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Israeli forces spray Bethlehem homes with putrid-smelling water

June 27, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on June 27, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Rubhiya Abd al-Rahman Darwish was taking a nap on the couch of her family home on Sunday when

Palestine Reporting

Bethlehem walls transformed in the presence of the Holy See

May 24, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on May 24, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — In advance of Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land on Sunday, Bethlehem residents and officials have been

Reporting

Palestinian Christians ask Maronite patriarch to reconsider Jerusalem visit

May 10, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency. on May 10, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A prominent Palestinian Christian activist group has urged the Lebanese patriarch to reconsider an upcoming trip to

Israel Palestine Reporting

New identity law raises fears of Israeli effort to divide Christians

February 26, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Feb. 26, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A new law to create a separate “Christian” nationality for Palestinian citizens of Israel successfully passed through the

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Next Year in Tehran

February 20, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Inquiry on Feb. 20, 2014. An Iranian intellectual’s trip to Israel in the 1960s revealed the strange appeal of secular republicanism to religious ethno-supremacists In March

Palestine Reporting

Video round-up: Thousands rally in anti-Prawer ‘Day of Rage’ protests

December 1, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 1, 2013. A global “Day of Rage” against the Prawer Plan took place in nearly 30 cities worldwide on Saturday, Nov. 30.,

Israel Reporting

Tel Aviv ‘Nakba’ film festival keeps alive memories of 1948 in Israel

December 1, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Dec. 1, 2013. TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — The first-ever International Film Festival on Nakba and Return took place on Nov. 28-30 in Tel

Opinion

Civility in the Service of Brutality

April 13, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. There are times when we must be suspect of calls for civility. Particularly at an institution like Harvard, where we are sometimes told that

Opinion

Fighting Apartheid with Equality

February 27, 2012 by Alex Shams

Originally published in the Harvard Crimson. Co-authored by Lena K. Awwad and Eliza M. Nguyen. This weekend, Harvard will host the One State Conference, a gathering of academics and activists from around

Israeli forces spray Bethlehem homes with putrid-smelling water

Bethlehem walls transformed in the presence of the Holy See

Palestinian Christians ask Maronite patriarch to reconsider Jerusalem visit

New identity law raises fears of Israeli effort to divide Christians

Next Year in Tehran

Video round-up: Thousands rally in anti-Prawer ‘Day of Rage’ protests

Tel Aviv ‘Nakba’ film festival keeps alive memories of 1948 in Israel

Civility in the Service of Brutality

Fighting Apartheid with Equality

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