Cherry Mohamed is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in Cairo. Contact this reporter at cherry@almostmag.co.
Politics
Israel has denied it intends to push the 1.4 million Palestinians it forced into Rafah into Egypt, but the construction from Egypt’s side suggests that it is preparing for a worst case scenario.
Activism
47-year-old Abir Al-Sahlani, who was born in Iraq, spent most of her allotted speaking time with one hand over her mouth and holding up the other hand, which was painted red.
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At the end of his speech, Riyad Mansour broke down as he called for a “future where Palestinian children are treated as children, not as a demographic threat”.
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“[Palestinians] have a right to live in freedom and dignity in their ancestral land,” Riyad Al-Maliki said. “Justice delayed is justice denied, and the Palestinian people have been denied justice for far too long.”
Activism
“If I feel that someone needs help, I will not think about myself,” Dr. Amira Al-Asouli, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, said.
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“I have lost interest in my dreams,” the 24-year-old said. ““I keep feeling guilty for anything.”
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“I am a true believer because of my own experience that war doesn’t bring solutions except more war, more hatred, more agony, more destruction.”
Activism
Mohammad Ghobadlou, who has bipolar, was arrested for allegedly running over a police officer with his car during the protests that broke out following the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Eight-year-old Waseem wanted to be just like the journalists reporting from Gaza and asked journalist Duaa Tuaima to help him to make a video so he can share the realities on-the-ground with the world.
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Israeli forces have systematically destroyed all the universities in Gaza and killed hundreds of Palestinian teachers and thousands of students since Oct. 7, according to rights group Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
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Wael Al-Dahdouh had kept reporting in Gaza even after he was wounded by an Israeli airstrike in December that killed his cameraman, Samer Abudaqa.
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“No one will stop us – not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil, no one,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.