From Newtown to Damascus
Mohammed Salaymeh Daniel Barden Charlotte Baker Ahmad Abu Daqa Olivia Engel O’laa Jablawi It is extremely difficult to look at any of these names and not be reminded of some of the horrors that the...
View ArticleAmina Tyler’s naked activism
Amina Tyler Here’s the story of Amina Tyler, a 19-year- young woman who has brewed a storm of controversy in Tunisia. Tyler around 10 days ago posted two photos of herself topless on Facebook. The...
View ArticleReflecting on bombings in Boston and Iraq
The bombings that shook the Boston Marathon yesterday created waves of grief and sympathy around the globe. The race in itself is noted for drawing in thousands of runners from different backgrounds,...
View ArticleUncompromising hope inspired by Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Kanafani (Photo: Flickr) This May marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) in Palestine in 1948 when over 700,000 Palestinians were forced off their land, in some...
View ArticleThree dead in Qalandiya offer reminders of Lina Al Nabulsi’s tragic death
Scheduled peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians – some of the first following a three-year stalemate – are now under threat of being halted following the death of three Palestinian protesters...
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