Stories
A Journalist Without a Press Vest or Helmet
I borrow equipment from my reporting colleagues so that I can get close to sources and protect myself from shrapnel, writes Ohood Nassar for We Are Not Numbers.
Madrid Marks Nakba Day, Mobilizes Again for Palestine
On Sunday, May 17, residents of all ages took to the streets of the Spanish capital, Madrid, to march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle against colonial domination and violence.
Weave Flashback: On Nakba Day, We Must Affirm That Rights Are Not Narratives (2011)
Who says journalists must be neutral in a cynically constructed “debate” that serves the interest of a colonial power? A question from 2011 continues to resonate today.
Targeting the Press: How Legal Harassment, Violence and Financial Pressure Silence Journalists
In the second installment of her mini-series, Defending the Defenders: The Global Rise of Legalized Repression, Gaia Guatri explores how states and other powerful actors are increasingly constraining the work of journalism through law, violence, and intimidation.
The Fight Against the Right on the Université Bordeaux Montaigne Campus
The death of a far-right French activist had immediate repercussions at a university where students use public space to support Palestinian liberation, gender equality, and other struggles.
Life as a Freelancer in Gaza
Behind every completed task is a story of a struggle, persistence, and pain, writes Mariam Mushtaha for We Are Not Numbers.
American Shock: The NYT Magazine Goes to Minnesota
The “newspaper of record’ misses a golden opportunity to explain the material connections between violence “there” and violence “here.”
Beyond the Bullfights: Madrid Rises Again for Palestine
John Collins listens as the people’s voice gets louder
As Gaza Flotilla Launches in Spain, People Power Confronts State Complicity
“They are united in their crimes, and we are united in our solidarity”
Israel’s Killing of Journalists in Gaza Echoes US Invasion of Baghdad
From Jose Couso to Mariam Abu Daqqa
‘There is no Eid in War’
Writing for We Are Not Numbers, Majd Abu Esaid reflects powerfully on her family’s ongoing experience of violence and loss in Gaza.
The Agony of a Palestinian Mother
Umm Mohammad, a wife and mother of five sons, is all alone, engulfed in the grief of loss and longing. (Originally published by We Are Not Numbers. Art: Fatma Raif Al-Barqouni, Flyers for Falastin)
What Does It Mean to Survive?
Time is human, time is ever-changing, never the same, time is unexpected, time is ruthless, and time is everything.
Everything can go so right in a matter of seconds, and in a matter of seconds, all hell can break loose.
I remember the exact time when everything went so wrong and so right.
Activists Under Fire: The Rising Criminalization of Civil Movements Across Europe
On May 22, 2024, the air outside Berlin’s Humboldt University was thick with tension. Over a hundred people had peacefully gathered at Universitätsstraße in solidarity with a group of students. The students had occupied the nearby Institute for Social Sciences and renamed it Jabalia Institute after one of the largest refugee camps in Gaza—known as a historic stronghold of resistance. Their voices rose together in steady, rhythmic chants, demanding peace and justice for people facing genocide and violence in Palestine and Lebanon.
Activism for Palestine in Trinidad & Tobago: A Form of Kinship in Resistance
During this year’s annual Carnival festival in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital city of Port of Spain, a Moko Jumbi – a traditional stilt walker and spirit dancer – paraded the streets representing Palestine and demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In Trinbagonian culture, the Moko Jumbie represents a spirit walking over and protecting the souls of all those who were massacred and lost during the transatlantic slave trade. This year, its mission was extended to solidarity with the Palestinian people.
In Search of Safety: A Family’s Journey Through Gaza
My family’s journey through war-ravaged Gaza started last October, the very day after our Gaza City home was bombed — with us inside — killing my oldest cousin, Mohammed. We knew we had to move. Leaflets fell from the sky, urging us to flee southwest. So began a journey that took us through the Jabaliya refugee camp, Deir Al-Balah, Khan Younis, Al-Nusirat, Al-Qarara, and Rafah. Each stop marked a milestone in a trip punctuated by evacuation orders and displacements. I’ve lost count of the number of times we were told to move, but it’s at least a dozen.
Life is Already Serious: A Report from the Madrid Student Encampment
John Collins and Derek Sherrange report from Madrid, Spain, where students are turning up the heat on universities that remain complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Interweaving with Jorge Ramos Tolosa: Spain’s First Student Encampment for Palestine
To learn more about the first encampment in Valencia, I reached out to Dr. Jorge Ramos Tolosa, who teaches contemporary history at UV. In addition to his scholarship and teaching, he is a longtime activist with BDS Valencia and the Red Solidaria contra la Ocupación de Palestina (RESCOP), a network of Spanish organizations working in solidarity with Palestine.
This Europe, No
From June 6-9, elections for the European Parliament, the only genuinely democratic institution in the community’s institutional framework - its members are directly chosen by the citizenry, whereas the rest are intergovernmental in nature - will be held. It is a good moment to think about the challenges facing the European Union (EU) and, I would say, the entire planet.