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“May your problems always be so small”: Palestinian pain, Pakistani silence
At a recent gathering of social scientists in Washington, DC, a Pakistani-American academic spoke movingly...
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The ghost that haunts the Caribbean
The sea does not forget. Sixty-four years ago, Soviet missiles pointed at the heart...
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Israeli forces demolish 15 homes in village near Jenin, occupied West Bank
Israeli forces carried out a large-scale demolition operation on Monday in the village of...
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The forces driving the genocide in Gaza: MEMO in Conversation with Matt Kennard
Many have wondered how states have allowed the massacres in Gaza to continue for over a year and what can be gained from them. Investigative journalist Kennard exposes corporate power and state intervention to highlight why the genocide in Gaza has been allowed to continue.
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BRICS expansion hopefuls seek to rebalance world order
An expansion of the BRICS bloc under consideration at a summit this week has attracted a motley crew of potential candidates – from Iran to Argentina – with one thing in common: a desire to level a global playing field many consider rigged against them, Reuters reports. The list of grievances is long. Abusive trade practices. Punishing sanctions regimes. Perceived neglect of the development needs of poorer nations. The wealthy West’s domination of international bodies, such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. Amid widespread dissatisfaction with the prevailing world order, the pledge of BRICS nations – currently Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – to make the grouping a leading champion of the “Global South” has, despite […]
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An Old Carriage with Curtains
Ghassan Zaqtan’s impeccable weaving of Palestinian memory serves as a reminder of how far such memory can extend in a confined, ever-shrinking geopolitical space constantly eroded by Israeli colonialism and the ensuing military Occupation. The last book in a trilogy, An Old Carriage with Curtains (Seagull Books, 2023) does not pick up from Where the Bird Disappeared (2018), although the themes explored in the books carry similar strands and one is still reminded of the previous. Interspersed with earlier history which centres Palestine’s significance, the book is rooted in the present navigations of the narrator attempting to secure a visitation permit for his mother to visit the village of Zakariyya. The narrator’s solitary musings, based upon incessant observation, illustrate scenes […]
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Alayet bandoura bil lahmeh (tomato and meat stew)
In my opinion, there are two types of people in the world, those who prefer tomato-based stews ...
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