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June 17, 2021
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Marwa Koçak
The president of Adiyaman 1954 Football Club has attracted attention for being the first woman in such a position to win a league championship in Turkey. Cevher Erdem's team...
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June 15, 2021
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Eman Abusidu
In just three words, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza set social media buzzing: "The tower collapsed." That was how Wael Al-Dahdouh announced to the world that the tower block...
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June 12, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
Having waited since July 2019 to see her children, the first thing that she plans to do when she's reunited is hug them tight
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June 3, 2021
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Amelia Smith
For the 11 days Israeli air strikes pummelled Gaza, Dr Khamis would try to take a two-hour nap around 8am, the only time he could catch some much needed...
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May 30, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
A stench hangs over Sheikh Jarrah today as its residents continue to be harassed by the occupation authorities. Palestinians in the tiny neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem are being...
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Stephanie Williams joined the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) two years ago as deputy to the then mission head Ghassan Salame. In March last year she took centre...
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May 25, 2021
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Naima Morelli
When we think of the genre of magical realism, we often think about South American literature, where spirits of the past, food and social issues blur together. However, for...
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May 19, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
The fundamental right to education is enshrined in international law. For decades, though, the education sector in Palestine has had to contend with the oppressive and violent imposition of...
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May 17, 2021
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Laila Ahmet
Palestinian photojournalist Mohammed Ateeq was covering the Israeli attacks against worshippers in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque last week when the security forces shot him in the back with...
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May 7, 2021
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Ahmad Hwedi
Dr Abdullah Maarouf interviewed by Ahmad Hweidi
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On 1 April, a mural appeared in the Italian city of Naples. It depicts Palestinian workers lining up at an Israeli military checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West...
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May 5, 2021
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Eman Abusidu
In an interview with Jihad Hammadeh, president of the Cinco Pilares institution ICP for humanitarian aid
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May 3, 2021
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Laila Ahmet
Palestinian journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi began a hunger strike after twelve Israeli armed forces raided his home on 21 April, 2021, in Ramallah after midnight, confiscated his mobile phone and...
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April 28, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
No one is born a migrant. Such status depends on many factors, including the way people are treated by society, and the opportunities and possibilities they have for the...
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April 27, 2021
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Ahmad Hwedi
Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, is known for crossing any and all red lines to achieve its goals, which are political, military and security gains for the occupation state. It...
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April 19, 2021
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Eman Abusidu
Palestinian electrical engineer Loay Elbasyouni, who was part of the NASA team which sent the Perseverance spacecraft to Mars last month, has returned to prominence as the space agency...
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April 17, 2021
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Ahmad Hwedi
Arab and Islamic communities are scattered across various continents around the world. Statistics have shown that Arab communities hold weight in Europe and America, especially the Palestinian communities, which...
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April 4, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
Mohamedou Ould Slahi, 50, faced beatings, electrocution mock executions and sexual humiliation in America’s notorious Guantanamo Bay prison
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April 2, 2021
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Amelia Smith
When Sahar Khalifeh was young, her family didn't support her dream of becoming a writer. They regarded art as a sin that would ultimately destroy the family's reputation. "The...
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April 1, 2021
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Naima Morelli
Tripoli-born art entrepreneur and educator Shatha Sbeta is very clear about her objective. "I want to bring Libyan female artists and their artworks — as well as their stories...
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March 30, 2021
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Eman Abusidu
On 30 March, 1976, forty-five years ago today, Israeli occupation forces killed six Palestinians as they were protesting against the government's expropriation of Palestinian land. The events on that...
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March 26, 2021
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Amelia Smith
On 22 August 2020 Mona Alshazly received a devastating phone call from her mother. "They've taken everything," she told Mona, screaming and crying. "Our documentation and all of our...
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March 25, 2021
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Faiza Saqib
When we think of Yemen, war and famine often come to mind straight away. The UN has declared that Yemen is suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis and that the...
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March 21, 2021
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Elif Selin Calik
Uyghur academic and representative of Uyghur Muslims, Professor Abdulresit Celil Karluk speaks out on the plight of his people languishing in China’s concentration camps since 2017
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When Syrian teenager Bashir Abazed was arrested a decade ago for scrawling anti-government graffiti on his school wall, he never imagined an uprising would flare that would devastate his...
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March 19, 2021
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Naima Morelli
It has been said that artists always work on exploring a single idea throughout their entire life; an idea connected deeply to the core of their being; and they...
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Live stream from Daud Abdullah's interview with Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Scotland
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March 14, 2021
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Lauren Lewis
Wael pushed the key into the rusty lock and wiggled it from left to right until he felt the grooves catch and turn. He pushed the door open, kicked...
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March 8, 2021
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Anjuman Rahman
Dr Mezna AlMarzooqi set up the first Women’s Sports Initiative at Saudi universities to help break the taboo of females taking part in physical activity in the kingdom, she tells MEMO what inspired her
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March 5, 2021
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Amelia Smith
Amidst the harsh, rugged environment of Baqa'a refugee camp in Jordan a Palestinian apprentice seamstress runs her hands across rolls of velvet. Hands that speak of a decaying spirit...
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February 25, 2021
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Eman Abusidu
The Palestinian people have used many tactics in their legitimate resistance against the Israeli occupation which has robbed them of their land, rights and holy places. The use of...
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February 23, 2021
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Amelia Smith |
Laila Ahmet
On 20 February 2021 Manar Abouelnaga and her son appeared in front of Egypt's state security prosecution two years after their forcible disappearance. Al-Baraa was just three-years-old. The house...