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Threads of life: how a Qatar-based business empowers Palestinian women, preserves heritage

On the UN Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, we highlight the efforts of a local home business that has empowered women outside of Qatar. Beyond its vibrant colours and…

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Red card for apartheid: How Israel’s blockade is tackling Gazan fans out of Qatar World Cup

FIFA must now review its agenda to balance out any and all discrimination that has for years prevented football in Palestine to truly flourish. A crippling Israeli blockade on Gaza…

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World Refugee Day: Arab League stresses right of return for Palestinians

Globally, Lebanon, a country facing a worsening socio-economic crisis, hosts the largest number of refugees per capita and per square kilometre. The Arab League has shone a light on the…

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News

Israel will not punish police for attacking Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral

More than a month into the killing of the journalist, there has been an absence of accountability. Israel will not punish occupation forces behind attacks seen attacking the funeral of…

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Exile and displacement: what makes home ‘home’ for Palestinians in Qatar?

The 74th Nakba anniversary this year coincides with global outrage at Israel’s assassination of renowned Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Israel was founded as an ethnocentric Jewish-majority apartheid state on…

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US calls for ‘independent probe’ into killing of Palestinian journalist Abu Akleh

In what seems to be a change of tune following pressure from a journalist, US Secretary of State has now called for an “independent” probe into the murder of Palestinian…

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News

US Republican senator calls for ‘transparent’ probe into Israeli killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

According to a 2021 Gallup survey, 79% of Republicans and 33% of Liberal Democrats said they sympathise with Israel. Republican US Senator Mitt Romney has urged the Joe Biden administration…

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Arab League calls for recognition of Palestine on Naksa anniversary

The Arab League also pointed to the systematic forced dispossession of Palestinians by the apartheid Israeli state to make way for Jewish settlers The Arab League has demanded the recognition…

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Parliamentarians praise Amir’s support for Palestinians

With an absence of accountability, Israel has increased its attacks against Palestinians, carrying out mass arrests and killings. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid Al Thani and a delegation of ‘Parliamentarians…

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