The group of girls, ponytailed and dressed in pink, stretched their arms out to the sides and pivoted onto their toes, trying desperately to hold still. Eagle-eyed, the instructor surveyed Gaza’s latest crop of would-be ballerinas.
By Mohamed Mohamed
The Hebrew word “hasbara” translates to “explaining,” but it is a euphemism for the propaganda that endorses the state of Israel and its actions. In its efforts to influence world opinion and promote itself on the international stage, Israel’s hasbara campaign has relied on misdirection, careful selection of words, empty semantic arguments, and the omission of crucial facts.
After an unseasonably warm October, one would expect the cool rainfall of autumn to be welcomed in the Gaza Strip. But the downpours only make life harder, as excess rainwater springs from roads, sidewalks, and courtyards.
Dr. Mads Gilbert presents his recent book of photographs taken during the 2014 war on Gaza. This is the photo story that pays tribute to the courage, endurance, and almost inconceivably strong spirit of Palestinian health workers and volunteers, a spirit replicated throughout the severely tested society of Gaza during the summer war of 2014.
Dr. Faedah M. Totah is an associate professor in the Political Science Department at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. She teaches courses on gender, development, and politics of the contemporary Middle East including political Islam.
Just before receiving my “leaving permit” to travel to Seattle, I and my colleagues at the Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP) commemorated World Mental Health Day.
Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei, Executive Director of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, and Ran Goldstein, Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights, Israel discuss the mental and physical health crisis for children in Gaza and the impact of the blockade.
Yes, there is violence in the streets. It is the violence that fixates the viewer. Its context is set aside. Why are they using knives or why do they throw stones – that is the horizon of the question. The Western media is always surprised by the paroxysm of violence from the Palestinians – why do they resist?
I have not been with my family for almost three years now. My parents, siblings and grandparents haven’t met my 14-month-old daughter, our first born. I really miss my family and desperately would like to visit with them, but I can’t. Why? Because I am from Gaza.
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