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Shireen Issawi holding Samer's picture

Samer Issawi’s letter in SEVEN languages

The translation of Samer Issawi’s letter by the Musical Intifada was taken up by wonderful activists from other countries, now resulting in translations from Arabic into six languages. Please share this page so that the message of our brave hunger striker can be read and understood in all corners of the world. The text is here below in: English, Arabic,...

Samer Issawi

Letter from Samer Issawi on Palestinian Prisoners Day (full text)

Translation by Tariq Shadid – see original Arabic text down below Ramallah, April 17, 2013 From his room in Kaplan Medical Center, political prisoner Samer Issawi sent a letter via the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society saying: “I am sending my greetings to everyone, without exception, and I request from all honorable people of our country, of our Arabic...

Netanyahu at Al Buraq Wall

Jerusalem: Israel grabs last remaining Muslim area

  Middle East Monitor – Israel has accelerated its digging and destruction around the Al-Magharbeh Gates, which is an essential part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Islamic Endowments and Heritage said in a statement on Thursday.   “Dozens of workers are working on a daily basis to clear the underground ways connecting Israeli synagogues with the Al-Buraq...

Mosque burning in Netherlands

Islam-hatred in the Netherlands spinning out of control

On Saturday April 6th, at 5.30 in the morning, a mosque in the Dutch town of Enkhuizen was found on fire. Firemen were said to  have been able to quell the fire quickly, but were apparently unable to save the building. The mosque, housed in a former school building at the Tureluurshof, was targeted by arsonists before, in 2011. The...