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Is Öcalan the Key to Negotiations with Turkey?

Authors: Global Voices: Mideast & AfricaHundreds of Kurdish political prisoners have been on hunger strike in Turkey for 67 days. They demanded an end to a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan's isolation, and to allow the use of the Kurdish language in public spaces without discrimination. None of these demands...

The Egyptians have Occupied Gaza!

Authors: Global Voices: Mideast & AfricaWritten by Amira Al Hussaini · comments (1) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper...

Palestine: Social Media in Conflict, Four Years On

Authors: Global Voices: Mideast & AfricaBack in 2008, during Israel's attack on Gaza that left more than 1,400 (more than 700 of whom were civilians) dead, individuals the world over took to social media to comment on the attacks and the politics behind them. Four years later, the world — and the Internet — has changed. Now, as Israel once aga...

“We will not fear their strikes”: Gaza journalists defiant after Israeli attack on media center

Authors: From Electronic Infatada Rami Almeghari Gaza Strip 18 November 2012 Despite Israeli air strikes on their buildings, Palestinian journalists in Gaza are defiant, and say they will continue to report....

Moroccans Beaten Up for Protesting the King's Budget

Authors: Global Voices: Mideast & AfricaMoroccans protested in the capital Rabat against the royal budget today. Their protest was violently repressed by police, who beat up activists as well as journalists who turned up to cover the demonstration. Reports claim that the royal palaces of Morocco cost the kingdom's coffers 700,000 Euros a day, in a...