Palestine

A woman reacts as she stands in a heavily damaged house following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern of Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

Gaza: “Each Day Seems Darker Than the Last”

A Palestinian journalist describes trying to report amid the danger and chaos of the war.

1 Nov 23

Palestinians injured in Israeli air raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on October 24, 2023 in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Gaza. Two weeks after a deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel that sparked a retaliatory siege of Gaza, in which thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

When the News Becomes a Nightmare

The task of journalism is not to have the answers, but rather to be an honest witness.

1 Nov 23

Palestinians leave al-Karama neighbourhood in Gaza City to safer areas on October 11, 2023, as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continued for the fifth consecutive day. The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting between Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight as Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza after recovering the dead from the last communities near the border where Palestinian militants had been holed up. © Mahmud Hamd/AFP via Getty Images

Gaza War Resonates in the South Caucasus

The region’s geopolitical shift following the Nagorny Karabakh conflict may continue amid the crisis in the Middle East.

31 Oct 23

Talking Intifada in Tehran

Even as they stage pro-Palestinian event, Iranian leaders seem to have lost sense of direction on what to do next.

7 Oct 11

Palestinians Seek UN Independence Vote

The Palestinians are taking their demand for recognition as an independent state to the United Nations this week.

21 Sep 11

Gaza Youth Urge Political Unity

Inspired by uprisings elsewhere in the region, activists have campaigned to end Palestinian divisions.

15 Jul 11

Palestinian Tactics Set to Change

21 Jun 11

Arab Spring Brings Palestinian Unity

Long-delayed deal spurred by tumultuous political changes elsewhere in the region.

5 May 11

Bi'lin's Political Theatre

Weekly West Bank confrontation pitting the IDF against Palestinians and Israeli sympathisers is rarely short on drama.

12 Jan 11

Syrian Women Turn to Belly Dancing for Exercise

Belly dancing has long been an important cultural tradition in the Middle East but still is largely stigmatised as something seedy or to be seen mostly in films or on the stage.

19 Mar 10

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