On April 17th, Palestinian Prisoners Day, the mother of Samer Issawi released a statement, to be shared across the world. Samer Issawi, as most people know, waged a legendary 277-day hunger strike against his incarceration by the Israeli occupation last year. However, after he was released, the Issawi family did not get to enjoy his freedom for long. Samer’s sister...
Ramallah, Palestine – Mariam Barghouti, a 20-year old student, was arrested on April 11th at the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh. She was accused by two soldiers of the Israeli Barashot unit, that since recently has been deployed around the village, of having thrown stones at the Israeli army. This fabricated accusation was contradicted by many witnesses at the scene....
Dear friends: here are three recent examples of how my music brought the Palestinian cause to non-politically involved people from the West. I wish to share them with you, as accomplishments of the Musical Intifada, for which I also owe thanks to the many supporters that I feel blessed to have. While I lacked the support of the usual pro-Palestine...
Door Tariq Shadid – En daar gaan we weer. Brahim Bourzik trekt bij P & W het boetekleed weer eens aan, net zoals voor hem Aboutaleb, Marcouch, en anderen uit het beroepsallochtonen-establishment. En daarna begint het gejammer: de een na de andere Marokkaanse Nederlander haast zich om zich te verontschuldigen voor de wangedragingen van mensen waar hij niets mee gemeenschappelijk...
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