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Of Occupation, Resistance and Women

Guest contribution by Roqayah Chamseddine Despite the establishment of stale orientalist campaigns, created in the name of women’s liberation in the Middle East and North Africa, the existence of...

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Optimism and cynicism surrounding Egypt’s first elected leader

Mohammed Mursi, a Muslim Brotherhood “mediocrity” (as Robert Fisk so nonchalantly puts it), was declared Egypt’s first ever democratically-elected President this Sunday in a dramatic conclusion to an...

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Profile: Khalil Kishawi, earning a Master’s at a taxi stand

‘Palestinian Profiles in America’ is a project committed to exploring and documenting the personal histories of Palestinian Americans from all walks of life. In order to best examine the Palestinian...

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Goodbyes are never easy

“One Occupied Gazan Summer” is a three-part personal narrative by Mariam I. who explores her thoughts and retraces her steps during her most recent visit to the Gaza Strip. Read part one here and part...

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TIME selects 2012 Best Photographer for his work in Egypt, Palestine, Syria

TIME’s Photo Department faces a daunting task every year as it shuffles through millions of powerful photographs to determine the best and most dynamic photographer on the wires. This year, they honor...

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Photo of the Week: Bloody tolls of the Six-Day War

Photo credit: Unknown Date taken: June 1967 Location: Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine Blood leaks down a road from the body of a Palestinian civilian slain by Israeli soldiers as Israeli military...

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A thing or two about “terror tunnels”

When I visited family in Gaza City in 2011, they reluctantly agreed to take me to see some of the tunnels that had been constructed in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. At the time, there were an...

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List of Middle East governments critical of Israeli human rights abuses in Gaza

What did you expect? Since the beginning of Israel’s latest military offensive against the Gaza Strip on July 8, at least 1,962 Palestinians have been killed, including 459 children. Sixty-seven...

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Israel’s historical fear of the Palestinian mind witnessed in Gaza today

Israel’s occupation is deliberate and intentionally extensive. It is designed to inflict maximum damage on Palestinians while shirking as much

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What do the NHL, Israel, and the Six-Day War have in common?

June 5, 1967 — a very important day for hockey fans. And for people who know their history. Today’s most popular post on the Hockey “subreddit” page on Reddit celebrates the 48th birthday of six...

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