Amen, by Amalia, Israel/USA
“Amen” I readjusted my posture as I sat on the uncomfortable wooden bench. To my left, my Mother sat singing the Friday night prayer. To my right, my Mother’s best friend’s two daughters sat shoulders drawn in. We were alone in the women section of the synagogue. Praying doesn’t seem so important when you have […]
Essay I The Two State Solution Between Palestine and Israel, by Al Mahdi, Palestine.
The current solution for Israel and Palestine suggests that Palestinians ought to have their state, separate from Israel. In this way, a ‘Two-State’ solution might be reached. The method by which such a solution could be implemented involves a technical division of land with walls, earth mounds, roadblocks and fences. This article discusses the so-called […]
Dear reader, here is a simple guideline to have sex, by Danielle Levi, Israel
I can’t believe I need to write this, but in light of the rape of a 16 years old girl a few days ago by a group of 30 men, according to the initial testimonies, in the southern city of Eilat, in Israel, I want to take a few minutes to remind everyone that this is not an […]
Leadership, by Chaymae, Morocco
During last summer, I have co-organized a program that consists of a summer camp that enables youth to acquire and improve different great assets such as leadership potential and soft skills. In this program, I used my leadership skills to cope with problems that came up during the organizing process. The most challenging of these […]
Opinion| Mais que se passe-t’il en Algérie!? par Yasmine, Algeria
Je suis fatiguée de m’indigner sur les réseaux sociaux. Fatiguée d’écrire quand j’ai simplement envie de crier ! “QUE SE PASSE-T-IL EN ALGÉRIE ?” En Algérie, il se passe que des hectares de terre brûlent, que des gens fuient leurs domiciles, qu’à 8h du matin il fait déjà une chaleur asphyxiante et on […]
Opinion| Lebanon, the day after the blast, by Mohamed Abubaker, Sudan
Since yesterday morning, I read so many harsh comments from Arabs and Africans shaming and condemning the Lebanese people for the petition started by some activists, inviting French mandate back to Lebanon, which so far gathered far more signatures than votes in elections in Lebanon. Citing anti-colonialism quotes along the way, from various civil rights […]
Photo Essay | Covid-19 Photo Reporting by Soukayna El Mrini, Morocco.
Parents around the world are concerned about their kids’ mental health and are struggling to keep them entertained and busy during the coronavirus lockdown. Public supermarkets and local handicraft bazaars are affected by the coronavirus lockdown and questions about how sellers manage to live without their mediocre income during these times are highly raised. […]
Nothing Impresses me – لا شيء يعجبني By Mahmoud G, Palestine
إن من يعرفني جيدا سيستغرب كثيرا مما ستقرأه في الأسطر التالية وأنا أكتبه بعد احتفالي بنهاية مرحلة العشرينات من عمري. لكن أتمنى أن تعطي فقرة الخاتمة بريق أمل ورجاء وتشجيعا أكثر على العمل لواقع ومستقبل أفضل. في الوقت الذي أصبح الكثير من الناس الواقعيين يفكرون بنهاية العالم. والحالمون يظنون انهم لن يصلوا لزمن تكون فيه […]
Opinion | “All Human Beings are Born Free” By Feras, Gaza, Palestine
“All Human Beings are Born Free” reads the title of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in Paris (France) on 10 Dec. 1948, voted for by 48 countries, with 8 abstentions but not a single country who voted against it. The Declaration’s 30 articles include the right to dignity, liberty, equality, the right […]
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Opinion | Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers, by Sirine Bougacha, Tunisia
Lockdown: the golden opportunity for abusers. Friday, 20 March 2020, the Tunisian government announced a nationwide lockdown starting from Sunday the 22nd until April the 4th. This lockdown was declared to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak but things did not turn as planned. As everyone had to stay at home with their loved ones, others […]
Opinion | Penal Code 1943, Article 534, at the heart of the uprising, by Ibrahim A, Lebanon
In 1943, Lebanon gained its independence from the French. Originally enacted by French colonizers, article 534 was put while drafting the new Lebanese constitution, stating that any ‘sexual intercourse against nature’ is a crime under the sovereignty of the Lebanese government, with a penalty of up to one-year imprisonment. Such a vague law with no […]
The eggs hunt, by Nili Fainguelernt, Israel
The days of Corona, a global plague that paralyzed the world. Restless cities have become desolate, massive economies are at risk of collapsing, and it is felt everywhere. Israel’s tempo and atmosphere are the Prime Minister’s daily speech, the countless articles published in all the newspapers and in the alerts that news applications provide notifying […]
سارة حجازي – Sarah Hegazi. Her life, her death, her legacy
(English, Hebrew & French translations follows) سارة حجازي، ناشطة مثلية نسوية ثورية مصرية، دافعت سارة وناضلت من أجل حقوق الإنسان كلها وعن كل مضطهد في مختلف العالم أعلنت سارة عن ميولها المثلية 2016 بكل جرأة في مجتمع يكره التعددية ويخاف من الإختلاف. وفي عام 2017 صممت وأدرات وشاركت سارة بحملة ” بعنوان “ادعم الحب” دعماً […]
Opinion | Between Two Extremes, By Fitnat Waked, Palestine-Israel
Amid the struggle for recognition, acceptance, respect and the conflict with their own identities, Palestinian citizens of Israel need to find the middle ground. The middle ground is a place where Palestinian Israeli citizens live with a balance between their heritage and history, and the need and want to integrate and flourish within Israeli society. Despite the […]
I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; not to kill Iyad Hallaq. By Mahmoud G, Palestine
You call me a person of colour And you call yourself white When you are cold you turn blue When you are hot you turn red When you are sick you turn yellow When you are sad you turn grey When you are angry your heart becomes dark And after all of this, you […]
Opinion| The Shadow Pandemic alongside Covid-19: the case of Morocco, by Rima Ahsissene, Morocco
The United Nations calls the ongoing increase in domestic violence a “shadow pandemic” adjacent to COVID-19. The UNFPA which stands for the U.N Sexual and Reproductive Health agency conducted a research and recently disclosed that every three months of lockdown can lead to 15 million more cases of domestic violence than the average that would […]
A bleeding Tripoli, By Malak M, Lybia
I am currently going through the inner conflict of being away from home but wanting to be home now as my home, Tripoli is being attacked by Khalifa Haftar. He decided over a year ago to attack Tripoli under the name of eradicating militia groups but ended up killing civilians instead and over the past […]
Ordinary Heroes & Our Freedom, A Tribute to Bassel Shehadeh and Shady Habash, By Moulham M, Syria
I have never written in defence of a Syrian writer, a cartoonist a director, actor or human rights activist My heart was always with them But I was afraid to write I fear the expression, Not just for myself But for my family In Damascus we say: He who does not fear God, fear him! […]
Today is Yom haShoah, by Evie Leviten-Lawton, Israel
Today is Yom HaShoah in Israel. The day we remember six million Jews who were murdered, but not before they were rounded up like cattle, chased, hunted, beaten, starved, gassed, shot into mass graves, exhausted to death by work, by marches, by cruelty, separated from their loved ones, from everything they knew and loved, stripped […]
