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People In Gaza Are Resorting To Using Mosque Speakers To Communicate After Israel Bombed It Into A Blackout
“We have no communication with the outside world. There is no one left but you God.”
Kassy Cho
Kassy Cho is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan. Email her at kassy@almostmag.co.
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🌏 More Than 7,000 Palestinians Have Been Killed In Gaza, Iceland Women Hold Mass Strike And More
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The Palestinian Journalist Whose Wife And Children Were Killed By Israeli Airstrikes Says He Won’t Stop Reporting
“I felt that it was my duty, despite the pain and the open wound, to get back in front of the camera, and to communicate with you on social media as soon as possible.”
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This Palestinian Journalist Moved His Wife And Children South But They Were All Still Killed By Israeli Airstrikes
The wife, seven-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son of Wael Dahdouh, Al Jazeera Arabic’s bureau chief in Gaza, were all killed by an Israeli air raid.
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After Bombing Gaza Into A Near-Total Communications Blackout, Israel Says It Is “Intensifying” Its Attacks
Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal said Israeli airstrikes had destroyed “all remaining international routes connecting Gaza to the outside world”.
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Gaza Released The Names Of The 7,028 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Airstrikes After Biden Questioned The Death Toll
The move comes after US president Joe Biden questioned the Palestinian death toll, saying he has “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using.”
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Japan’s Top Court Has Ruled That Forcing People To Be Sterilized To Change Gender Is Unconstitutional
Currently, Japan requires people to have their reproductive organs removed before they can legally change their gender.
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People In Poland Have Voted Out The Right-Wing Government After Eight Years
Turnout among young people aged between 18 and 29 reached 69%, a massive jump from 46% in the previous elections in 2019.
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This 16-Year-Old Iranian Girl Who Was Allegedly Beaten Into A Coma By “Morality Police” Is Brain Dead
State media reported that 16-year-old Armita Geravand is now brain dead after an alleged encounter with the “morality” police on Oct. 1.
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🌏 Best Of Oslo Freedom Forum In Taiwan 2023 And The Latest From Gaza
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🌏 War Erupts Between Israel And Palestinian Militant Group Hamas, Sweden's "Ugliest Lawn" Contest And More
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Australia’s Prime Minister Gave A Moving Speech About Not Losing Hope After An Indigenous Rights Referendum Failed
“We argued for this change not out of convenience but from conviction, because that’s what people deserve from their government.”