Palestinian women recently released from Israeli prison speak of sleep deprivation, psychological and physical abuse, beatings, torture, and sexual violence. The recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas that saw more than 200 Palestinian minors and women freed from Israeli jails brings to light the inhuman, degrading treatment Palestinian female detainees face. …
Medical facilities have become a central target of Israel’s war on Gaza, with the healthcare system in the besieged territory near total collapse after weeks of intense bombing and a total blockade on fuel, water, and aid. For more than a week, Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital was the focal point of Israel’s war …
SFAX, Tunisia- Xenophobia and frustration in Tunisia’s migration hub of Sfax against Black African migrants has turned to violence and left hundreds stranded in the Libyan border. Months of rising tensions boiled over last week in the coastal city, which has become a major gathering point for people trying to cross the …
ISTANBUL, Turkey- On February 6th, in the aftermath of the tragic double earthquake, a group of around 30 female activists, volunteers and civil society members gathered in Istanbul to strategize on how to provide aid and assistance to those impacted by the disaster. A group of approximately 300-400 women, known as the Feminist Solidarity …
ISTANBUL, Turkey- Turkish voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect both the president and parliamentary representatives in what is set to be a tight contest between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who heads the Republican People’s Party (CHP). During their campaigns, the Justice and Development (AK) Party …
TUNIS, Tunisia -Six weeks after an incendiary speech by Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a surge in racist violence against sub-Saharan migrants, hundreds of its victims are still camped on a cobblestone lane outside the headquarters of the UN’s migration agency, IOM, asking for emergency evacuation. “Our lives are under threat,” said …
The murder of a young Iraqi YouTuber by her father has sparked renewed calls for a law to fight domestic violence in the conservative Arab country where so-called ‘honour killings’ remain rife. Dozens of Iraqi protesters rallied nearby the Supreme Judicial Council in the capital Baghdad last month, days after 22-year-old blogger …
TUNIS, Tunisia -In an address to Tunisia’s National Security Council last Tuesday, President Kais Saied demanded urgent action to crack down on migration from sub-Saharan Africa, which he said was part of an organised scheme intended to alter the country’s demographic makeup. “The undeclared goal of the successive waves of illegal immigration is to …
Amid domestic political deadlock, Sudan‘s military junta wants to demonstrate its authority while sending a message to Washington. Earlier this month, Sudanese and Israeli officials announced that the two states are moving towards normalising ties following the surprise visit by Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen to Khartoum, made with the consent of the United …
In 2019, two years after the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was liberated from the three-year reign of the so-called Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS, ISIL or Da’esh), Younis Qays, a Mosulian, (or Maslawi as people from Mosul are known) born into a family of artists, began dreaming of a project to …