
Lynzy Billing
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3 weeks ago |
themarkaz.org | Lynzy Billing
Since October 7, Palestinian women in the West Bank have experienced increasing intimidation, imprisonment and violence. This story published with and thanks to our friends in Paris at The Dial. Lynzy BillingIn the early hours of April 7, 2024, Israeli forces stormed the homes of 25-year-old Layan Kayed in Ramallah and 23-year-old Layan Nasir in Birzeit, both located in the occupied West Bank. The two women were arrested at gunpoint and placed in “administrative detention” without charges.
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Jan 21, 2025 |
propublica.org | Mauricio Rodríguez Pons |Almudena Toral |Lynzy Billing
Skip to main content Close Close Creative Commons Donate Email Add Email Facebook Instagram Mastodon Facebook Messenger Mobile Podcast Print ProPublica Search Secure WhatsApp YouTube “The Night Doctrine”: The Truth About Afghanistan’s Zero Unit Night Raids In this triple-Emmy-winning short, British journalist Lynzy Billing returns to her native Afghanistan to find out who killed her family 30 years earlier, only to uncover a secretive U.S.-backed program that left hundreds of civilians dead....
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Sep 9, 2024 |
newlinesmag.com | Lynzy Billing
The author wanted never to return to Israel, but after Oct. 7 she went in search of the spaces between competing narratives Soon after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, my father sent me a poem he wrote while in Gaza more than two decades ago. It could easily have been written today. I arrived in Jerusalem at the beginning of 2002, not long after the Second Intifada began.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
yahoo.com | Lynzy Billing
When the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021, a Taliban member asked Razia’s father for her hand in marriage. Her family, former government workers, felt the marriage was the only way to avoid harassment from the Taliban. When Razia (a pseudonym to protect her safety), who was 18 at the time, refused the marriage, her family beat her so severely that she attempted suicide. The beating continued and eventually, her mother was forced to take her to a local medical clinic.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
motherjones.com | Lynzy Billing
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The car in front flashes its hazard lights, a signal to alert drivers that there is an Israeli military checkpoint ahead. Niveen Draghmeh sits up a little straighter, her medical ID clasped in her hand. Just a week earlier, her husband was taken out of his car and beaten by two Israeli soldiers at this very same checkpoint.
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