15 August 2013
Palestinians celebrate the freedom of prisoners, despite Palestinian Authority efforts to use them to gain legitimacy for futile negotiations. Read more about Israel’s prisoner release doesn’t legitimize “negotiations”
18 March 2013
While Ayman Sharawna was forcibly deported to Gaza for ten years in exchange for his release, Samer Issawi issues a statement on deportation showing his refusal of this policy under any circumstances. Read more about Exile in Gaza is not the victory we want for our heroic prisoners
3 February 2013
Medical neglect is one of the major brutal policies the Israeli Prison Service practices intentionally against Palestinian political prisoners. Read more about Will Samer Issawi be the next victim of medical neglect by the Israeli Prison Service?
13 January 2013
Palestinian detainee Jihad al-Obeidi will soon be freed after 25 years in Israeli prison. Read more about Jerusalem family anxiously awaits return of son after 25 years in Israeli prison
10 January 2013
Israel has subjected hunger striker’s parents and siblings to arrests and house demolitions. Read more about "My family is living through hell:" Samer Issawi speaks from jail
21 December 2012
Act now to save our brave hunger striker’s life. Read more about "Keep your head high:" a comrade's greeting to Samer Issawi
3 November 2012
On the anniversary of Balfour declaration, Mahmoud Abbas came with another declaration competing with Balfour’s. This is my reflections on both. Read more about Despite Abbas and Balfour, we will return to our homes in Palestine
21 September 2012
“Every BDS success makes us feel like we made a stride forward towards freedom, justice, equality and return” Read more about “We’re counting on you”: In video, students in Gaza call on world peers to intensify BDS
19 September 2012
My reflections on the verdict of Vik’s murderers which came as we were commemorating the 30th anniversary of Sabra and Shatila. Read more about Justice for Vittorio in Gaza, but Israeli impunity continues
7 September 2012
Samer al-Barq may have only minutes to live, his father explains in a telephone call with The Electronic Intifada blogger Shahd Abusalama. Read more about "Every minute matters" for gravely ill hunger striker Samer al-Barq, says father
Shahd Abusalama is a Palestinian artist from Gaza and the author of Palestine from My Eyes blog. She is a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University, exploring Palestinian cinema. She can be followed at @shahdabusalama.