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Arabfuturism: How Arab artists are building the world of tomorrow

In the northwestern deserts of Saudi Arabia, where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aqaba and the Sinai peninsula, a new city is being constructed, which, according to its creators, will be a vision of a "new future". Neom, the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is a multilingual contraction of the Greek "neo" (new) and Arabic "mustaqbal" (future). Among the futuristic landmarks, the area will feature The Line, […]

23 July 2023

International

In Haifa, Israel sells Palestinian homes as luxury real estate

Haifa, Israel – The city of Haifa sits like a cascading waterfall on the lush green slopes of the Carmel Mountains on the strikingly blue Mediterranean Sea. It is often portrayed by Israeli officials as well as Western and Israeli media as being a hip, modern city and a model of “coexistence” between Israelis and Palestinians. But beyond the skyscrapers and rows of cement buildings in Haifa, a small number of pre-1948 Palestinian […]

18 May 2023

International

Palestine’s Abbas calls on UN to ‘suspend’ Israel as Nakba marked

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the United Nations to suspend Israel’s membership in the world body unless it ends its aggression against Palestinians and implements UN resolutions establishing separate Israeli and Palestinian states as well as the return of Palestinian refugees. Abbas spoke on Monday during the first official UN commemoration of the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel amid the violence of the partition […]

16 May 2023

International

Gaza: How this 85-year-old Palestinian experienced two Nakbas

Shehdeh Taha, 85, has experienced two Nakbas – catastrophes in Arabic - in his lifetime. The first occurred in 1948 when he was 11 years old, as well-armed Zionist militia forcibly expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their lands to establish what is now called Israel. The second occurred in his 85th year, earlier this May, when Israeli warplanes destroyed his house while bombing an adjoining house, leaving him, his 19 sons and grandchildren homeless. "Before the […]

15 May 2023

International

Protesters hold 55 press jackets outside BBC to represent journalists killed by Israel

In response to Shireen Abu Aqleh's murder by Israeli sniper, protesters today held 55 paper press jackets outside the BBC headquarters in London to represent the 55 journalists killed by Israel since 2000. This was just one of several powerful visual representations of the ongoing Nakba in today's march for Palestine in London, attended by 15,000 people. "Israel's targeting of Shireen and the disrespect shown by Israeli Occupation Forces at […]

15 May 2022

News

Al Quds, MJC hosts Nakba Day commemoration on Sunday

by Tauhierah Salie The Al Quds Foundation and the MJC will be commemorating Nakbah day on Sunday at the Hifth Academy Hall in Surrey Estate. Nakbah day refers to the ‘great catastrophe’ in the history of Palestine. On the 15th of May 1948, Apartheid Israel declared independence and dispossessed and massacred 800k Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of villages. Another six-day military attack in 1967, saw the Zionist forces conquer Egypt, […]

13 May 2022

International News

New Israeli ambassador in Britain describes Nakba as ‘Arab lie’

Israel's new Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 42-year-old Tzipi Hotovely has used her first speech during an event organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews to describe the Nakba as "a very strong and very popular Arab lie." She added that the displacement of Palestinians since 1948, when Israel was created in their land, is "a made up story". The far-right politician has a track record of making […]

9 December 2020

International News

Nakba Day: For Palestinians it is not just an historical event

May 15, 1948, is a date inked in infamy for generations of Palestinians who know it as the Nakba, or "the catastrophe", after the declaration of the state of Israel in Palestine. On Friday, Palestinians mark the Nakba's 72nd anniversary since the Yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine, transformed into Israel after former colonial sponsor the United Kingdom departed Palestine, which it had invaded and occupied during World War […]

15 May 2020

News

Show your support for Palestinian rights on World Keffiyeh Day

With the spotlight on the plight of 1500 Palestinian prisoners who are on a mass hunger strike, people in support of peace and solidarity with Palestine have been urged to wear the black and white checkered Keffiyah on 11th May, known as World Keffiyeh Day. World Keffiyah Day was thought up by a Palestinian student who wanted to use what is considered the most iconic symbol of Palestine, the Keffiyeh, as […]

9 May 2017

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