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Notes on the Arrest of Haim Bresheeth-Zabner

Some notes on the arrest of the Israeli filmmaker and academic at the protest against the Israeli genocide on Friday 1st  November 2024 under anti-terrorism laws. This is for my non-UK friends in particular. I wish I could say I am shocked or stunned. To do so would mean I still believe

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See the Difference? Iran, “Israel” and the Value of Life

Some thoughts from this week’s monumental events involving Iran’s response to “Israel”, and how those showing solidarity need to be wary of reproducing Zionist narratives. Post below the audio. It needs to be acknowledged now, that the two Operations ‘True Promise’ from the Islamic Republic of Iran launched in response to attacks

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I defy you not to weep

Some notes on these last few weeks from Arzu I was alerted to this short film by Revd Stephen Sizer of Peacemakers.  Based on Zeina Azzam’s poem ‘Write my name’, it crushed me.  I demand you watch it.  I defy you not to weep.   I will put a link and the

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When is a Riot a Riot?

Some quick comments from Arzu on the unfolding situation in England.  Why is the government and media reluctant to use the term ‘riot’? My auto-prompt suggested 2011 after I started typing in today’s date.  It is the thirteenth anniversary of the killing of Mark Duggan by police officers in London, justice for which

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Srebrenica, Bosnia and the Lessons Unlearned

This short piece is based on a thread on X posted on 11 Jul7 2024 on Srebrenica and the genocide in Bosnia.   Today marks the 29th anniversary of the genocide in #Srebrenica. Islamic Human Rights Commission has released a recording by Nargess Moballeghi of her essay for #TheLongView ‘Bosnia: the forgotten

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