Tag Archives: Diaries: Live from Palestine

Gaza children shelled with flechette bombs

Nine-year-old Samah al-Massry is now being hospitalized in serious condition, having been hit by shrapnel and flechettes from an Israeli-fired nail bom...
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No words to console Gaza child after mother is killed by Israeli shelling

Around 8:45pm on 13 July, 2010, a few of the women of the Abu Said family in the northern Gaza Strip were enjoying the cool of the evening in the court...
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Israel imprisoned my father for nonviolently resisting the occupation

On 12 January 2010 my father Ibrahim was arrested by the Israeli army and sentenced to two years in prison for organizing and participating in nonviole...
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Pride through solidarity

Though I've never felt compelled to take the streets for Pride, I did this past month, on several occasions, walk alongside folks that I resonated with...
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The Last Queen of the Night

The Last Queen of the Night is not the name of a mythical character, or even an ancient Oriental queen or goddess. It is not the name of a Parisian per...
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National unity remains elusive under occupation

Since the split between the Fatah and Hamas factions deepened after the latter stymied foreign-backed efforts to overthrow it in 2007 following its ele...
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Gaza moves New York City mother from apathy to activism

Last New Year's Eve, Debbie Mardon did not celebrate with noise makers or confetti -- instead, she headed to Cairo's main square to participate in the ...
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Hope and anxiety at Rafah crossing

Jamila Hammouda, a mother of five small children, hopes that she will be reunited with her family in Cairo, Egypt. Hammouda, her husband and their chil...
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The crimes I saw on the Mavi Marmara

During the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara, deep in international waters, I was inside the body of the ship. We were going to Gaza to break t...
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Besieged Palestinians outraged over Israel’s attack on Flotilla

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As news was released of Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla and rising casualties among the passengers, the mood at Gaza's modest seaport grew somber. Hundreds of civilians including governmental and non-governmental representatives, activists, and ordinary Palestinians were waiting anxiously to welcome those on board the Flotilla. Rami Almeghari writes from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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