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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...

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...

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)

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...

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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...

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...

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...

  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...

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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...

"… Jews, Muslims and Allah Hu Akbar!… I am not interested in Judaism and Islam as an argument for my case, my case is national determination". An exclusive interview...

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign hosted a day conference in London to commemorate 68 years since the Nakba or Catastrophe. The conference focused on the consequences of the events that...

With yet another Nakba Day now upon us, another twelve months has passed in which many more Palestinian refugees have passed away without realising their inalienable rights. Palestinian refugees...

Weekly round up of all the major news stories this past week

The founding of Israel resulted in the displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and kick started the ethnic cleansing of those who managed to stay within...

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Middle East Monitor hosted the third annual lecture to honour the memory, scholarship and achievement of Abdelwahab Elmessiri, the late Egyptian thinker, yesterday. The event highlighted how Elmessiri went...

Egyptian authorities yesterday reopened Wednesday the Rafah crossing for two days after it was closed for 85 consecutive days, Al-Ray News Agency reported. The Palestinian Ministry of the Interior...