Philadelphia With the rapidly growing Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation increasingly in the news, it is important to show solidarity with Palestinian journalists, often on the front lines of the struggle and increasingly at risk. ‘Reporting Palestine’ panel from left to right Majdi Bannoura, Dena Takruri, Laila Al-Arian, Shatha Hanaysha . . .
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By Abdelrahman ElGendy Oct. 6, 2023 Abdelrahman ElGendy, a former six-year political prisoner in Egypt, is an Egyptian writer and journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a Dietrich fellow at the University of Pittsburgh’s Nonfiction Writing MFA, a Heinz fellow at Pitt’s Global Studies Center, a 2021 Logan Nonfiction . . .
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The following is a slightly edited statement from Jewish Voice for Peace, posted on Oct. 7. Following 16 years of an Israeli military blockade, Palestinian fighters from Gaza launched an unprecedented assault, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded, and civilians kidnapped. The Israeli government declared war, launching . . .
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One major takeaway of the Palestine Writes literature festival, hosted in Philadelphia Sept. 22 – 24, was the essential connection between culture and politics. In speaker Isabella Hammad’s novel “Enter Ghost,” the creation of art itself becomes a threat to the occupying forces who, to paraphrase her explanation, fear the . . .
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By Salah Lamrani Published in French at Le Club de Mediapart, Sept. 22, 2023. The author is a French literature teacher and union activist. Translation by the author. Women demand the right to control what they wear, protesting the French ruling. France’s new Education Minister, Gabriel Attal, launched the 2023 . . .
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