Tagged: mariam barghouti

Mariam Barghouti arrested, trial postponed until Wednesday

Ramallah, Palestine – Mariam Barghouti, a 20-year old student, was arrested on April 11th at the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh. She was accused by two soldiers of the Israeli Barashot unit, that since recently has been deployed around the village, of having thrown stones at the Israeli army. This fabricated accusation was contradicted by many witnesses at the scene....

Mariam Barghouti

International solidarity with Palestine: personal observations by Mariam Barghouti

As regular readers of the Musical Intifada know, this website usually only published original material. Sometimes, however, a piece is written which is considered to be having such particular value, quality and importance, that an exception is made. Such is the case with this challenging piece by Palestinian activist Mariam Barghouti, which addresses some very important issues concerning international solidarity....