Linah Alsaafin

Though small, Palestine's queer movement has big vision

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
12 July 2013

Activists focused on sexuality realize that building alliances with other groups will take time.

Dying prisoner treated cruelly by Israeli doctors over many years

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
1 April 2013

Maysara Abuhamdia may only have days to live; he has long complained of “intentional negligence” by doctors “treating” Palestinian detainees.

"Samir is gone": family mourns baby-faced teen killed by Israeli fire

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
31 January 2013

Samir Awad, 16, is one of several youths killed by Israeli forces this month.

Did Abbas abuse his powers in restricting election to West Bank?

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
2 November 2012

Local elections have been postponed for a few years so why were they called under procedures reserved for emergencies?

Winning the battle of empty stomachs: hunger striker Bilal Diab interviewed

Linah Alsaafin
Jenin area
14 September 2012
Bilal Diab on his 77-day hunger strike in protest of administrative detention in Israeli prison.

How obsession with "nonviolence" harms the Palestinian cause

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
10 July 2012
Is it really “popular resistance” when Palestinians are sometimes outnumbered by Israeli activists at weekly demonstrations?

Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strikes continue as Israel violates agreements

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
5 June 2012
Since the end of the mass hunger strike in the early hours of 15 May, rumors of Israel reneging on the agreement have solidified into facts.

Imperfect revolution: Palestine's 15 March movement one year on

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
23 March 2012
One year after the 15 March movement’s call for national unity, what has the youth-led mobilization achieved?

No miracle yesterday in Nabi Saleh: Mustafa Tamimi murdered

Linah Alsaafin
Ramallah
10 December 2011
Linah Alsaafin witnessed the murder of Mustafa Tamimi at the hands of the Israeli army who had invaded Nabi Saleh village.

Are the Freedom Rides a detour for the struggle?

Linah Alsaafin
23 November 2011
Last week, six courageous Palestinians attempted to defy racism, segregation and apartheid by boarding Jewish settler-only buses in the hopes of reaching Jerusalem, a city off limits to Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the symbolic, media-friendly act — and its debatable relevance to the average Palestinian — begs some important questions.

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