Jewish Survivors and Descendants of Survivors of the Nazi Genocide Condemn Israeli Assault on Gaza

Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of Nazi genocide unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza

As Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide we unequivocally condemn the massacre of Palestinians in … Read More

Mr Modi – Do Not Court Apartheid Israel in my Name

By Tithi Bhattacharya

I have never quite known what the exact connotations are to the label “World’s largest democracy” that is accorded to my country, India.  Does it mean (a) that the Government is the most democratic? Or does … Read More

Calling Women to Perform Hajj

By Fariha Sikondari

This is not going to be an article giving detailed descriptions of the Hajj rituals; rather I thought I would describe performing Hajj from a female point of view with the aim of encouraging all Muslim women to … Read More

Human Rights Watch video report of mass killings at Rabaa al Adawiyya

‘This was a plan that envisioned opening (live) fire on crowds of tens of thousands of protestors without safe exit including women and children’ reported Omar Shakir, Researcher for Human Rights Watch.Read More

Allah is testing us too!

What will our reaction be, both in terms of action and faith?Read More

Burn Another One: Part Eight

Adeela shifted uncomfortably from side to side on her makeshift bed; a mattress on the floor. She wanted to block her ears so that she wouldn’t hear the shouting that had been going on in the next room since early evening, but she also wanted to know what was being said. She had no idea what time it was, she had been sent to bed earlier than normal, but she knew that it was now quite late and that she wouldn’t be getting any sleep that night.Read More

Burn Another One: Part Seven

Adeela carried a glass of sugared water for Berel and placed it near him. Refusing to look at her, he slowly lifted the glass and took a sip, staring into it as though he were unsure of what else may be in there. As instructed, Adeela offered him a blanket but he shook his head and as he did so, Abbas snatched the moth-eaten blanket from Adeela.Read More

Burn Another One: Part Six

By Fathima Begum

Read Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Adeela crouched under the shade of an olive tree and licked her dry lips. It was very hot, and water clean enough to drink was in short supply. Wiping … Read More

Remembering Egypt One Year On

One year ago, on the 3rd of July, 2013, two ‘Egypts’ waited in anticipation. 48 hours earlier, the armed forces issued a warning to Muhammed Morsi; agree to the demands of the opposition and the protestors or we will act.Read More

Fragments

By May Sulaiman

Life is a mere droplet in the ocean of time.

Too busy chasing the glitter of the Dunya,

But what you thought was glitter-

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