Review – Events & Articles

MEMO Conference: the illusive peace   the legacy of Oslo 20 years on The Oslo Accords, now 20 years old, have been a "complete disaster" for the people of Palestine....

In a room adorned somewhat appropriately with black and white war photography the Senior Editor of Middle East Monitor, Ibrahim Hewitt, launched his book "MEMO to the Editor" at...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Chaired by former foreign associate editor of the Guardian, Victoria Brittain, the speakers Mahmoud Zaware and Sami Abou Shehadeh talked about their lives in Israel and the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Thursday 18th October, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Cordoba Foundation co-hosted the book launch of The Battle for Public Opinion in Europe: Changing perceptions...

The Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East (LFPME) fringe event at the Party Conference was arguably the best attended for years. It was, perhaps, suggestive of a...

Israel is a parliamentary democracy represented by a very large number of parties, with universal suffrage for all citizens, regardless of race, religion or sex… – CIA World Fact...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS At London University's SOAS last Friday, the Middle East Monitor and the Jasmine Foundation had the honour of welcoming three MPs from post-revolutionary Tunisia, who brought with...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Wadah Khanfar, the former Director General of Al-Jazeera, was the guest speaker for the Middle East Monitor's first public event of 2012. The topic he was invited...

MEMO Summary The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international people's tribunal set up with the intention of seeking justice for the Palestinian people where governments and international...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Tuesday 11th October, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Cordoba Foundation (TCF) co-hosted the authors of the recent SpinWatch report on the spread of Islamophobia...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES IslamExpo has held a dinner in honour of the ex-Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network at which Wadah Khanfar was congratulated for his impressive tenure at the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Last night the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted Shaykh Rashid Ghanoushi – the previously exiled leader of Al-Nahda Party in Tunisia – for a roundtable meeting in...

MEMO/PSC event opens debate despite attempts at censorship EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The concerted Zionist campaign to smear the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) failed dismally...

On Friday night (25th March 2011) MEMO and the PSC co-hosted Palestinian author Ramzy Baroud for a book signing in London's Mosaic Rooms. He spent the evening "in conversation"...

A seminar planned to put the "Palestine Papers under the spotlight" has been held in the Senate House of the University of London. Organised by the Middle East Monitor...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Report on a public seminar by Professor Richard FalkProfessor Richard Falk, the UNHCR's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, spoke on the issue...

Organized by Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations The conference on "The European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian Issue" was convened in Beirut on the 3rd and 4th of...

INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT On Wednesday 28th July, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) hosted a groundbreaking and highly successful public event in...

INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT SUMMARY That was the focus of the most recent MEMO event held on Tuesday 1st June in the Brunei Gallery at SOAS. The horrific...

A year after the brutal Israeli invasion of Gaza an impressive array of speakers gathered in London this week to draw attention to the fact that the end of...

Yesterday, 7th December 2009, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted a groundbreaking event which brought together people from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions including academics, lawyers, peace...

On the 4th and 5th of November, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) was present at a conference in Beirut, convened by the Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations under...

The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and The Cordoba Foundation yesterday co-hosted the first, of what we hope will be many, successful joint ventures. Last night in the Kensington Close...

Amnesty International Report "Troubled Waters – Palestinians denied fair access to water – Israel-Occupied Territories." Review by Dr. Hanan Chehata, Middle East Monitor, (MEMO), London   Introduction It is...

Excerpts from: European-Mediterranean Relations: From the Barcelona Declaration to the Mediterranean Union Chapter: Partnership Initiatives in the light of the Arab-Israeli Conflict A Summary by Senussi Bsaikri, Middle East...

Robert D. Kaplan's article "Why I Love Al Jazeera" (The Atlantic – Oct. 2009 – pp55-56.) Review by Dr. Hanan Chehata, Middle East Monitor, (MEMO), London In his article...

Now that the Obama show has left town the Middle East can return to reality. All eyes are focussed on the 24th meeting of Arab heads of state due...

One month on, the fallout from Israel's attack on the aid flotilla shows no sign of abating. Calls for an independent and credible inquiry continue to grow, not only...