is an essential part of their identity. It includes historical sites, cuisine,...

Larissa von Planta's atelier is hidden away in a traditional 1930s Lebanese villa on one of Beirut's typically haphazard and bustling streets. Standing on her balcony, though, ever so...

Hot Maroc is the first novel by Moroccan journalist, poet and short story writer Yassin Adnan. It immerses the reader in today's Morocco, between the real world and the...

Ali Howaidi is a member of the Preparatory Committee of the International Campaign for Preserving Palestinian Identity which is launching next month. MEMO spoke to him over the telephone...

When Ibrahim was arrested it was a summer's day in Arish, the capital of North Sinai, and he was wearing a light t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Two...

For multimedia artist Steve Sabella, these hard times require us to access the potential of our imagination in order to conjure up our collective future. His works of art...

Academic Nukhet Varlık has written a timely book on the experience of the Ottoman Empire in coping with plague. The Professor of History at Rutgers University is the author...