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I was too young to have witnessed this myself; I was only two in 1985. The entry in Tata’s diary, dated August 20 of that year, notes that she had heard deeply upsetting news on TV. I assemble the rest of the scene with recycled anecdotes, which is easy to do, because that evening has become the stuff of family folklore.
In this episode of The Amargi Mosaic, host Elif Sarican speaks with Yara Hawari about how different forms of storytelling — from her novel The Stone House to oral history — shape Palestinian political and social narratives. They explore how Palestinian women navigate the dual pressures of living under occupation and confronting internal patriarchal structures, including the social expectations surrounding grief and mourning.
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire’. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive protests to building lasting political power.
Tareq Baconi, board president at Palestinian think tank Al-Shabaka, joins this episode of the Let’s Talk Palestine Podcast to explore the central role of displacement in shaping Palestinian identity.Amid the brutality of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Tareq reflects on how this moment is transforming Palestinians not only in Gaza but across the world, as well as what this genocide will mean for those who have been complicit.
The ICJ ruling on allowing aid into Gaza also reaffirmed the illegality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. The test now is not legal, but political
The Israeli government is facing what it calls a “public relations disaster” after a video surfaced showing soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting a Palestinian prisoner – a clear war crime under any legal system. Public outrage in Israel has focused less on the abuse itself and more on the leak. And the military’s chief prosecutor, who admitted leaking the footage, has been arrested and branded a traitor. The saga is yet another example of Israeli society’s unwillingness to confront what it has become.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s plan to anchor Gaza reconstruction in North Sinai signals both a humanitarian mission and a bid to expand Egypt’s economic and geopolitical reach
Only through a genuine national dialogue can the Palestinian people effectively grapple with the challenges of a rapidly changing region.
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