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During UNESCO’s restoration of a 12th-century church destroyed by ISIS in Mosul, architects discovered, alongside a quote from Jesus, a surah from the Quran attesting to the closeness of these two religions. In Egypt, there was a time when Jews and Muslims celebrated some of each other’s religious holidays together. Eastern Christians and Jews lived … Read more

Come on, let’s get out of here! It’s quite unbelievable how the West in general – Europe and the US – accepts and forgives everything Israel does. When we aren’t waging war for Israel (the US), whatever they do, we stand in solidarity with them – apart from the ‘we are concerned’ statements, which are … Read more

All right, some people are fed up with hearing it repeated ad nauseam that a genocide/war crimes/barbarism has been taking place in Gaza for over two years now. Yet the facts are there for all to see, and no one can deny them given these films (some of which have been hugely successful at festivals) … Read more

The success of the petition against the Yadan Law demonstrates the power of citizen protests and reminds us that we are still—for now—living in a democracy with the limited power to effect change. It is time to put an end to this “newspeak” that consists of talking a lot but doing nothing. The massacres in … Read more

Just imagine: you take to the streets to protest for Tibet, Cambodia, or the massacre in Sudan—no problem, freedom of expression is guaranteed by the Constitution of a country that is (still) democratic. But if, by some misfortune, you protest against Israel to stop the massacre/genocide/slaughter (take your pick) in Gaza and elsewhere in Palestine, … Read more