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Ashjan Ajour
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Incredibly brave Palestinian former prisoners speaking out about systematic use of rape as torture in Israeli jails: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jail
Sami al-Saei has defied social stigma to speak out about what a report calls a ‘grave pattern’ of sexual violence
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
In 2025, I received the Emma Goldman Award for my research on feminism and inequality amid genocidal war, the destruction of our family home and the loss of my father. I dedicate it to my beloved father Najy Ajour. They cannot break our spirits. In his name I continue.
January 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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Feminists maintain silence in the face of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people. Silence is complicity, and complicity kills. In our article, we call for action in ⁦‪@GenderWorkOrg‬⁩. Read here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Feminist Silences in the Face of Israel's Genocide Against the Palestinian People: A Call for Decolonial Praxis Against Complicity
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I had similar thoughts the other day. There is also an element of fatigue, or the realisation ( that I raised in my book Anarchism an Art of living) that we have parallel worlds and a possibility to build from there.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The exodus from X to Bluesky has happened – the era of mass social media platforms is over | Gaby Hinsliff
There’s comfort in being surrounded by like-minded people, but challenge is important, and we may have to look for it elsewhere, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:36 AM