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Editor’s note: The following article was commissioned by The Boston Globe. The newspaper refused, however, to publish it.

The Nakba is noted as the mass, violent exodus of approximately 800,000 Palestinians.

It was forced by Zionist militias between 1947 and 1949. However, Palestinians know the Nakba never ended.

This perpetuation of violence can most recently be seen through the ongoing genocide of…

The ESA Women's Alliance appeals to the international community

Ouahigouya, (AIB)-The Alliance of Women of the Sahel States, Burkina Faso section held a general assembly on May 04, 2024 in Ouahigouya during which it launched an appeal called "Ouayougui boole" to the international community.

"We, the women of the Sahel Women's Alliance, are aware of our role, our capacities and…

Bismillah.

I successfully defended my PhD in Religion dissertation at the University of Georgia on Friday 12th April.

Thank you for all your love, support, and prayers. Thanks also to my dissertation committee- Prof…

Khalil Mahmoud and his family had to leave their home in northern Gaza during the earlier stages of the current war. They moved to Rafah in the south following Israel’s assurances that it was a safe zone.

In Rafah, they found accommodation with relatives. On Monday, they had to flee from there after Israel dropped leaflets on the eastern part of Rafah, ordering a mass evacuation.

Approximately 100,000 people were …

Amghras is a small town and rural commune in Al Haouz Province of the …

The World Food Program has announced that famine has arrived in southern Gaza, while the World Health Organization warned against a possible ‘bloodbath’ in Rafah.

On the resistance front, Hezbollah continued to strike gatherings of Israeli soldiers while Palestinian Resistance in Gaza continued to shell the Netzarim axis, separating northern from central Gaza.

Meanwhile, Israeli massacres throughout the Strip…

Palestinian scholarship and education have been a consistent target of Zionism’s settler-colonial violence against Palestinians.

As we enter the seventh month of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, this targeting, originally identified as “scholasticide” by Palestinian scholar Karma Nabulsi in 2009, has escalated.

Israel…

As-Salaamu-Alaikum/Peace Be Upon You:

Imam Nadim S.Ali

I stand before you today in support of the student encampments that have emerged across the nation, and throughout the world to protest the recent execution of the war in Gaza by the Netanyahu and Biden administrations-

These students have taken a courageous stance against…

When great trees fall,
  رحمة الله عليه

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

rocks on distant hills shudder,


lions hunker down


in tall grasses,


and even elephants


lumber after safety.



When great trees fall


in forests,


small things recoil into silence,


their senses


eroded beyond fear.



When great souls die,


the air around us becomes


light, rare,…

Marwan Barghouti (also transliterated al-Barghuthi; Arabic: مروان البرغوثي; born 6 June 1959) is a Palestinian political leader convicted…

Verily, we are from God and to God is our return.  

Zaynab Joseph was known for her loving, caring, positive presence everywhere she went—and she has lived in many communities and touched so many lives.  

When she fell to her demise on April 15, 2024, in a tragic hiking accident in Sedona, AZ, she wasn’t just taken from her husband, three young children, parents, siblings, and all her family, but also from countless friends, co-workers, students, and…

The Tanzanian president received her Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Thursday. Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a 3-day visit to Turkey.

His visit was marked in particular by the signing of cooperation agreements between Turkey and his country.

During Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Tanzania in 2017, Ankara and Dar es Salaam initialled various agreements covering the fields of economy, health, education, defence and industry, among…