Palestine Think Tank

Israeli Soldiers force Palestinians to approach, enter and search buildings where they believe gunmen may be hiding.
The civilians are subjected to different forms of manipulations to use them as human shields during operations to acquire control of the houses, detaining inhabitants in one place (often in one room of the house) and turning the houses [...]

85% of the Palestinian population has been expelled by Israel since the Nakba. This has transformed Gaza into the most densely populated area in the world
The number of the Palestinian population has increased seven fold since the Nakba in 1948 despite the plight and the tragic circumstances as stated by the Head of Palestinian Statistics [...]

Israeli occupation forces have arrested more than 10,000 Palestinian women of various backgrounds and ages since 1967.
720 Palestinian women were arrested during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, 102 of them are still detained to this date.
Arresting mothers, wives and sisters of wanted persons or detainees is one form of collective punishment, and it is aimed at forcing [...]

In the UK, where I am living, there is a Ministry of Justice, but in Palestine, where my home country is, there is a Ministry of Prisoners. Does this make any sense?
Well, it seems that it does, after all, states create Ministries to solve the problems affecting a large sector of their citizens. It is [...]

كيف يمارس الفلاسفة الجنس؟
روائيات سعوديات يسردن مفاتن الجسد ويشددن وتر الغريزة
رحلة الحيوان المنوي المثيرة
لا مزيد من المواقع الإباحية في فلسطين والشباب يتذمرون
كيف تجعلك الأنثى حبيباً أو تصنع منها عاشقة؟
وثلاثة صور لنساء يعرضن الكثير من لحمهن على الصفحة الأولى
هذا هو مثال على ما هو موجود على الصفحة الأولى لموقع صحيفة الكترونية عربية. وقبل أن أبدأ بإطلاق [...]

Nafha Society for the Defence of Human Rights in Palestine sent an appeal to help the Palestinian prisoner “Mahmoud Saeed Azzam” from the town of Seelet Al Harthiya in Jenin district. This appeal came after a visit to Shatta prison where he is detained.
The Palestinian prisoner “Azzam” has been arrested from his home by Israeli [...]

Open letter to David Miliband by a Palestinian Journalist residing in the UK. Detailed report follows.
The Jewish Chronicle published an article on the 16th of May entitled ‘Miliband tribute ahead of Israel trip’. The article says:
Foreign secretary David Miliband delivered an unscripted tribute to Israel’s achievements and search for peace at the Israeli embassy’s Independence [...]

مسؤولة مكتب الحريات الصحفية / شبكة صحفيين في المهجر البريطانية
عندما التقيت بالسيد نقيب الصحفيين الفلسطينيين نعيم الطوباسي في مؤتمر اتحاد نقابات الصحفيين البريطانيين قبل حوالي شهر ونصف في إيرلندا، فرحت واستبشرت خيراً. خصوصاً بعد أن أعلن على الملأ وعلى المنصة دعمه الكامل للحريات الصحفية، وإنصاف زملاء المهنة. وعندما لوّح بالكوفية إلى أن التقطت كل كاميرا [...]

On the second of May 2008 the Frontline Club in London supported the Press Freedom Network in UK under the patronage of the National Commission for the UNESCO and invited an array of journalists and media professionals from all over the country to vote on the motion ‘New Media is Killing Journalism’.
This initiative was held [...]

I have been asked many times why I switched to blogging after slaving for many years in journalism in the Middle East.
Many obstacles face women journalists in the Middle East, but on top of the list comes dedicated male efforts to exclude females from acquiring serious decision-making positions like that of Editor-in-Chief. Some still can’t [...]