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Plestia Alaqad: “Journalists should focus on humanising people”

Huck’s April interview — Having become one of the most crucial and followed voices from inside Gaza in the aftermath of October 7, the award-winning author and journalist is releasing a new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza’, collating diary entries made over the past 18 months. We caught up with her to hear more about it.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Kneecap describe atrocities in Gaza as “medieval type slaughter” after breaking of ceasefire

Saoirse Don Phalaistín — The Irish rap trio took to X yesterday to criticise the “US-backed” Israeli authorities.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
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Sakir Khader’s wrenching, resilient portrait of Palestinian life

Yawm al-Firak — Last year, the photographer became the first Palestinian member of the famed Magnum Photos agency. His new exhibition is a sharp window into the life under occupation, displacement and atrocities.

  • Activism
  • Zoe Whitfield

Experts weigh in on key policies from the 2024 General Election Manifestos

Stuck on who to vote for? Want to get more informed but feel overwhelmed by how much information there is? Or simply want to hear what experts think? Don’t worry! We got you!

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  • Ben Smoke

Why have a quarter of The Great Escape’s line up pulled out?

At least 126 acts have withdrawn from the Brighton festival in protest at the inclusion of Barclays as a sponsor because of the bank's alleged links with atrocities in Gaza, Ben Smoke explains.

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  • Ben Smoke

The Gaza parkour group taking back a part of their city

A group of young Palestinians have found temporary freedom in the act of parkour, reimagining wreckage and ruins as a series of high-octane playgrounds. The fearless collective see freerunning as a way of taking their immediate environment to its absolute limits – and, in the process, reclaiming some of it.

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  • Gunseli Yalcinkaya

Could cryptocurrency help the fight for Palestinian liberation?

Free Palestine — With Israeli restrictions continuing to weaken the Palestinian economy, people are taking to crypto as a way of getting around some of these barriers.

  • Activism
  • Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh

What it’s like to be a Gaza student studying in the UK

‘I feel guilty to be safe’ — After surviving war and finding a way out, Gazan students speak about the experience of studying in Britain, their guilt, family, and the future of Palestine.

  • Activism
  • Max Kendix

A Gaza resident on life after the ceasefire

‘Without hope we cannot live’ — A Palestinian medical project coordinator who has lived in Gaza for the last two decades recounts the horrors of the past few weeks, which saw hundreds killed by Israeli airstrikes, and what must happen next to secure peace.

  • Activism
  • Jessie Williams (interview)

Photos from this weekend's protest for Gaza in London

#EndTheSiege — With the death toll in Gaza rising as Palestinians continue to demand a right to return to their land, protestors take to the streets of London. Photographer Theo McInnes headed down to join them.

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  • Theo McInnes

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