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Items by Jehan Alfarra
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The Gaza doctor suing Israel for killing his daughters
Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish is suing the Israeli government after his three daughters and niece were killed at close-range by an Israeli tank during Operation Cast Lead in 2009....
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Miko Peled: From Israeli Zionist to Palestinian defender
“They’re trying to conflate with terrorism and antisemitism,” he concluded, “because they realise that it is a real threat.”...
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From London to Jenin: Searching for the man in the photograph
A British doctor headed to the occupied West Bank to find the story behind a picture she once bought. ...
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Conversation with Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi
Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian-American performance poet and writer speaking out against injustice both in Palestine and in the US. MEMO’s Jehan Alfarra spoke to him about his background, activism and his latest books....
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Prints of Palestine: When tradition meets modern fashion
Based in Jerusalem, the business aims to celebrate and highlight Palestinian heritage and identity through traditional embroidery...
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Weaving the history of Palestine
The Palestinian History Tapestry aims to tell the stories of the indigenous people of Palestine through traditional Palestinian embroidery....
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Meet Janna Jihad, Palestine's youngest reporter
A resident of the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, 10-year-old Janna Jihad Ayyad is Palestine's youngest amateur reporter....
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Aleppo: 5,000 years of history in ruins
Many of the historic city’s ancient structures and world-famous landmarks have been devastated....
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Meet Omar Kamal, Palestine’s answer to Frank Sinatra
Omar spent much of his childhood and teenage years listening to classical and world music, before he started singing....
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Palestinian-American director seeks refuge in film
"I like the ability to create characters, and put them in difficult situations then see what they do"...
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Explained: The impact of Brexit on the MENA region
Brexit result has ushered in an unprecedented era of great uncertainty for how the UK and the EU will interact with the MENA region...
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Chef Joudie Kalla puts Palestine on the culinary map with new cookbook
MEMO's Jehan Alfarra speaks to Palestinian-British chef Joudie Kalla about her new cookbook "Palestine on a Plate"....
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Gaza startups get kids into business
If you are familiar with Gaza’s fast-growing entrepreneurial sector, you will know that Gaza’s tech community holds at least one Startup Weekend event every year. Tonight, however, a special startup weekend event kicks off in the coastal enclave: Startup Weekend Gaza – Kids. “It is the first startup event...
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Explained: Israeli Demolitions
Between January and August 2016, 684 Palestinian-owned structures have been levelled, displacing 990 residents...
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Zoabi: ‘Israel has succeeded to divide the Palestinian issue’
Haneen Zoabi is the first female Arab citizen of Israel who is of Palestinian descent to serve in the Israeli Knesset. Serving since 2009, Zoabi represents the National Democratic Assembly party whose aim is to transform Israel into a democracy for all its citizens. The party is now part...
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DCI official, Ayed Abu Eqtaish, speaks to MEMO on Palestinian child detainees
"In addition to providing direct legal aid to Palestinian children detained and prosecuted in the Israeli legal system, DCIP works diligently to monitor and document Israeli abuses and violations of the children's rights..."...
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Palestine impacts every society in the world
The UK Parliament can have a positive impact on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; Scottish National Party MP Paul Monaghan told a cross-party reception and seminar in London on Tuesday....
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Gaza: Two years on
Two years on from the onset of Israel’s 51-day war on Gaza, life in the besieged Strip is virtually hopeless for the 1.8 million people living there. The 2014 Israeli-led offensive left more than 2,200 Palestinians dead, the vast majority civilians, and 73 Israelis killed, 67 of them soldiers....
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UN double standards with regards to Israel
There has been a notable increase in worldwide grassroots action attempting to hold Israel accountable for its large-scale violations of international law and Palestinian human rights as well as its sustained occupation of Palestine. This is perhaps best reflected in the growing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions...
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Palestinians of Syria: Refugees once more
As a deadly conflict unfolded and gripped the country, Syria's Palestinian refugees found themselves displaced once again, this time forced to venture even further away from Palestine....
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Iraqis in UK discuss impact of Shia militias on the Middle East
Last week, the Foreign Relations Bureau of Iraq (FRB), an Iraqi opposition group based in London, held a symposium gathering academics and experts to discuss the effect of extremist Shia militancy in Iran, Iraq and Syria and its wider impact on the region. This symposium is one of the...
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Gaza’s activists tweet to end internal divisions
A group of 30 social media activists in Gaza gathered on the evening of 14 June and launched a campaign to mark the ninth anniversary of the Palestinian political division and call for national unity. As the Fatah and Hamas delegations convene in Doha to discuss ways to implement...
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A musical note from Gaza to the UK
On the morning of Friday 3 June, four young Palestinian musicians left the Gaza Strip for the first time in their lives, heading for Brighton to perform classical and contemporary Middle Eastern music. The group consists of Najlaa Humaid, the band’s singer, guitarist Mohammed Shoman, oud player Mohannad Abu...
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'Keeping Abu Khdeir's memory alive will help raise awareness of Palestinian cause'
Exclusive interview with Suha Abu Khdeir, mother of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir who was kidnapped and burned alive by Israeli settlers in 2014...