By Luke McMahan/ Arab America Contributing Writer In a December poll of Palestinians, Marwan Barghouti (مروان البرغوثي), a prominent member of the liberation organization Fatah imprisoned for the last 22 years, was chosen as the most popular politician in Gaza and a desired successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Amid rumors a few months later that he … Continued
By: Carrie Stewart/ Arab America Contributing Writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a British-Egyptian activist, blogger, and software developer who started a hunger strike more than 7 months ago. According to freealaa.net, he is “a fiercely independent thinker who fuses politics and technology in powerful prose, an activist whose ideas represent a global generation which has only … Continued
How many stories have you heard of Palestinians in Gaza, being deprived, or denied of basic human rights, such as medical attention, education, travel, the right of business? Palestinians living in Gaza aren’t allowed to fish past a certain point off their own coast. They are even being deprived of something as small as fast food, like KFC which is a huge luxury in Gaza.
By: Raneem Ghunaim/ Arab America Contributing Writer Israel has illegally occupied the state of Palestine for over 72 years now. The cruelty and harsh reality that Palestinians had and still, to this day, have to live through are unbelievable. The media likes to show certain parts of the occupation, sometimes even … Continued
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