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Issa Amro: ‘There is no change without sacrifice’
Palestinian activist Issa Amro tells MEMO about his experiences of being arrested by Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and his thoughts on the upcoming court case brought against him by Israeli occupying forces. Issa Amro is no stranger to Israeli detention centres. A prominent human rights activist from Hebron and...
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US delegation mystified by no Saudi protest over Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia was one of a number of countries whose head of state failed to attend the extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Istanbul this week. The absence of the self-proclaimed “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques” at a conference to discuss the fate...
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MEMO to host ‘Crisis in Saudi Arabia: War, Succession and the Future’ conference
Middle East Monitor is to host an event on the recent political events in Saudi Arabia. The programme will take place on Saturday, 18 November, in Central London. The day-long conference will bring together experts from a variety of fields to discuss the challenges that the country is facing...
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EXCLUSIVE: UAE works to ‘defeat voices of Islamism’ in the West, reveal leaked emails
The United Arab Emirates is working to influence the narrative on Islam in the West, leaked emails sent by UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al-Otaiba, have revealed. The emails in question have been obtained by MEMO. Whilst the UAE has made no secret of its distaste for political...
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‘International solidarity was instrumental in bringing freedom to South Africa, as it will be in freeing Palestine’
MEMO interviews the director of 'Fire on the Marmara', a documentary film exploring the tragedy of the Mavi Marmara ...
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From war to war; fleeing from Syria to Gaza
“Before the war, Syria was an ‘open’ country. We could move around and live. I never travelled internationally but we knew that we could visit neighbouring countries like Lebanon or Jordan. Psychologically, knowing that you can move and travel is totally different to being here in Gaza. Now we...
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MEMO Comment: We should feel sorry for Yiftah Curiel; he has an impossible job
Yiftah Curiel recently penned an article where he named Middle East Monitor as one of “two UK websites” upon which “Hamas relies”...
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Scars and laughter along Gaza's Beaches
With electricity supplies in Gaza restricted to between 2-8 hours a day in most areas, the coast's cool breeze offers a place to escape the stifling summer heat in cramped apartments...
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Creating developmental spaces for children in Deir al-Balah
Although a coastal city, Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip is known as an agricultural area. Today, with all export opportunities shut down and borders closed, the agricultural industry has suffered hugely. Deir al-Balah now has some of the highest unemployment levels and poverty rates in all of...
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Soumaya Ghannoushi: Ennahda's new approach is about rationalisation of politics, not secularism
Middle East Monitor spoke to Soumaya Ghannoushi, columnist and daughter of Rached Ghannouchi, Tunisia’s Ennahda party leader, about the group’s recent decision to separate politics from religion. MEMO: Ennahda’s announcement at its tenth party congress that it would be separating the political from the religious spheres has generated much debate. What...
