“For xenophobic politicians pushing for a race to the bottom, one refugee on European soil will always be one too many.”

Marc Martorell Junyent on the dangerous myths behind the EU’s push to contain migration, including its recent deal with Egypt: dawnmena.org/the-dangerous-…

The wrong lesson from the Holocaust: the German government deports a leading war surgeon who was elected as Rector of the University of Glasgow this month to prevent him from describing in Berlin the atrocities he witnessed while serving in Gaza.
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Read—and listen to—two new poems on Palestine by Yahia Lababidi

How is it that
life carries on,
as they cry for us,
from under the rubble?

dawnmena.org/waking-nightma…

Brendan Ciarán Browne's talk at an international symposium was revoked due to statements made on social media. The reason? “A special responsibility to ensure a safe and respectful environment at a time when anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise.'
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Just finished Al-Shabaka الشبكة podcast on 🇮🇪🇵🇸 (out end of April).

Moving on to series of talks on Palestine & academic freedom. Focussing on recent Vienna debacle which I wrote about here:

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First stop, Lund University

No silence. Speak up. Free Palestine.

This is a must read on academic freedom.
These topics are sensitive but surely casual accusations of anti-semitism is a peculiarly pernicious form of anti-semitism?

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Universität Wien

“Attempts to intimidate both professors and students, or silence them outright, are becoming normalized in a blatant attack on the values that underpin academic freedom,” writes Brendan Ciarán Browne, on the “Palestine exception to free speech.” Democracy in Exile dawnmena.org/i-was-a-target…

“While civil war and conflict over the past 13 years have left Libya broken, the country’s woes are still deeply rooted in the legacy of Gadhafi's four-decade rule,” Youssef Sawani writes from Tripoli. dawnmena.org/the-staggering…

'Write on My Shrine,' a new poem in Democracy in Exile by Ahmed Miqdad, a Palestinian poet and teacher from Gaza City. dawnmena.org/write-on-my-sh…

Yesterday, was the birthday of Palestinian writer/activist Ghassan Kanafani, who was assassinated by #Israel as a young man

(1936–1972) 🕊️

In honor of his brief, influential life, here’s my short essay on Resistance Art:

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Democracy in Exile #Gaza #Palestine

“While civil war and conflict over the past 13 years have left Libya broken, the country’s woes are still deeply rooted in the legacy of Gadhafi's four-decade rule,” Youssef Sawani writes from Tripoli. dawnmena.org/the-staggering…

“The human cost of this ongoing crisis is staggering,” Youssef Sawani writes from Tripoli. “Libya’s economy is in freefall, with many Libyans facing acute shortages of basic necessities because of a shrinking dinar and soaring prices.” dawnmena.org/the-staggering…

'Write on My Shrine,' a new poem in Democracy in Exile by Ahmed Miqdad, a Palestinian poet and teacher from Gaza City. dawnmena.org/write-on-my-sh…

“The human cost of this ongoing crisis is staggering,” Youssef Sawani writes from Tripoli. “Libya’s economy is in freefall, with many Libyans facing acute shortages of basic necessities because of a shrinking dinar and soaring prices.” dawnmena.org/the-staggering…

'Write on My Shrine,' a new poem in Democracy in Exile by Ahmed Miqdad, a Palestinian poet and teacher from Gaza City. dawnmena.org/write-on-my-sh…

Take my hand
And help me get out from under the debris.
Don't forget my wife and children, they're all under the concrete.
I heard their shouts while their bones were smashing.

“Write on My Shrine,” a new poem from Gaza by Ahmed Miqdad. dawnmena.org/write-on-my-sh…

Take my hand
And help me get out from under the debris.
Don't forget my wife and children, they're all under the concrete.
I heard their shouts while their bones were smashing.

“Write on My Shrine,” a new poem from Gaza by Ahmed Miqdad. dawnmena.org/write-on-my-sh…

'The American monopoly on peacemaking efforts has to be pried away, because they are clearly not in a position to lead a good-faith effort towards a sustainable future for Palestinians and Israelis alike.'

-Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator dawnmena.org/biden-dramatic…

“It is one thing to read and know about the ‘Palestine exception to free speech,’ and quite another when you are the one being censored and smeared with the false charge of antisemitism,” writes Brendan Ciarán Browne. dawnmena.org/i-was-a-target…

“Will Libya's leaders prioritize unity and reconciliation for the sake of the rest of the country, or will they remain disastrously divided?” Youssef Sawani on the staggering human cost of Libya’s perpetual crisis: dawnmena.org/the-staggering…