Category: Palestine

A feminist praxis for academic freedom in the context of genocide in Gaza

Palestine

Palestinian Feminist Collective condemns sophicide and scholasticide in Gaza – the deliberate annihilation of Indigenous knowledge traditions and the physical destruction of centers of knowledge.   BY PALESTINIAN FEMINIST COLLECTIVE APRIL 11, 2024 As members of the Palestinian Feminist Collective and scholars at North American universities, we are steadfast in our commitment to the intellectual pursuit of knowledge, truth, and

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Foundations of Solidarity: A Conversation with Yasmin El-Rifae

Activist reflections, Articles, Citizen Media, Egypt, Globalizing Dissent, Palestine, Protest Movements, Translating Dissent, Translation

June 23, 2022 By Helen Mackreath, Los Angeles Review of Books   IN THE WAKE of the intensifying resistance to the occupation of Palestine, the Black Lives Matter protests in the United States (and beyond), and such movements as #StandWithStandingRock, appeals for solidarity with the plight of migrants, occupied populations, racialized minorities, and Indigenous peoples have become culturally pervasive. This

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In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanction and a Free Palestine

BDS News, Palestine

Editorial By The Crimson Editorial Board April 29, 2022 When oppression strikes anywhere in the world, resistance movements reverberate globally. The desire for rightful justice spreads, like wildfire, moving us to act, to speak, to write, and right our past wrongs. Over the past year, the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee has strived to do just that. Amid escalating tensions

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My Child Asks, ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building if the Power Is Out?’

Citizen Journalism, Citizen Media, Palestine

By Refaat Alareer The New York Times May 13, 2021   TAL AL-HAWA, Gaza Strip — On Tuesday night, my wife, six children and I huddled in the living room of our apartment, the place least likely to take a stray hit from Israeli missiles or the debris they scatter. We were watching Al Jazeera’s livestreaming of Israeli warplanes’ imminent

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J. K. Rowling and the Prisoners of Israel

BDS News, Omar Robert Hamilton, Palestine

by OMAR ROBERT HAMILTON Counterpunch, OCTOBER 26, 2015 “Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.” — J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007. How disappointing to see JK Rowling and Hilary Mantel signing this nefarious letter calling for the need for ‘cultural bridges’ with Israel. The letter, assembled by a new organisation calling itself Culture

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Why Did an Israeli Publisher Release a Book of Translated Arabic Essays Without Consent?

Articles, Culture, Translation

The decision to translate and publish the works of dozens of women authors, without their involvement or approval, points to unethical publishing practices. Hakim Bishara, Hyperallergic September 13, 2018 TEL AVIV — A new book released by the Israeli publisher Resling Books is under fire for publishing a collection of stories by leading Arab women writers without their permission. Editor and

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Statement of Dr Swee Ang on Israeli Flotilla Attack, 29 July to 1 August 2018

Palestine

Statement (below) re events relating to a ship, Al Awda, of the Freedom Flotilla, attempting to break the siege of Gaza, carrying medical supplies etc. The ship was violently intercepted in international waters by Israeli warships. Hooded men took over the ship, beat up and tasered (to unconsciousness) the captain and second mate, assaulted other passengers, stole their phones and

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