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20 August 2014
In a speech at the closing event of 2014’s New Story Leadership program, Nisreen Zaqout gives voice to her home and family. Read more about "Gaza possesses the dignity of my entire nation"
8 April 2014
Canadian rock star has a long history of defending agricultural workers in North America. Read more about Gaza farmers urge Neil Young not to play Tel Aviv
7 November 2013
A satirical solution to the Palestinian refugee crisis. Read more about Conflict resolution: the game show!
17 August 2013
“Many of us are only recently detained, and our hearts are filled with joy when we meet prisoners who we have heard stories about for decades, whose pictures we have held high countless times.” Read more about “We derive our energy to persist from you,” Hassan Karajah writes from Israeli prison
24 April 2013
A personal reflection on a first-hand experience of exile. Read more about Finding our voices in the Palestinian stories we tell
29 November 2012
Mom breaks down the UN bid, in case you needed an analogy for this monumental, historic moment. Read more about What is an observer state, anyway? A quick lesson on the statehood bid
9 November 2012
Protest and statement by Palestinian youth in Lebanon against Abbas’ statements on the right of return Read more about Palestinian youth in Lebanon: Abbas must apologize to refugees
2 November 2012
The Palestinian Authority does not have our permission to abandon the right of return. Read more about Good morning, President Abbas
24 September 2012
I never thought of myself as a teacher, and when my mother used to suggest the profession to me as a kid, I would flinch. But lately, that’s exactly who I am finding myself becoming – not just as an answer to our obsession with the “what do you do?” question, but as a general identification of how I see myself. Read more about From Shatila to Ramallah: an introduction
Nour has a MA in Arab Studies from Georgetown University. She was teaching high school and living in Ramallah prior to a re-entry denial, and subsequent ban from traveling to Palestine. Nour is currently re-exiled to and living and working in Washington, DC. She is the Associate Producer for Status, an Audio Journal and show, and blogs at isdoud.wordpress.com. Twitter: @nsdoud