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How Trump ruined Christmas for Palestinian Christians

Posted on December 25, 2017 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Middle East Eye on December 25, 2017. American support for Israel is helping drive Palestinian Christians out Christmas is a special time of the year in Palestine.

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How Israeli control over Jerusalem destroyed its holiest sites

Posted on December 18, 2017 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Middle East Eye on December 18, 2017. Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital serves to legitimise ethnic cleansing of Palestinians – Christian and Muslim alike

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The Iraqi soldiers who sacrificed everything to defend Palestine in 1948

Posted on May 15, 2017 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on May 15, 2017. The main road north from the West Bank city of Nablus winds between rolling hills covered in olive groves, abandoned

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Yacoub Shaheen, the Assyrian singer from Palestine taking Arab Idol by storm

Posted on February 17, 2017 by alexrezashams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on February 17, 2017. In just a few short months, Yacoub Shaheen has gone from a local singer in the West Bank town of

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Bethlehem centre revives iconic Palestinian Christian craft

Posted on July 30, 2016 by alexrezashams

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

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This Christmas, Remember the Embattled Little Palestinian Town of Bethlehem

Posted on December 24, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published in the Huffington Post. This week, more than 1.5 billion Christians around the world will celebrate the Christmas message of hope. But in the little hilltop town where

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En Palestine, les chrétiens syriaques gardent espoir malgré la peur de Daech

Posted on December 24, 2015 by alexrezashams

Les syriaques de la vieille ville de Jérusalem ont été systématiquement expulsés par Israël depuis 1967, mais la communauté possède encore une forte identité

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Syriac Christians in Palestine keep hope alive amid IS fears

Posted on December 21, 2015 by alexrezashams

The Syriacs of Jerusalem’s Old City have been systematically expelled by Israel since 1967, but the community still has a strong identity

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Why do Palestinians burn Jewish holy sites?: The fraught history of Joseph’s Tomb

Posted on November 12, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published in Mondoweiss. Joseph’s Tomb (Photo: Alex Shams)  On October 16th, a large crowd of Palestinians near the northern West Bank city of Nablus surrounded the religious site

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Concrete tent embodies contradictions of Palestine refugee life

Posted on September 22, 2015 by alexrezashams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency. A newly constructed concrete tent in the Duheisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. (MaanImages/Alex Shams) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Bethlehem’s Duheisha

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Alex Shams is an Iranian-American writer and a PhD student of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He was based in Bethlehem, Palestine from 2013-2015, where he worked for Ma'an News Agency, the largest independent Palestinian news agency. He previously received his master's from Harvard University in Middle Eastern studies. His work focuses on the intersections of gender, religion, politics, and urban space in the modern Middle East. He is an editor-in-chief of Ajam Media Collective (AjamMC.com), a platform focused on culture and society throughout Iran as well as Central and South Asia.

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