Eleven people have been killed and 36 injured in a bomb attack targeting a Turkish police vehicle in central Istanbul, the city’s governor said. The explosion took place...
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip welcomed the holy month of Ramadan while living under the strict Israeli siege for the tenth year. Markets have suffered an unprecedented drop in...
London-based activists brought political street theatre to Hackney on Saturday as a huge papier-mache stone was paraded through the busy streets in an action enacted in solidarity with Palestinian...
June 5, 2016
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Maha Salah I don’t know about you guys, but when I hear fried dough, my interest is instantly piqued. Awameh or luqmat al-qadi, as some Arabs call it, is one of...
The last 7 days in pictures…...
A new, crowdfunded web documentary aims to tell the stories of Palestinian families devastated by Israeli attacks during the 2014 summer offensive. ‘Obliterated Families’ is the work of French...
British Muslim artist Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has released a song addressing the Syrian refugee crisis. His new song is about the story of a 12-year-old...
Eric Chinje, CEO of the African Media Initiative, speaks to MEMO about the representation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the African media.
A British-Palestinian schoolgirl’s winning speech has been restored to the website of a leading public speaking competition, following protests over censorship and hate speech. Leanne Mohamad, a 15-year-old student...
The leader of France’s Jewish Defence League was on the run in Israel on Wednesday after receiving a prison sentence for violent gang attacks in Paris, according to a...
Interviews
June 1, 2016
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Jehan Alfarra The five-year-old was the sole survivor of an arson attack on his family’s home when extremist settlers firebombed the property, killing his mother, father and brother
A disturbing video of an Egyptian worker in Kuwait being beaten and tortured by his Kuwaiti supervisor has caused outrage in Egypt. This video, available on YouTube and shared...
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Politically, Netanyahu and his narrow coalition was about to accomplish a Turkish-Israeli compromise to warm up relations with Turkey after sever intensions. The sudden invitation to Lieberman, however, most likely blows away previous efforts and agreements.
Baraka hopes to enter the Guinness World Book of Records despite being just 20 years old and weighing 65 kilograms
Leanne Mohamad, a 15-year-old student at Wanstead High School in London, won a regional final of the Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge
The Ankara Platform of Faith Freedom organised the commemoration ceremony with other NGOs, including Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH)
Interviews
May 28, 2016
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Naima Morelli According to Rafat Asad, as a Palestinian artist, you can’t avoid being political. “Every moment you live in this place is political,” he tells me. “If you want to...
The last 7 days in pictures…...
British-Palestinian Leanne Mohamad has won a 2015-16 Speak Out Regional Challenge held in London following a moving speech about the Nakba and its effects on Palestinian society. She will...
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May 26, 2016
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Yvonne Ridley Ramadan is approaching and the annual argument over the selling and buying of dates grown on lands stolen from Palestinians is well under way. Boycotting Israeli dates is probably...
The Iraqi army’s continuing assault on the city of Fallujah, which has been under Daesh control since January 2014, has led to growing concern over the fate of the...
Norway has celebrated its National Day in the Gaza Strip for the fourth year, the country’s ambassador to Palestine said. “This is the fourth time we celebrate the 17th...
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Turkey’s new prime minister is now Binali Yildirim, the former transportation minister. As an engineer, his competence in more technical roles was in little doubt, but some have been...
May 22, 2016
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Maha Salah Let me start off by saying this is one of my absolute favourite dishes. It takes me straight to my grandmother’s house and is the definition of comfort...
The leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement touted his party differentiating between its political and proselytising aspects as a kind of “maturity” that is in harmony with the constitution. Speaking...
Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…
Chinese film director and activist, Ai Weiwei began his work in Palestine by interviewing Palestinian refugees in Gaza. He has now developed this into a documentary he intends on...
It is vital to humanise the Palestinian cause, statistics alone are insufficient to benefit it, speakers at the final day of the Palestine Media Forum said. Speaking in Istanbul,...
The Egyptian administrative court at the State Council on Tuesday has postponed the session on the lawsuit to abolish the Egyptian–Saudi maritime demarcation agreement which transferred sovereignty of the...
The Palestinian ministry of agriculture in Gaza warned last month of an Israeli plan to damage cereal crops in the Gaza Strip, mainly wheat and barley, a Middle East...
The second International Palestinian Conference for Media and Communications will open its doors today in Istanbul, Turkey. The two-day event, hosted by the Palestine Media Forum in partnership with Middle East Monitor (MEMO), aims to...
“The biggest trauma we have suffered is that when we open our eyes we cannot see our homeland”. Dr. Mohamed Altawil, one of the founders of the Palestine Trauma...