#journalismisnotacrime
When I came out of prison in October 2009, I realised I got out because of the amazing campaign that was launched by my colleagues at Newsweek, Channel 4 News and other media organizations. But this was because I’d worked for western media outlets and people knew my name. I had a face attached to my name but many of my colleagues, my friends who are in jail in Iran, who are harassed on a daily basis, aren’t as fortunate. Since then, I’ve been wanting to start a project like this in order to give a face to the names and statistics. Because when you hear 40 journalists are in prison, or so and so number have been killed, it means very little. This site will give these faceless people a face and a place to tell their stories — they’re no longer just statistics, which empowers them in the process.
Source: IranWire
Roundtable on anti-Blackness and Black-Palestinian solidarity
In the course of resilience against the merciless edge of state-violence in the summer 2014, protestors in Ferguson held up signs declaring solidarity with the people of Palestine. In turn, Palestinians posted pictures on social media with instructions of how to treat the inhalation of tear gas. Organically, an analysis emerged highlighting similarities, but not sameness, of Black and Palestinian life, and more aptly, of their survival.
Source: Jadaliyya
Meet Palestine's first all-female race-car team
Speed Sisters is a documentary film that tells the captivating story of five exceptional Palestinian women who decided that cars, driving, speed, drifting, dirt, wheels and engines simply do it for them. Together they decided to form the first all-women automobile racing team in the occupied territories. Five young women sharing the same dream: to conquer a male-dominated world and speed forward, without restraints or checkpoints.
Source: +972
