16 February 2012
Three disabled Palestinians send a message to the whole world in general and Gandhi’s grandchildren in India in particular, calling them to make the issue of Khader Adnan and child and disabled detainees in Israel’s merciless prisons the top of their priorities. Read more about Disabled Palestinians call for solidarity with Khader Adnan from Gandhi's grandchildren and world
5 February 2012
February, 4, marks Vittorio Arrigoni’s birthday. Here, I wrote about my memories of his last birthday on earth we celebrated together last year in Gaza, Palestine. RIP dear Vik. Stay Human! Read more about Happy Birthday, Dear Vittorio (RIP)
26 December 2011
Being a Muslim, I never celebrated Christmas myself, but having lots of Christian friends inside and outside Palestine has connected me to this day. I’ve always shared it with them one way or another, since I believe that religion shouldn’t stand as a barrier between human beings. Here, I describe how I celebrated Christmas and how Christians in Gaza celebrate it. I recall some of my childhood memories from my only visit to the Church of Nativity since I was 9 years old. Read more about Merry Christmas from Gaza
15 December 2011
Talking Palestine: A diary from London of a life hugely shaped by being Palestinian. Read more about Talking Palestine
11 December 2011
A mother of two former prisoners who were deported from Hebron to the Gaza Strip arrived Gaza a week ago to celebrate her sons’ freedom. After ten years of long waiting attached with every emotion of worry, sadness, suffering, humiliation moving between check point trying to visit her imprisoned sons, she lived 6 days with them and then passed away leaving us real legend, a symbol of patience, challenge, motherhood. Read more about Palestine mourns another real legend, a symbol of motherhood
15 November 2011
A story of the amazing friendship of Chris Al-Bandak, the only Christian released in the prisoner swap, who was deported to Gaza. According to Chris, “Only one half of me is free, but the other half is still there, locked up behind Israeli bars.” Read more about “Only one half of me is free...”
13 November 2011
Many people in Palestine couldn’t feel the happiness of Eid at its fullest, especially the detainees’ families. Gomana is a ten-year-old girl whose mother died after she delivered her, and whose father has been imprisoned since she was less than two years old, leaving her uncle to look after her. She started calling him Dad till she once came back from her school to discover that he was killed by the IOF leaving her to her 70-year-old grandmother to take care of her. Read more about "I wish Dad was here celebrating Eid with me"
Gaza City 20 October 2011
Salama Mesleh was sentenced to 99 years in prison by Israel; he is not being released as part of the “swap” deal. Read more about "My husband was kidnapped by Israel"
Gaza City 17 October 2011
Israel is still restricting imports of material need to repair mosques bombed during Operation Cast Lead. Read more about Tunnels prove vital in rebuilding Gaza mosques
Gaza City 11 October 2011
A daughter of a former prisoner who spent 33 days on hunger strike writes from the Gaza Strip, urging international solidarity with the Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails. Read more about "The prisoners are the living martyrs"