Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. The West Bank is a prison, too, segmented into various wards, known as areas A, B and C.In fact, all Palestinians are subjected to various degrees of military restrictions.

Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees.One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming

Back in the Middle East for a few months, I find myself astounded by the absence of strong voices of Arab intellectuals.The region that has given rise to the likes of Michel Aflaq, George Habash, Rached Al Ghannouchi, Edward Said and numerous others has marginalised its intellect

For Palestinians, 2017 is a year of significant anniversaries.While historians mark May 15 as the anniversary of the date on which Palestinians were expelled from their historic homeland in 1948, the fact is that the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians began in earnest in 1947.I

Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech at the recently concluded Arab League summit, that the initiative is the only solution on the table, asserting that it will

When Terry Holdbrooks Jr converted to Islam in 2003, he was inundated with death threats and labelled a “race traitor”.If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired, Holdbrooks’ does, and not because Islam has “won” yet another convert, but because the new conve

“We must look back twenty-five years to realise how far Israel has fallen in world support,” wrote famed Jewish scholar, Harvard sociologist, Nathan Glazer in 1976.In the 40 years since Glazer wrote his piece, which was uncovered and transmitted by journalist Philip Wei

At a glance, Israel appears a true democracy. Take a closer look, and that facade of democracy will soon dissipate, turning into something else entirely.February 28 was one of those moments.

I was recently asked to give a talk about “being an American Muslim in the United States”.