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Mapping the March
A look at a decade of the Hindu Rashtra conferences in Goa reveals which of their targets have been achieved and what remains
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February 01, 2024
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A Temple Triumphs
Ayodhya is all decked up, having undergone a rapid transformation in the recent past. Its residents are torn between the temple town then and now
6 min |
February 01, 2024
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Sheher-e-Paighambar
Muslims in Ayodhya brace for the Ram Mandir inauguration 31 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Their only wish Is to be allowed to live in peace
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February 01, 2024
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Temple town, Tinseltown
The new Ayodhya, remodelled as a glitzy temple town, exudes celebratory spirit and promises limitless development. But a closer look reveals its contradictions and discontent
8 min |
February 01, 2024
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Gaza's Truth-Tellers
Thanks to the voices of intrepid young journalists in Gaza, the world now knows the stories of its people by heart
8 min |
January 11, 2024
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"A Fleeting Feeling of Freedom"
Mohammed Ayman, co-founder of the Free Gaza Circus, is determined to entertain Gaza's kids
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I Yearn For a Moment of Boredom of the Lady with Hearing Loss”
She is a Gaza-based poet and cultural activist, who wrote this on Facebook on December 13
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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Stubborn Survival
Musings on the Palestinians' struggle to be heard
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Dancers are at Constant Risk of Being Arrested"
A 22-year-old Dabke dancer, who wishes to remain unnamed, says Palestinian artists are trying to send out a strong message to the world, that is silently watching the Gaza genocide
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Crazy and Unprecedented"
Haneen Harara, a Palestinian journalist based in Gaza, says it is really hard to tell the world how bad the situation is
3 min |
January 11, 2024
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"We are the People of Truth"
The last words of Gaza poet Heba Abu Nada
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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No Country for Coriander
In a longstanding game of one-upmanship, Israel keeps banning harmless goods, snatching away the simple wants of Palestinians
5 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I Don't Know How I Made it Out Alive"
Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad has been sharing the everyday struggle for survival in the ravaged city of Gaza
5 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Everyone is a Target"
Journalist Shatha Hanaysha missed death by a whisker last year during an Israeli raid, which killed a fellow scribe she had admired. But that has not stopped her
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Women are Suffering Because They are Women"
Twenty-five-year-old Gazan journalist Bisan Owda’s social media posts capture the everyday struggles of Gazans and the horrific impact of Israeli attacks
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"We Did Not Expect the War to Go on for So Long"
Adel Al-Hawajri, a journalist from Gaza, says people are mentally and emotionally drained because this war is very different from the previous rounds of violence
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"They Didn't Even Let Us Say Goodbye To Him"
West Bank-based journalist Fayha Shalash recounts her family's harrowing ordeal
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"In Gaza, Death is Safer than Life"
Mosab Abu Toha, a poet, recounts his struggle to stay alive in war-torn Gaza
3 min |
January 11, 2024
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Where is She?
Batool Abu Akleen, a teenage poet from Gaza, last posted on October 23. Her social media handles went silent after that
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I Use Art to Convey What Cannot be Expressed in Words"
Artists expressing solidarity with Palestine are struggling to find space on mainstream platforms
1 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Gaza is our Home"
Researcher, writer and translator Yousef Aljamal highlights the human impact of the political situation through his mother’s and sister's stories
2 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I Let my Art be a Testament to my Political Identity"
Heba Haji is a Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist settled in Kuwait. She traces her ancestry to Palestine through the words of her grandparents
3 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I am Ready to Die, Here in Gaza"
She is a 21-year-old student in Gaza. She has survived many Israeli military attacks. The Israeli army assassinated two of her uncles and two of her cousins. This is her story
3 min |
January 11, 2024
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"We Need More Medicines"
Chris Hook has been working with Médecins Sans Frontieres MSF)/Doctors Without Borders since 2015. He was recently the Head of Medical Teams in Gaza and describes what it’s like to do care work in a city under siege
5 min |
January 11, 2024
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"I Spent A Day in an Israeli Prison"
Italian artist Jorit painted a mural of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamim! while visting Jerusalem. He was jailed for it, and he Is banned from entering Israel for ten years
3 min |
January 11, 2024
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Occupation Stories
A collection of plays by Palestinian theatre groups about the daily lives of people in wartime in their homeland'
5 min |
January 11, 2024
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Static Frames of Turbulence
The flair and flourish of Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman
5 min |
January 11, 2024
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Palestine Outside Gaza: TWO EXPERIENCES
Irrespective of how the current situation plays out, the Palestinian spirit is too deeply entrenched to be defeated
7 min |
January 11, 2024
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UNHOLY WAR
Violence destroys the conscience and renders us captive to the reptilian mind within
7 min |
January 11, 2024
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"Resistance is at the Core of Our Identity"
Rifat Kassis, a Christian Palestinian human rights activist, author, and speaker, who is presently living in the West Bank, feels Israel is paving the road for another Nakba
5 min |