Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD. A bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
I am constantly amazed at how much cruelty and goodness there exists in humanity. On the internet, people now have a chance to see so many things previously difficult to see. For example, Israeli soldiers act like Nazi guards in various situations. These incidents, occurring everyday in Palestine, go unreported... » read this article
Mazin Qumsiyeh, A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home , Axis of Logic
Jordan is an amazing country. Most of the population here comes from Palestine. Some refugees, some displaced people, some economic migrants. The infrastructure and economy mushroomed in the 30 years since I was a student at the University of Jordan and the population more than doubled. Beautiful clean streets, thriving... » read this article
Less than a day since leaving Palestine and I already miss it but I will be back but I am in a second home, Jordan. Thousands of people were leaving the West Bank through the only border crossing allowed to us in Jericho area. Many thousands headed to Mecca for... » read this article
Ida Audeh, The Electronic Intifada , The Electronic Intifada
Editor's Note: Below the interview, find Mazin's latest missive, well worth the reading and two very moving videos ... - LMB
Mazin Qumsiyeh is a tireless activist for Palestinian human rights who returned to his hometown of Beit Sahour in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last year and now teaches at... » read this article
April 13, 2009
Dear Everyone:
Please take a few minutes to read the call-out below from a broad Gaza-based prisoner solidarity campaign made up of a coalition of prisoner rights groups, local and international activists, prisoner families and Ministry of Detainees representatives in Gaza.
Friday April 17th is the international... » read this article
"Action is the best antidote to despair. Action is the best tool for a healthy living in unjust circumstances"
- Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, A Bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at home
A good friend of ours, Tristan Anderson (US Citizen) was critically injured yesterday (Friday) and is in intensive care.... » read this article
Hiyam Noir* in Gaza. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
February 1 2009
GAZA
During a citizen gathering on Sunday, in front of the As - Salam Mosque in Jabalaya refuge camp, more than 4 hundred thousand Euros was distributed by Hamas Authority in Gaza. The money was handed out to Palestinian residents who suffered from losing their homes during... » read this article
Hiyam Noir* in Gaza. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
Jan 30, 2009
. Hiyam Noir at Al-Attatra Village Gaza
GAZA - Twenty-eight letters of the Arabic language aare no longer sufficient to create a the new vocabulary capable of describing the horrible stories of the Israelis Cast Lead Operation - Massacre in Gaza. The great pain from her grief... » read this article
Editor's Note: Hiyam Noir, our correspondent in Palestine and her photographer, Fady Adwan, were there throughout the Zionist onslaught in Gaza. They have carefully documented, in their first 23 reports, the war crimes and the victims of Israel since the first attacks were launched on December 27. The report that follows is among their first on... » read this article
Hiyam Noir* reports from Gaza , Palestine Free Voice - Axis of Logic
January 22/23 2009
A Family Grieves the Murder of a Man of High Status,
a victim of Conspiracy - Collaborators and Traitors
Photo Fady Adwan Al Tuffah Zaitoun Gaza City January 15 2009
PalestineFreeVoice Images
GAZA - Israeli navy ships shelled the As-Sudanya area in the northeastern parts of Gaza... » read this article
Hiyam Noir in Gaza. Axis of Logic , Palestine Free Voice
Jan 21, 2009
Israeli war criminals and its Fatah collaborators have of course eyed the money aimed for reconstruction projects to the devastated Gaza.Two parties that many believe are the architects of the massacre in Gaza try to set pree conditions on how the money aid allocated for rebuilding the... » read this article
Author’s note: This article is based on a letter sent to a friend who had written me toward the end of the first week in January to wish me a happy new year as well as to express her concern for the friends she knew I was worried about in... » read this article
Hiyam Noir* in Gaza. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
Photos Fady Adwan in Gaza
Gaza City January 18 2009
PalestineFreeVoice Images
January 18 2009 7.22 pm
GAZA - After the Israelis deadliest offensive ever, on the Palestinian territories, in northern Gaza Strip thousands of residents are moving on the streets in small groups with their families, walking back to... » read this article
Hiyam Noir in Gaza , Poetry4Palestine/Palestine Free Voice
Photo Fady Adwan January 17 2009
PalestineFreeVoice Images
Gaza Torn Apart - A Pact of Horrifying Murder
In desecration Gaza torn apart
suspense inside a courageous heart
held back by force and deadly arms
not quelled by intimidation
With compliance in terror acts
he betrayed the cause and... » read this article
Sa'eed Siam
January 16 2009 4.23 am
GAZA- On Thursday one of my favorite politicians and ministers in the Palestinian government Sa’eed Siam, a prominent senior member of Hamas politburo and the Interior Minister of the Gaza based Palestinian Government, was assassinated in an Israeli air strike.
Sa’eed Siam was... » read this article
Photo Fady Adwan Gaza City January 15 2009 PalestineFreeVoice Images
January 16 2009 3.05 am
GAZA - In what appears to be the Israelis showdown, [the prevalence of animals of the more dangerous species], a crescendo of evil and excessive force, Israeli warplanes launched heavy attacks on more than 70... » read this article
Editor's Note: We are indebted to Hiyam Noir and her photographer, Fady Adwan who are heroically reporting to us direct from Gaza, risking their lives to get the truth out while Israel has blocked all international journalists from entering Gaza in an attempt to hide their war crimes from the... » read this article
January 14 2009 at 4.32 am
GAZA -Blankets of white clouds cover the skies over Gaza, including the refuge camps in Khan Younis, Beit Lahia and Gaza City. On Saturday Israeli F16 warplanes launched attacks using phosphorus bombs on the Block 2 section inside the densely populated Jabalya Refuge Camp.... » read this article
Hiyam Noir in Gaza*. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
January 11, 2009 9.48 pm
GAZA - On Saturday Israeli F16 warplanes bombarded with phosphorous canisters the Block 2 section, in the Jabalya Refuge Camp. Many residents of Jabalya are escaping the area, searching for a safe shelter in the home of relatives in the neighboring Beit Lahia project.
In... » read this article
Hiyam Noir* in Gaza. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic
Watch NOW: The War on Gaza
In Khan Younis a family of 26 people, including children ages 2 to 17 years of age, have been living in the basement of a house, since the Israelis incursion into the area three days ago. My friend, one of the sons in the... » read this article
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