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3 years today since the murder of Marwa El Sherbiny

3 years today since the murder of Marwa El Sherbiny

Some events are just too tragic, too grim, too significant to forget. Can you imagine someone being murdered – not by bullets, but by 15 knife wounds – in the middle of a courtroom, right in front of the judge and all the other legal assistants? What if I told you that the murderer was actually on trial, and the...

Call for action: free Akram, Samer and Hassan!

Call for action: free Akram, Samer and Hassan!

This year the Palestinian struggle is marked by the actions of courageous Palestinian individuals in Israeli detention, who are protesting against their imprisonment without due process by awe-inspiring hunger strikes. Despite the world’s mass media’s attempts to keep attention to the issue limited, the actions of human rights organizations, social media activists and other individuals all over the world have...

Can Zionism fool all of the people all of the time?

By Tariq Shadid – also published at Palestine Chronicle – The Israeli colonization of Palestine continues unabated, and the political show that protects and enables it has become a boring and repetitive charade. At the same time, it serves to feed the agendas, wallets and speeches of politicians and others who like to pretend that they believe in a ‘negotiated...

Why you should listen to the music of Doc Jazz

By Imane M. – translated from Dutch – Soon, on May 12th, Doc Jazz will come and perform his songs in Amsterdam. I don’t want to miss it, and you shouldn’t want to miss it either! Maybe you are thinking: ‘Doc Jazz? Old-fashioned jazz music with all kinds of complex improvisations? Not for me!’ Well, I am a big fan...