Global Voices Online

Stories

March 4th, 2006

This Week in Palestinian Blogs: After the Last Sky

Shaden Abdul Rahman · 06:03 · Middle East & North Africa

News of the blogosphere... In sad breaking news from A STAND FOR JUSTICE, an Israeli sniper killed a 15-year-old Palestinian during a raid on West Bank: Amer Bassyouni, 15, was shot in the neck and died from his wounds as Israeli forces searched for militants in the Alamin refugee camp in the ... 4 comments · read »

February 24th, 2006

This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Refugees Reloaded

Shaden Abdul Rahman · 12:39 · Middle East & North Africa

News of the blogosphere... PSM (Palestine Solidarity Movement) Fifth Annual Divestment Conferece has taken place from February 17-19 in Washington DC, US attracting more than six hundred student and community activists from ninety different university and organization from across the US as mentioned in a report by The Hatchet. Witnesses from KABOBfest, ... 0 comments · read »

February 18th, 2006

Middle East & North Africa

The Palestinian parliament convenced its first session today the 18th of February, 2006 despite of Israeli moves to bar Gaza workers, lawmakers, people and even goods from entering Israel.

Laila el-Haddad wrote a comprehensive report about the event in addition to her photostory on the views of nine Palestinians and what do they expect from the new government which she did for Al-Jazeera.

February 15th, 2006

This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Palestine Now

Shaden Abdul Rahman · 11:02 · Middle East & North Africa

Via The Black Iris, Naseem Tarawnah blogs the latest news of the first Palestinian movie to ever be nominated for an Oscars right after winning the Golden Globe: Paradise Now. Naseem posted an article about Israeli lobbies against tagging the film again as Palestinian. An interesting chain of comments evolved ... 2 comments · read »

February 6th, 2006

This Week in Palestinian Blogs: State of Denial

Shaden Abdul Rahman · 13:56 · Middle East & North Africa

One year of resistance in Bil'in... Bil'in, which has been struggling non-violently for almost one year now, continues to be robbed by the Israeli occupational forces as the first anniversary of it's non-violent weekly protests (and another sad day) is fast approaching on the 20th of this month Februray, 2006. Photo credit: ... 1 comment · read »

January 23rd, 2006

This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Here's Tomorrow

Shaden Abdul Rahman · 16:55 · Middle East & North Africa

News of the blogosphere... It's Laila el-Haddad's birthday! She spent a day full of surprises with her son Yousuf. Sabbah is one of the finalists on Bloggies 2005 Weblog Awards. Promises of Arabesque Rhapsody has suggested JordanPlanet's citizens form their own Book Club. She's come up with another idea too, lets not buy ... 1 comment · read »