“O those who pass between fleeting words Carry your names, and be gone Rid our time of your hours, and be gone Steal what you will from the blueness of the sea and the sand of memory Take what pictures you will, so that you understand That which you never will: How a stone from…
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and…
Written by Moushira Jamal Photographs: Moushira Jamal Edited by Vanessa Beeley The adrenaline is pumping There is no easy way of getting to Rafah, the radio is telling us that more cars have been attacked and my mind is focused on survival. We make it in one piece. Doaa Younis, 17 years old,…
26th July 2014
Gaza: with over 200.000 Palestinians losing their homes in this bombardment and being displaced to shelters, it is hard for these struggling families to buy the children a school bag and uniform for the new school term that will start on the 24th of August. A school bag is only 20$/ 15 Euros/ £ 12…
My article from April 2013 when Mohammed Assaf was on the way to winning Arab Idol..blazing like a “rocket” into the hearts of the Judges and world audiences. Two days ago Mousheera Jammal and I went to Palestine University to talk to Lecturers and fellow students who know Palestine’s rising Arab Idol star…Mohamed Assaf. Mohamed has…
“The greatest lesson I learned in Vietnam as an Army medic, is the absolute truth that the United States is the most evil government that has ever existed on the face of the earth. I learned this truth not from the academic world, not from talking to experts, etc… I learned this truth in a…
by John Pilger 11 September 2014 “There is a taboo,” said the visionary Edward Said, “on telling the truth about Palestine and the great destructive force behind Israel. Only when this truth is out can any of us be free.” For many people, the truth is out now. At last, they know. Those once intimidated…
“As the early rumbles of thunder reverberate up the valley in France, I am transported back to a day just after ceasefire in Gaza, last November. The second ceasefire finally held after the previous nights opening of the doors to Hell by the Israeli forces. A bombardment so intense from sea and air, an Israel,…
“This day, one year ago we were talking with the Abu Dagga family and the doctors who tried desperately to save Hamid’s precious life but the shrapnel had grazed his tiny heart making their job impossible. We were trying to absorb the futility of his death, the brutality and speed of Israel’s attack when we…
The Wall Will Fall 