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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
The cameraman passes a microphone through a gap in the separation wall and a hand from the other side finds just enough space to take it; for one mother...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Qalandia, "I hate the word," says the protagonist as he walks through the familiar metal grille that protects the crossing between the West Bank and Jerusalem in the occupied...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Nadar Khallaf lays out colourful cards in the centre of the circle and asks each of the 12 young men surrounding him to pick two of them. A member...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
"It's kind of strange, but okay. You can't help but dance- in an awkward fashion- but it was well worth it," music lover Yahya Karali commented on a recent...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
In 2011, it was handed out to keep protestors in Tahrir Square going as they demonstrated against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30 year rule; since 1950 Abou Tarek's...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Considering the Palestinians have only had two presidents in over 20 years, it's no wonder they are taking it upon themselves to elect their own leader – or a...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Over the past few weeks, Jerusalem's deputy Mayor David Hadari has been busy writing letters. First he outlined a proposal to market 900 new housing units in an illegal...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Finding a riad-style warehouse teeming with beautiful Moroccan furniture isn't quite what you expect when stepping off the tube at Greenford in west London. But it is in a...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
There is something unnerving about Fadi Al Jabour's doll. Painted using oils in the abstract realistic style, from a distance she is a cute with round cheeks and blond...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Dai Dream may be a British hip hop producer from Liverpool, but he has a huge fan base in the occupied territories. "I love Palestine and I love the...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
Abdulrahman Murad
"The world used to think that Gaza knows nothing about life except the mass killings and destruction that it witnesses, but I wanted to show the opposite ," Maysara...
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Blog
January 22, 2014
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Amelia Smith
In the winning image, a group of men carry the bodies of two young Palestinian children wrapped in funeral shrouds down an alley in Jabaliya refugee camp in the...
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Blog
In the updated version of his book Covering Islam, originally published in 1981, renowned Palestinian writer and intellectual Edward Said voiced concern that "the mere use of the label...
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Blog
Although Palestinians have lived under Israeli occupation and apartheid for over six decades, Western narratives usually paint them as hateful and violent, as if they were born with hatred...
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Article
January 8, 2014
Yassir Al Zaatara
When you find a report titled "The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington" in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...
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Article
January 8, 2014
Sophie Cousins
The study, recently published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journal of Medicine, found that globally, the prevalence of depression was 4.4 per cent, while Afghanistan and the...
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Article
Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...
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Article
January 8, 2014
Yassir Al Zaatara
When you find a report titled "The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington" in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...
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Article
January 8, 2014
Sophie Cousins
The study, recently published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journal of Medicine, found that globally, the prevalence of depression was 4.4 per cent, while Afghanistan and the...
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Article
January 8, 2014
Asa Winstanley
Palestinians have long suspected their leader Yasser Arafat was assassinated by Israel. Thanks to Clayton Swisher and his team at the Al Jazeera Investigations Unit, we have new evidence...
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July 8, 2013
Middle East Monitor
A video entitled "MB tortures kids and throws them off buildings" has gripped the attention of Egyptians and others following the unfolding events in Egypt. It has been widely...
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December 14, 2012
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Shazia Arshad
In a House of Lords debate on the plight of Palestinian citizens of Israel ("Arab Israelis") called by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, peers from across the political spectrum...
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August 7, 2012
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Aseel Saif
The following piece of writing is based on the true story of Hadil Ghalia and many other Palestinians living under occupation. Friday, my beloved Friday. It was our day...
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Article
It seems that Tunisia was destined to be the catalyst for the greatest event in modern Arab history. And it seems that Mohammad Bouzeizi, who set fire to himself...