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STANDING UP AGAINST INJUSTICE IS A CHOICE. SO ARE SILENCE AND WILFUL BLINDNESS.
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Een gesloten grenspoort tussen moeder en zoon
Een ingekorte versie van dit artikel verscheen op woensdag 29 mei 2013 in DWDD Magazine. Bekijk het hier. De Israëlische grens is een onoverbrugbare streep voor vrijwel alle Palestijnen. De grensovergang met Egypte, bij de zuidelijke stad Rafah, is anders. Daar kunnen Palestijnen in beperkte aantallen de grens oversteken, mits de Egyptische autoriteiten en/of inlichtingendiensten […]
PHOTOS: Gaza variety
May 14, 2012
“How do you see Gaza?” is a question you often get as a foreigner living in Gaza. It is the variety and contrasts within the Gaza Strip, and Palestine as a whole, that make it impossible to catch my observations in a few phrases. This week, Gaza showed its happiness, hope, heritage, steadfastness, strength, beauty, […]
On 5 May: 5 hours between liberation and oppression
May 6, 2012
Yesterday, 5 May, my country -the Netherlands- celebrated Liberation Day, the annual commemorating of the end of the Nazi occupation and second World War. Across the country cities hosted music concerts, veteran marches and literary events. For most of the Dutch however, concepts of freedom and peace are as normal as having breakfast or talking […]
PHOTOS: solidarity with Palestinian prisoners
May 3, 2012
Since Palestinian Prisoners’ Day on 17 April 2012, at least 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike, demanding their basic rights: family visits, human treatment, education, and an end to the use of solitary confinement and administrative detention (being held without charges or trial). Two prisoners, Bilal Diab and Thaer Nalahleh, have been on […]
Gaza: a week in photos
March 15, 2012
Last Friday, an Israeli drone missile hit a car driving in a densely populated residential neighourhood in Gaza City, killing PRC leader Zuhair Qaisa and his son in law, Mahmoud Ahmad Hunein. This assassination sparked five days of rocket salvos from the Gaza Strip, which was used by Israel as a pretext for more airstrikes, […]
Let me tell you about a man called Khader Adnan
February 18, 2012
Khader’s village, Arrabe must be one of the most utopic places I’ve been to in Palestine. Two years ago I spent Eid al Adha (an important Muslim holiday) there with my friend and her family. As soon as I walked into the village I lost track of time and after a few days even the […]
Bittersweet Eid
November 19, 2011
Last week Eid al Adha was celebrated in Gaza and other Muslim communities worldwide. Eid al Adha is one of the most important holidays in Islam, marking the end of the Haj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca) season and symbolizing sacrifices for Allah as well as asking for forgiveness. The official day of Eid al Adha, […]
Celebrations ahead of arrival of released prisoners
October 19, 2011
“Mijn zoon zou niet moeten worden vrijgelaten”
October 13, 2011
De wisselkoers werd gisteren vastgesteld op 1:1027. Eén Israelische krijgsgevangene blijkt 1.027 Palestijnse gevangenen waard te zijn, volgens de deal die Hamas en Israël gisteren met elkaar sloten. De 1 staat voor Gilad Shalit , de Israëlische soldaat die in 2006 (op 19-jarige leeftijd) gevangen werd genomen door Hamas strijders aan de rand van de […]
A SECOND GLANCE 
June 1, 2013
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