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“She was about to die. It took six hours last time we dug a grave for one of the Syrian refugees we found in the forest. Should we have just started digging?” Tomas asked, desperately searching my face for an answer. It was the morning after this particularly harrowing encounter and it was evident that he…
This is the season of renewal. One year ends. Another begins. At the turn of the calendar, it is customary for columnists like me to make predictions about what may or may not be in the offing or, alternatively, to offer dispirited readers reasons for hope amid all the hurt and heartache. I have to…
A December 26 press statement by the Israeli army attempted to justify a war crime. It unabashedly admitted that the military incinerated five Palestinian journalists in a clearly marked press vehicle outside al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. The five victims were Ibrahim Sheikh Ali, Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Mohammed al-Ladaa, Fadi…
Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits from irate politicians unhappy with their portrayal, and even the occasional phoned-in threat. However, until this week, they had never had to endure arbitrary detention. Even during the worst days of the 24-year Daniel arap Moi dictatorship,…
As he gears up to retake the presidency of the United States this month, Donald Trump has spontaneously begun threatening to retake the Panama Canal, as well. Per the incoming president’s recent tantrums on social media, Panama is “ripping off” the US with “ridiculous” fees to use the interoceanic waterway and principal conduit for global…
When I started studying nursing at Al Azhar University, I knew I wanted to work at al-Shifa Hospital. It was my dream. It was the biggest, most prestigious hospital in the Gaza Strip. Some of the best doctors and nurses in Palestine worked there. Various foreign medical missions would come and provide training and care…
“Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.” These were the words of then-Senator Joe Biden as he made his argument for US support for Israel during a congressional debate on arms sales in the Middle East in 1986. He…
When I was a child, I dreamed of travelling the world, exploring new cultures and learning new things. I yearned for a journey of discovery. Living in Gaza felt like sitting in the stands, watching the world’s achievements – its development, progress and technological marvels – unfold from afar without being able to participate. It…
Pope Francis is a paradoxical figure. Despite leading a church with a long, egregious history of being synonymous with strife, injustice and abuse, the old, ailing Argentinian Jesuit strikes me, at his core, as a modest clergyman who abhors human suffering and misery. Like you and me, the pope can see what Israel has done…
For artists, it is difficult to reflect on the past year without thinking about Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians per the official count or more than 220,000 per realistic estimates. While art is something to be enjoyed, as it enriches every aspect of our lives, identities, and culture, it…
