Two little girls stare back from the photograph, their hands wrapped in heavy bandages. One is perhaps around five-years-old, the other barely three, innocence peeping…
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Classroom as LIBERATION. Classroom as RESISTANCE!
Bahiya Farah, Headmistress of Gaza Girls’ School, stood firmly against the authority of the British Mandate. When inspectors arrived to assess her teaching, she barred them from…
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Guterres calls for full Gaza ceasefire, rejecting ‘ethnic cleansing’
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and…
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Now, the West Bank!
The UN human rights office has expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, condemning the use of…
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So, Say Cheese, Please!
In a pristine and remote mountain hamlet, dreams are now made of cheese. One ‘Cheese Wheel’ at a time. While stoic Kashmiri women rewrite their…
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Who loves you when you’re failing, falling, breaking apart?
Not the sleepless nights you endure. They see the results you put on paper. Not the battles you fight behind closed doors By Umesh Kumari No one loves…
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Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime
The report outlines harrowing accounts of abuse, including severe beatings, electric shocks, rape, mutilation and prolonged psychological and physical torture. Survivors and witnesses described dire…
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Hope floats in the Valley
Kashmir in 2025 is gradually becoming a new horizon of hope, empowering its citizens, reviving tourism, sports, agriculture and peace By Shireen Bano Kashmir, a region…
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Islam and its myriad narratives: Age-old conundrum, a positive remedy
Islam guides the human soul towards pristine purity and frees it from any malaise that disturbs the conscience. Islam, through its Prophet, the Quran, holds…
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DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds
As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the…
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