-
Aug 24, 2024 | 
journals.sagepub.com | Sa’ed Atshan
IntroductionWhile the rise of the contemporary global queer Palestinian solidarity movement can be traced first to Palestine in 2002, and then transnationally in 2009, historical traces of global queer solidarity with Palestinians run deeper. Two French gay intellectuals—Jean Genet and Guy Hocquenghem—were among the most prominent shapers of global queer solidarity with Palestine.
-
Jan 17, 2024 | 
truthout.org | Sa’ed Atshan
We can’t let Western media continue normalizing the acute dehumanization and pathologization of Palestinian men.
-
Nov 17, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Chris Walker |Sa’ed Atshan |Sasha Abramsky |Amy Goodman
“We have every right to engage in human rights advocacy” on behalf of Palestinians, the student group said. ByChris Walker, TruthoutPublishedNovember 17, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters in the spin room at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on November 8, 2023, in Miami, Florida. Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesA pro-Palestinian student group in Florida is suing Gov.
-
Nov 15, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Sa’ed Atshan |Chris Walker |Zane McNeill
The group includes four Democrats who had not publicly called for a ceasefire before. BySharon Zhang, TruthoutPublishedNovember 15, 2023Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a news conference calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol building on November 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesA group of House Democrats led by Rep.
-
Nov 15, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Huma Yasin |Sa’ed Atshan |Amy Goodman
Less than a third of Americans now say they back Israel in its current genocidal siege of Gaza. BySharon Zhang, TruthoutPublishedNovember 15, 2023Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023.Fadel Senna / AFP via Getty ImagesSupport for Israel is cratering fast among the American public amid Israeli forces’ genocidal siege of Gaza, while a majority of Americans support the growing calls for a ceasefire, new polling reveals.
-
Nov 3, 2023 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Sa’ed Atshan
By Sa’ed Atshan, Los Angeles Times Amidst the grief, Tanya reminded us to celebrate Aunt Elaine, our relative, who was a devoted teacher and school principal. She was killed in the bombing. Tanya said: "Gaza is all our family. The neighborhood was bombed. The walls are standing but our homes are destroyed. This time is beyond anything we've witnessed, and we all thought we witnessed the worst."
-
Nov 3, 2023 | 
gwinnettdailypost.com | Sa’ed Atshan
Amidst the grief, Tanya reminded us to celebrate Aunt Elaine, our relative, who was a devoted teacher and school principal. She was killed in the bombing. Tanya said: “Gaza is all our family. The neighborhood was bombed. The walls are standing but our homes are destroyed. This time is beyond anything we’ve witnessed, and we all thought we witnessed the worst.”kAm|J D@4:2= >65:2 7665 H2D E96? D2EFC2E65 H:E9 72>:=J[ 4@>>F?:EJ >6>36CD 2?5 @E96CD >@FC?:?8 E96 5625] x?
-
Nov 3, 2023 | 
jacksonprogress-argus.com | Sa’ed Atshan
Amidst the grief, Tanya reminded us to celebrate Aunt Elaine, our relative, who was a devoted teacher and school principal. She was killed in the bombing. Tanya said: “Gaza is all our family. The neighborhood was bombed. The walls are standing but our homes are destroyed. This time is beyond anything we’ve witnessed, and we all thought we witnessed the worst.”My social media feed was then saturated with family, community members and others mourning the dead.
-
Nov 3, 2023 | 
everand.com | Sa’ed Atshan
Like other Palestinians and Israelis with family members in Palestine/Israel, I have found the latest and unprecedented outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas hitting closer and closer to home. My dread became reality on Oct. 20 upon hearing from Tanya, one of my relatives. Her family lost a loved one who had been sheltering in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza, one of the world’s oldest churches.
-
Oct 17, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Sharon Zhang |Mike Ludwig |Kelly Hayes |Sa’ed Atshan
Right wing figures have spent the last weeks stoking violence against Muslims and Palestinians. BySharon Zhang, TruthoutPublishedOctober 17, 2023Hundreds of people gathered at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois, on October 16, 2023, for the funeral of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy Wadea Al-Fayoume who was brutally stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother which was motivated by their Islamic faith and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
