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Opinion Pakistan

Exhausted Geographies: Mapping the Dream of Pakistan in the Streets of Karachi

November 12, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on November 12, 2015. In Karachi, the dream of Pakistan – in all of its glory, misgivings, failures, and triumphs – has become reality.

Opinion

Obama Defied GOP to Make Peace with Iran — Now It’s Time for Palestine

November 11, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published in Huffington Post. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vindictive policies are creating a climate in which Palestinians are once again rising up to reject their lack of freedom

Featured Israel Palestine Reporting

Learning the Language of Jesus Christ

November 2, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Roads and Kingdoms on November 2, 2015. Just a few hundred feet west of the church built atop the site where the Christian faithful believe Jesus was

Israel Reporting

La langue arabe en tête des charts israéliens grâce à trois sœurs yéménites

October 20, 2015 by Alex Shams

Le clip de cette chanson a été vu 1,2 million de fois et a attiré des milliers de fans dans tout le Moyen-Orient

Israel Reporting

Arabic tops Israeli charts as Yemeni sisters take Tel Aviv by storm

September 24, 2015 by Alex Shams

The music video has amassed 1.2 million hits and has attracted thousands of fans from across the Middle East

Reporting

Les conducteurs palestiniens font les frais des patrouilles de la police israélienne en Cisjordanie

September 14, 2015 by Alex Shams

Pour parcourir le trajet d’une heure de Ramallah à Bethléem, les conducteurs palestiniens doivent passer par cinq autorités de régulation différentes

Featured Palestine Reporting

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

August 18, 2015 by Alex Shams

The city of Bethlehem wants the world to know it’s more than a Biblical theme park.

Israel Opinion Palestine

Killings reveal link between homophobia, anti-Arab racism

August 15, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on the Washington Blade on Aug. 15, 2015. Shira Banki, a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed during a Jerusalem Pride march, succumbed to her injuries on Aug. 2,

Palestine Reporting

Bethlehem centre revives iconic Palestinian Christian craft

July 30, 2015 by Alex Shams

Icon school creates opening for local artists to tap into ancient skills and challenge cheap tourist-targeting imports

Palestine Reporting

City of the Moon

July 21, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Inquiry. In Jericho, Palestinians find a resort from their occupations At the edge of the Judean Hills, after the mountains of Palestine have calmed themselves