The Third Intifada
It is erupting on all sides and the bitter irony of the involvement of Lebanese forces in silencing pro-Palestinian protesters …
Category Archives: Palestine
Vittorio Arrigoni: Humanity, No More
He came to help those whom the world had ignored. But for a few deluded opportunists Vittorio Arrigoni was not …
GAZA-STROPHE
A heads-up on the first documentary film to emerge from the Gaza Conflict of 2008/2009: A 95 minute documentary film …
If Women Ruled Politics
In a similar vein to the previous post, following the 1929 Palestinian Arab Women’s Congress in Jerusalem, in which calls …
The Revolution of the Youth
Or is it? Although today’s workshop ‘Arab Youth Politics: Challenges and Aspirations’ primarily aimed to gage the involvement of the …
Al-Qaeda and the Market of Jihad
Since the Egyptian Revolution began one voice has remained absent. Seemingly, it passed unnoticed, distracted as the world’s eye has …
War, Thy Name Is Terror… Or Is It?
Last year I posted on a seminar in which the students grappled with the application of the term ‘genocide‘. That …
Jordanian Protests
Continue in earnest. Spanning four successive Fridays the protests have ended more or less peaceably. Comprising of Islamist and Leftist parties, …
Israel: Love and Other Obstacles
I have become a hostage to #Jan25 – this we know. Which is a pity, as Al-Jazeera is running a …
Palestine Papers: Day II
And the revelations continue to pour forth. On the agenda is refugees: of the 7.2 million scattered worldwide, the number …
