This past Friday (June 21) saw the 18th week of massive, peaceful protests filling the streets of cities all across Algeria. Midweek, the country’s much-criticized strongman Gen. Gaid Salah, had …
What does it mean to grow up as a Palestinian refugee in Gaza?
by Yousef M. Aljamal (This was written to mark World Refugee Day, observed June 20.) The year 1948 saw the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their towns and villages at …
The Right to Education: Gaza Students Denied Permit to Attend EU-sponsored Summer School in France
by Yousef Aljamal A couple of months ago two Gaza students, Mustapha Al-Buhaisi and Mustapha Aljamal– who happens to be my brother—both of whom are studying French and English (language …
Algeria: Some early thinking about a possible political solution
We are very happy to publish this paper, which was produced May 5 by a group of 15 professors at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, University of …
Eid in Gaza: Fading happiness over the years
by Yousef Aljamal Every year, Muslims around the world and Palestinians under occupation and siege in Gaza (as elsewhere) celebrate Eid, the Muslim festival that comes soon after the end …
Algeria: Mass, peaceful protests continue, make slow gains
Friday May 31 was the 15th Friday in a row in which, across the massive North African country of Algeria, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters have taken to the …
Our ‘Story/Backstory’ project produced great new discourse-expanding resources
One of Just World Ed’s major projects in Spring 2019 was the “Story/Backstory” project, in which– over a 13-week period– JWE President Helena Cobban produced weekly packages providing richly informed …
Miko Peled talks Jerusalem, Trump ‘deal’, in Istanbul
by Yousef Aljamal Istanbul, May 29– Israeli-American author and activist Miko Peled recently gave a seminar titled “Deal of the Century and the Fate of Jerusalem,” at the Center for …
UNRWA: A critical but impossible mission
Our board member Alice Rothchild, a veteran health and rights activist, recently made her first visit to Jordan, traveling as part of a small delegation. We are delighted to publish …
Amb. Chas Freeman warns of global consequences of any US war on Iran
Washington DC, May 18– Any U.S. military attack against Iran could very well trigger Iranian retaliation using such means as bombings and cyber attacks, and if these in turn should …