Samer Issawi

Letter from Samer Issawi on Palestinian Prisoners Day (full text)

Translation by Tariq Shadid – see original Arabic text down below Ramallah, April 17, 2013 From his room in Kaplan Medical Center, political prisoner Samer Issawi sent a letter via the lawyer of the Palestinian Prisoner Society saying: “I am sending my greetings to everyone, without exception, and I request from all honorable people of our country, of our Arabic...

Roger Waters

Open Letter to Roger Waters: Don’t Drop Your Boycott Call

Dear Roger,   I feel fortunate that I don’t need to explain to you what the devastating effects of Israel’s expansionist policies have been, and continue to be. You are very well informed, and quite aware of the extensive misery that has befallen our people since the ethnic cleansing of our land in 1948 by Zionist terror organizations, the occupation...

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The ongoing interview: Doc Jazz on Ask.fm

I first ran into Ask.fm by seeing other Twitter friends answering questions on it, and seeing their answers pop up in their tweets. To tell you the truth, I found it rather silly. At some point however, I joined, just for the heck of it, probably in a moment of boredom. Since then, the number of Q & A’s has...

Tariq Shadid

Eigenwaarde voorop!

Door Tariq Shadid – Als je behoort tot een minderheidsgroepering die steeds opnieuw het mikpunt is van hetzes in de media en de politiek, zit je in een allerminst benijdenswaardige situatie. Je kunt uiteraard proberen de waanzin volledig naast je neer te leggen, en je alleen maar te richten op je eigen kring van familie, vrienden en collega’s. Voor sommigen...