from The Nation by Noura Erakat Israel has killed almost 800 Palestinians in the past twenty-one days in the Gaza Strip alone; its onslaught continues. The UN estimates that more than 74 percent of those …
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Five Israeli Talking Points on Gaza—Debunked
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Human rights defenders under live fire, one dead
by the ISM The Israeli military just shot a Gazan man trying to reach his family, during an announced ceasefire. He was with a group of municipality workers and international human rights defenders who were attempting …
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Ireland Out of Afghanistan
Sultan Bacha was killed. Mir Bacha was sentenced to transportation for life. And that field for which the two brothers were fighting was taken by others.
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‘We live in fear of a massacre.’
‘We live in fear of a massacre'; The only British newspaper journalists inside the besieged Syrian enclave of Baba Amr reports on the terrible cost of the uprising against president Assad; Loyalties of 'desert rose' tested
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Tawakkul Karmant, First Female Arab Nobel Peace Laureate: A Nod for Arab Spring
(originally appeared at Democracy Now!) In an interview, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman said her Nobel Peace prize is a victory for Yemen and for all of the uprisings of the Arab Spring. Karman is a …
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Afghan Women Writers
“What I write here are the wounded and torn pieces of my heart and the secrets an Afghan girl suffers. I am like a piece of cloth. I cost little. Who will buy me?”
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After Mubarak, Fighting For Press Freedom in Egypt
by: Sharif Abdel Kouddous (originally published at The Nation) Under Mubarak, state-owned media was a propaganda arm of the government, parroting party dogma while dismissing public criticism and political opposition. During the 18-day uprising that …
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Portrait of a Revolutionary: Hossam El-Hamalawy
Hossam El-Hamalawy speaks about the role of Labour/Unions in the Egyptian Revolution Bassam [henceforth “B”]: How are you? Congratulations. Hossam [henceforth “H”]: Great. Thank you! B: Can you tell us about the post-revolution situation? There’s …
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