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“I wrote Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation to memorialise the genocide unfolding, in real-time, so that it won’t be unwritten from history — like genocides before it,” explains Arab-American writer, professor and scholar of law, Khaled Beydoun. Due to be published by Street Noise Books in February, the book is dedicated to Gaza, combining an analysis of events in […]

An attack by paramilitary forces that began on Tuesday evening has left 40 people dead, a medic told AFP from a central Sudan village, following a month of escalating violence in Al-Jazira state. “All 40 people suffered direct gunshot wounds,” the medic said from Wad Rawah Hospital, just north of Wad Oshaib village, requesting anonymity

Bassem Naim (left), one of the figures on the list, described the sanctions as ‘stupid’ The US imposed sanctions on Tuesday on six senior Hamas officials, with the US Treasury Department saying in a statement that Hamas’s representatives abroad, a member of its military wing, and those involved in fundraising for the group were being

A lady seen passing by the Starbucks Coffee cafe at Kuala Lumpur city. (Photo by Faris Hadziq/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Starbucks’ Malaysian branch has faced substantial sales declines amid ongoing boycotts by pro-Palestine supporters in the country, according to Malaysia’s largest bank.  Maybank has warned that the coffee giant faces long-term slumping sales, driven

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce [Getty] Hezbollah’s leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in

Palestinian human rights defender Diala Ayesh is among the winners of Index on Censorship’s Freedom of Expression Awards 2024. [TNA] A prominent Palestinian rights lawyer was among the grand winners of the prestigious Index on Censorship’s 2024 Freedom of Expression Awards this week.    Diala Ayesh, 28, who has been held in administrative detention by

Israel has left swathes of Beirut’s southern suburbs in ruins after weeks of heavy airstrikes [Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu/Getty] The cost of rebuilding Lebanon when the Israel-Hezbollah war ends could exceed losses incurred after the 2006 conflict, according to some current estimates. Reconstruction costs have varied but will likely keep climbing as Israel continues its aerial offensive

A new survey highlights growing concerns within British Muslim communities after the violent unrest that spread across the country this summer [Getty] Most British Muslims believe Islamophobia has increased since the summer riots following the Southport stabbings in England’s Merseyside, with one in three considering leaving the UK, according to a report released on Wednesday

Khalil al-Hayya said the Israeli captives would not be released unless the war on Gaza ends [Getty] Hamas’ acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that there would be no captives-for-prisoners swap deal with Israel unless the war on the Palestinian enclave ended. “Without an end to the war, there can

Many people in Gaza are living in famine, particularly in the enclave’s north [Moiz Salhi/Anadolu/Getty] A US national security consulting firm recently presented to the Israeli government a study on how to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries to war-torn Gaza, Axios reported on Wednesday citing two Israeli officials. Sources familiar with said the company Orbis had