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“We will become a people when the Palestinian only remembers his flag on the football pitch, at camel races, and on the day of the Nakba” – Mahmoud Darwish, A River Dies of Thirst: Journals “Football is the one that achieved the miracle behind the siege when it spread movement…

It was a good year to bury bad news – and bad deeds – as a clutch of dictators, assorted killers and repressive or anti-democratic regimes can testify. In Myanmar, Yemen, Mali, Nicaragua, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan, to name a few crisis zones, egregious abuses…

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now   For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS   | Updated: Thursday, December 29, 2022, 17:38 In a match against Switzerland during the recently concluded FIFA World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo was benched for most of the time. This became a news for sporting reasons, but Erdogan has…

ByDaniel S. Levy Published December 20, 2022 • 10 min read In the New Testament, the Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ birth—the first Christmas. Set during the rise of the Roman Empire, the stories create a radiant image of a young couple giving birth to the son of God…

UPDATE (Dec. 14, 2022, 4:05 p.m. EST): On Wednesday, France defeated Morocco 2-0, securing its spot in the World Cup final against Argentina. The iconic image of the 2022 World Cup may well be Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal dancing with his mum after his team’s brilliant upset victory over Portugal in the…

After Morocco won its quarter-final match against Portugal at the first world cup hosted by an Arab country, players and supporters could be seen waving a variety of flags: Morocco’s green star-studded red banner, Qatar’s maroon and white Al-Adaam, and Palestine’s triangle-adorned tricolor. For a game entrenched in national identities…

LONDON: Pro-Palestinian activists broke into an American-owned weapons factory in Wales this week, local media reported. Members of Palestine Action used sledgehammers to smash their way into Teledyne Labtech on Dec. 9 where they destroyed computers, while also splashing red paint on the outside of the building. PA representatives said…

By omitting context, Canadian journalist can reinforce biases in their readers on important issues, like the Israel-Palestine conflict. Muslim women engaged in a "Free Palestine" protest. Credit: Alisdare Hickson / Wikimedia Commons Like many Canadians, I was deeply saddened at the tragic death of young Canadian-Israeli Aryeh Shechopek in Jerusalem.…

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Shortly after its dramatic victory over Spain on Tuesday, Morocco’s World Cup team celebrated by hoisting the Palestinian flag and parading it for the thousands of fans in attendance at the Qatar World Cup stadium and millions of viewers around the world. The players carried out the same gesture after…