The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on July 31 published an article relating to a new Dutch law that will be implemented today, on August 1. The new law forbids the wearing of face-covering clothes, and applies equally to women who wear a niqab (veil), as to any people who wear balaclavas or integral motor helmets. However, in one of the...
Front Door Key: good news for those who like this 2007 album! It is now available in its entirety on Youtube. The album came to life 10 years ago, in the Netherlands. Some people are lucky enough to have bought or otherwise obtained a hard copy of it. However, these copies are now almost all out. There are few left,...
Mohammed Al Qiq, 34-year-old Palestinian journalist and political prisoner, made headlines last year with a hunger strike against his detention in 2016, which lasted 94 days. After calls from many human rights organisations, Al Qiq eventually made it out of prison alive. Rearrested On January 15th this year, Israeli occupation forces arrested Al Qiq again. They nabbed him while returning...
Berlinale 2017, the annual film festival, resulted in a Silver Bear Award for Palestinian filmmaker Raed Andoni in the category ‘best documentary’ . His winning film is “Istiyad Ashbah” (Ghost Hunting), and portrays the trauma of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli captivity. Having spent time as a youth in an Israeli occupation jail as a political prisoner himself, he knows all...
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