Category Archives: women in Gaza

Under Siege, Palestinian Women Call for Human Rights on International Women’s Day

Growing old in Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. Credit: Emad Badwan/IPS. *First Published at Inter Press Services (IPS) -By Eva Bartlett *[blog post longer than original] “In Gaza we don’t lead normal lives, we just cope, and adapt to our … Continue reading

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Palestinian blogger attacked for speaking truth

Rana Baker, a Palestinian blogger from the Gaza Strip–and a very articulate, politically-astute woman–posts about threats and bigoted insults she received for blogging and tweeting Gaza’s reality: “You’re a lowlife. And will always be a lowlife. Palestinian trash” Twitter user … Continue reading

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Former Palestinian Political Prisoner and Hunger-Striker Victor Hana Shalabi Urges More International Solidarity

Transcript of interview conducted by Adie Mormech with Palestinian former political prisoner and hunger-striker Hana al-Shalabi: My condolences to the family of the West Bank martyr, Arafat Jaradet, killed in Megido prison. Sadly I’m not surprised by Jaradet’s killing. This … Continue reading

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Palestinians in Gaza protest the death of Arafat Jaradat in Zionist occupation prison

*Hana Shalabi, a former prisoner held illegally under administrative detention, won her freedom through a sustained hunger strike.

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‘Eid in Gaza

Sunday, the first day of ‘Eid following a month of Ramadan fasting, the older sons of the house go out visiting their married sisters, and the wives of the house stay at home, offering mahmoul (date-stuffed round or crescent shaped … Continue reading

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some days you get shot at

In the “buffer zone”, created and expanded by Israel  [the now 1 or 2 km band of land running along on Gaza's side of the border, from south to north and northeast to northwest],  it is literally hit and miss … Continue reading

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