Gaza
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!
Written by: 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At least 126 acts have withdrawn from the Brighton festival in protest at the inclusion of Barclays as a sponsor because of the bank's alleged links with atrocities in Gaza, Ben Smoke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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: 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.
Written by: Theo McInnes
The reality of growing up as a young woman in the Gaza Strip
Meet the Gaza Girls — Stepping away from the violence and conflict, photographer and journalist Monique Jaques shifts her focus to the everyday lives of Palestinian girls.
Written by: Cristian Angeloni
Six decades of conflict in Gaza explained in just 20 minutes
Putting Gaza in context — A short documentary unpicks the deep roots of the Gaza conflict, a human-made disaster driven by the state of Israel’s violent settler-colonial project in Palestine.
Written by: Alex King
Finding freedom through surfing in war-torn Gaza
Escape the Land — Photographer and surfer Andrew McConnell journeys to Gaza, to discover the surf culture that has emerged in the midst of a battleground.
Written by: Andrew McConnell
