Tag Archives: oppression
Ash-Shalabi: A Family from Palestine
Yesterday, I came across this picture. It spoke to me, it told me a story of a Palestinian family from Burqin, it told me the story of thousands of Palestinian families in occupied Palestine. This picture tells the story of … Continue reading
Hana‘ Ash-Shalabi; A Struggle Against Administrative Detention
Today, 28 year old Palestinian female political prisoner Hana’ Yahya Ash-Shalabi enters her 9th day of an open-ended hunger strike in the Israeli HaSharon jail. She is currently in solitary confinement and, according to latest reports, her health condition is … Continue reading
Jerusalem; A Cry for Support, A Cry for Justice
As the news spread, everyone went out to the streets. Students left their classrooms and rushed to the streets. Employees left their offices and rushed to the streets. Workers and farmers stopped working and rushed to the streets. Everyone left … Continue reading
Khader Adnan; Ledendary Steadfastness from Palestine
Khader Adnan is on hunger strike for the 65th day to protest against detention and imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians held captive in inhumane conditions. Since 1967: over 750,000 Palestinians were held captive in Israeli dungeons. During the First Intifada: … Continue reading
Khader Adnan: 60 Days of Legendary Steadfastness
Dear brother, dear comrade, As you continue to defy oppression and as you continue to struggle for freedom, in your name and in the name of every Palestinian and in the name of every conscientious human, listen to the voices … Continue reading
Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike: Defeating Oppression, Liberating Palestine
You stand in the narrow room. You can barely see from the dim light. You feel the pain in every part of your body. You are not allowed to sit down and you are tired from standing. You are hungry … Continue reading
Call me a Palestinian from Palestine
Don’t call me homeless, because I have a home thousands of years old. I have a home in Jrash which you demolished, erased from your map. I have a home whose stones still stand as witness to your crimes, still … Continue reading
PA Political Terminology 101: When Talks Are Not Talks
In the last couple of weeks, we have been extra blessed with the faces of various PA officials appearing almost every day to comment, give interviews or talks, in which they declare, confirm and strongly stress that what is happening … Continue reading
One Heart; Beating for Palestine
If you travel along Al-Jabal street, you pass by a monument, not huge and not small, on the side of the road. You can’t miss it, but if you are travelling in a hurry, you might notice it but not … Continue reading
Embracing the Land
Every morning he wakes up, prays, prepares tea, carries the old tea pot and a small glass and goes to check on his trees and plants. He wanders between the loquat tree and the apple tree and the vineyard, between … Continue reading




