At least 70 authors have now dropped out of @PENAmerica events in an unprecedented act of solidarity with Palestinian writers.

Today we are announcing an alternative event to mark this collective action, to hear from these authors and from writers from Gaza.

Join us at Judson…

They didn’t want to be outdone by Columbia locking all the journalism students into Pulitzer Hall.

Excellent interview by Yama Wolasmal, an Afghan-Norwegian journalist, doing his job (while so many other journalists are not)

Birzeit University students throw out the German ambassador.

Sutto pls

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1. The The Guardian points out today that 'Israel has also destroyed every university in Gaza, in addition to killing at least 5,479 students, 261 teachers and 95 university professors, according to the UN, which has condemned Israel’s actions as “scholasticide”.'
2. And yet there…

Chamkila. Nargis. Shiv Kumar Batalvi. Naseebo Laal. High culture. Agriculture. New Punjabi VLog.

The International Prize for Arab Fiction awards its 2024 prize to the Palestinian novelist, Basem Khandqji, who is in an Israel prison. “A Mask the Colour of the Sky”.

Don't know about you all but I find this clip so funny. The guy loses his shit and goes from zero to Führer in one second.

کوشش کرو جس کی مدد کرو اس سے آنکھ بھی نہ ملاوُ- مقصد مدد کرنا ہے تضحیک کرنا نہی۔
⁦Mohammed Hanif⁩ ویسے یہ بھی یاد رکھنے کی بات ہے کے انسان کب اس قابل کے کسی انسان کی مدد کرے ، یہ اللہ کا احسان کے اس نے اپنے بندے کی ضرورت پوری کرنے کو تمہیں چن لیا bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-…

Writers, the time to speak out for Palestine is now! | Verso Books versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

A mother strokes her son’s leg, as if her touch can soothe him and bring him comfort. A gesture familiar to anyone who loves and was beloved.

یونیورسٹی میں بیٹھ کر طلبا کو بتا گئے تھے کہ پنجابی ہو تو بلوچستان میں مارے جاؤ گے، شیعہ ہو تو مارے جاؤ گے۔ ان سے کوئی نہیں پوچھ سکا کہ اگر آپ کو یہ سب پہلے ہی سے پتا ہے تو آپ وزیراعظم کے طور پر کیا کر رہے ہیں؟ صرف ہماری موت کی پیشگوئی؟
Mohammed Hanif bbc.com/urdu/articles/…

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The biggest problem is not Western journalists being unable to enter, but the fact that Western media doesn't respect and value Palestinian journalists. My colleagues and I risk our lives every day to report on this genocide . No one knows Gaza like we do, and no one understands…

A day after the Deir Yassin massacre, Albert Einstein replied in the negative to a request for donations from the Stern Gang -- one of the zionist militias that carried out the massacre -- along with a stark warning:

'There is a distressing lack of readiness among the Israeli Jewish population to pursue peace with its neighbours, and an almost unchallenged commitment to the use of force to destroy Palestinians regardless of the human cost.' Raja Shehadeh #Gaza 🩸 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

There are 350 Gazans in the UK now who can’t get their family members out from under Israel’s bombs.

This petition has 8 days left to reach 100k signatures - when a proposed Gaza Reunification Scheme would have to be debated in parliament.

Please sign and share widely.…