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Palestinians hold photographs of prisoners jailed in Israel during a celebration for the liberation of Palestinian Khader Adnan in the West Bank village of Arrabeh, near Jenin, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The same week, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel launched a hunger strike the protesting their conditions and demanding an end to detentions without...
Photos of artwork courtesy of the author. “I will carry my soul in my palm,And cast it into the abyss of death, Either a life that pleases a friend,or a death that angers an enemy.” When I asked my uncle Khader Shaat, 47, about the poetry verse that he inscribed on the embroidered, handmade notebook about 30 years ago in Asqalan Israeli prison, he told me...
Gaza’s farmers and clothing workers sectors struggle under Israeli blockade Above: A farmer, hired by Abu Mohammad Alzaeem, from the southern Gaza Strip, taking care of grapes beneath a plastic net that is designed to protect the crop this summer. Photos by the author.Gaza’s economy and ecology under siege. by RAMI ALMEGHARI June 23, 2023 ABOLITION WEEK...
In January 1990, the sun had yet to shine. Grandma Iftikar, then a 54-year-old woman, was standing in front of four fully-armed soldiers. Unafraid of getting shot in the head, she slapped one of them. They didn’t even bat an eye and kept walking. Helplessly, she stood there watching as they dragged a 20-year-old young man along with them. They took her beloved...
Palestine on Lock:Israeli Occupation From the walls of an Israeli prison to the imprisoning air of Israeli occupation in Gaza. by BASMA ADHAM ALBAYED June 27, 2023 ABOLITION WEEK On the night before their release, Palestinian prisoners put their clothes, toothbrushes, and photo albums into plastic bags as they prepare to finally see the sun and their family...