Feel free to share, but please credit the author (Arzu Merali) and the photographer Sara Russell. Written during Operation Cast Lead, 2009 Updated July 2023 The oppression continues, but the situation is markedly changed. نَصْرٌ من اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ Copyright words (c) Arzu Merali Copyright image (c) Sara Russell. Buy an original
Why are the Board of Deputies maligning an interfaith initiative to achieve peace and justice in Palestine asks Arzu Merali? Around the world on day 2 (see Mick Napier’s video from Day 2 below). In summary, everyone who goes to Iran is suspect; Iranians are anti-Jewish; the background to a photo from
Arzu Merali reflects on the targeting of Revd. Sizer, and the accusations made. Revd Stephen Sizer’s Church of England hearing upon accusations of anti-semitism began yesterday. Amongst the accusation levelled at him (all of which are spurious and made, it appears, to malign his anti-racist work and muddy the waters around pro-Palestinian
As narratives of belonging get narrower and narrower, Arzu Merali argues that Germany provides both worrying precedents as well as ways to move beyond the arguments that to be a citizen in the current age means to be and believe only one thing.* If this were a story or a play, there would
The promise represented by the emergence of Muslim civil society activism in late 1980’s Britain has failed to translate into effective political agency. In fact, if anything, it has regressed under the weight of internal contradictions, powerful external opposition, and the absence of principled strategies. Arzu Merali explores how Muslims can get back
Whilst the climate of hatred against pro-Palestinian activists is being hyped up, Merali argues that we need to continue exposing Israeli apartheid and racism.
Lauren Booth joined us at the IHRC Bookshop to discuss her memoir ‘Finding Peace in the Holy Land’ on 4 October 2018. Buy Lauren’s book here, and other platforms. Watch the author evening video below.
Ban on Hezbollah will criminalise dissent and become part of a gamut of law and policy the state uses to silence criticism In 2006, there was a war – another onslaught by the invincible Israeli war machine. Despite a media bias so palpable that even the BBC found itself guilty in a review of
First published in 2008 / Second edition publication date: 7 February 2018 Buy a copy from the IHRC Bookshop The conference ‘Against Zionism: Jewish Perspectives’ at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, marked a turning point in solidarity and activism for Palestine in civil society. Following on one year
Veteran activist Michel Warschawski aka Mikado joined Arzu at the IHRC Bookshop to discuss his life and work. He spoke with Arzu* about his transformation from Zionist soldier to pro-Palestinian advocate and activist. Warschawski discusses his biography On the Border as well as his thinking regarding the future of Israel/Palestine given more