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    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah where the two leaders discussed negotiations and the latest political advancements. At the press conference held after a private meeting, the highest UN authority stated that an independent Palestinian state “was long overdue,” stressing the fact that the [...]

  My photos from the clashes that erupted in Tahrir Square on December 17th, after Egypt’s security forces moved to retake control of the area, are on Al Jazeera.    

  My photos from Nabi Saleh’s protest on Friday December 9, at which Mustafa Tamimi, a 28-year-old Palestinian activist, was killed by a tear gas canister, are on Al Jazeera.    

  My photos of the prisoner swap’s first phase, which saw, on Oct. 18, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit freed in exchange for 477 Palestinians, are on Al Jazeera.    

Today, for the first time in four years, Hamas members waved their green flags in the West Bank without persecution. Marching up Al Quds street of Ramallah, about 200 men, women and youth wrapped in green headbands or scarves swarmed around Al Manara. They shouted support for the recent reconciliation signed two days ago in [...]

    Alice In Wonderland, Juliano’s last play at his Freedom Theater. Photos taken during the last performance of the play, one week before the murder.   For more info on his death, read this and this article.  

In the March 15 protests, Palestinian women showed that they have the spirit of a fighter, yet the heart of a protective mother. Young Palestinian women took the initiative to be in the front line of the March 15 protests in Palestine to protect the protesters. With their bodies they created a human shield in [...]