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Israel is a parliamentary democracy represented by a very large number of parties, with universal suffrage for all citizens, regardless of race, religion or sex… – CIA World Fact...
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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS At London University's SOAS last Friday, the Middle East Monitor and the Jasmine Foundation had the honour of welcoming three MPs from post-revolutionary Tunisia, who brought with...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Wadah Khanfar, the former Director General of Al-Jazeera, was the guest speaker for the Middle East Monitor's first public event of 2012. The topic he was invited...
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MEMO Summary The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international people's tribunal set up with the intention of seeking justice for the Palestinian people where governments and international...
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May 15, 2014
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Samira Quraishy
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Tuesday 11th October, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Cordoba Foundation (TCF) co-hosted the authors of the recent SpinWatch report on the spread of Islamophobia...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES IslamExpo has held a dinner in honour of the ex-Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network at which Wadah Khanfar was congratulated for his impressive tenure at the...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Last night the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted Shaykh Rashid Ghanoushi – the previously exiled leader of Al-Nahda Party in Tunisia – for a roundtable meeting in...
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MEMO/PSC event opens debate despite attempts at censorship EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The concerted Zionist campaign to smear the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) failed dismally...
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On Friday night (25th March 2011) MEMO and the PSC co-hosted Palestinian author Ramzy Baroud for a book signing in London's Mosaic Rooms. He spent the evening "in conversation"...
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May 15, 2014
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Samira Quraishy
A seminar planned to put the "Palestine Papers under the spotlight" has been held in the Senate House of the University of London. Organised by the Middle East Monitor...
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Report on a public seminar by Professor Richard FalkProfessor Richard Falk, the UNHCR's Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, spoke on the issue...
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Organized by Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations The conference on "The European Foreign Policy towards the Palestinian Issue" was convened in Beirut on the 3rd and 4th of...
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INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT On Wednesday 28th July, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC) hosted a groundbreaking and highly successful public event in...
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INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT SUMMARY That was the focus of the most recent MEMO event held on Tuesday 1st June in the Brunei Gallery at SOAS. The horrific...
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A year after the brutal Israeli invasion of Gaza an impressive array of speakers gathered in London this week to draw attention to the fact that the end of...
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Yesterday, 7th December 2009, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) hosted a groundbreaking event which brought together people from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions including academics, lawyers, peace...
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On the 4th and 5th of November, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) was present at a conference in Beirut, convened by the Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations under...
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The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) and The Cordoba Foundation yesterday co-hosted the first, of what we hope will be many, successful joint ventures. Last night in the Kensington Close...
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Amnesty International Report "Troubled Waters – Palestinians denied fair access to water – Israel-Occupied Territories." Review by Dr. Hanan Chehata, Middle East Monitor, (MEMO), London Introduction It is...
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May 15, 2014
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Senussi Bsaikri
Excerpts from: European-Mediterranean Relations: From the Barcelona Declaration to the Mediterranean Union Chapter: Partnership Initiatives in the light of the Arab-Israeli Conflict A Summary by Senussi Bsaikri, Middle East...
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Robert D. Kaplan's article "Why I Love Al Jazeera" (The Atlantic – Oct. 2009 – pp55-56.) Review by Dr. Hanan Chehata, Middle East Monitor, (MEMO), London In his article...
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When the Merowe Dam was built on the Nile in Sudan, life for the villagers of Abu Haraz would change forever In the small village of Abu Haraz in...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
When Sara Ishaq returns to Yemen after ten years abroad reconnecting with the Scottish half of her roots she finds the country she grew up is on the brink...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Abdul Basset Saroot, goalkeeper of the Syrian national youth football team turned armed opposition fighter, is now classed as a terrorist by Bashar Al-Assad. The army raided his neighbourhood...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
In apartheid South Africa marriage between black and white people was prohibited and white-only jobs sanctioned. Areas designated as white were destroyed by bulldozers and the black population living...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
"He was a man seeking power. He would do anything to achieve his goals, regardless of anyone. Even if you were a close friend he'd send you to jail....
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
"If the Nakba signifies the expulsion of the Palestinian citizen from his land, and seizing his land by force, then the Nakba began decades before 1948." It is this...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
"The Israeli blockade may have taken a heavy toll on Gazans, but this film reveals life and hope among the devastation." Kamal Khalaf is a construction worker and father...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
Today around 300,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon, yet only 2% of them have work permits. Lebanese law bans Palestinians from working in most professions; those that do work...
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"It's better to die as a Fidaï than a man of the people," says Med El Hadi Benadouda on his life as one of the mujahideen soldiers whose goal...
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May 14, 2014
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Amelia Smith
"In the film I will document a legal system; a system which organizes the rule of law in the territories we conquered in 1967. This is a unique system....
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May 14, 2014
Middle East Monitor
26 former European leaders, including former Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and European Commissioners, have written a letter to EU President Van Rompuy and High Representative Catherine Ashton, calling...