By Palestine Chronicle Staff Rozan al-Borno, 23, is a biotechnology graduate from Gaza who invested her talent in the arts of wood carving. Rozan produces dozens of wood carvings inside a room in her […]
By Benay Blend On March 8, 2021, several days after being fined and imprisoned by Israel, Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar sent a letter to Palestinian women commemorating International Women’s day. A member of the Popular […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff 29 Palestinian female prisoners are currently held under harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, subjected to a systematic policy of medical negligence, Palestinian prisoners’ support and human rights group Addameer said. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Over 14 years ago, the Israeli military launched one of its bloodiest onslaughts on the besieged Gaza Strip. Their first target was an outdoor graduation ceremony for cadets in the […]
By Lois Griffiths (They Called Me a Lioness: A Palestinian Girl’s Fight for Freedom, by Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri, One World, 2022) Ahed Tamimi and journalist Dena Takruri tell Ahed ‘s story. Ahed was […]
Female Palestinian prisoners held in the Damon Prison have been recently sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray, while some have been tortured or placed in isolation as a result of their protests against the […]
By Shahd Safi – Gaza When Palestinian prisoner Naser Abu Hamid died on December 20 after battling lung cancer for more than a year, other families of Palestinian prisoners lost hope that their sons would […]
By Salsabeel Abu Loghod After struggling for the last five years without any kind of support, and training in a small place below the house of Captain Osama Ayoub, The Palestinian Women’s Boxing Center was […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The women’s branch of the Islamic Jihad movement organized a rally in support of the people of Jenin following an Israeli massacre on Thursday, which killed ten Palestinians and wounded […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff For the fifth year in a row, Gaza City hosted on Sunday the official Palestinian Karate Championship. The tournament was conducted under the supervision of the Palestinian Olympic Committee. 146 […]
A Palestinian woman sustained injuries from Israeli army gunfire on Wednesday, in the town of Jaba’, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local and security sources […]
By Fayha Shalash – Ramallah Raja’ sat quietly in her living room, staring at her son’s picture on the wall. She loved the way he smiled, and said she sees him in every corner of […]
An elderly Palestinian woman was attacked Sunday evening by a Jewish settler near the Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood, in occupied East Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that a Jewish […]
The Israeli army detained 17 Palestinians on Monday, in raids across the occupied territories, including a pregnant woman, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Nihal Mohammad Ribee was arrested from her home in the […]
Israeli occupation soldiers killed 16-year-old Jana Majdi Zakarneh during a military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a […]
By Ahmed Dremly Despite difficulties related to social attitudes, the lack of training clubs for girls, and the blockade in Gaza, not only do Gazan girls practice various sports, but some of them become […]
By Benay Blend Upon hearing of her death, Mawusi Ture, sister of the late Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), lamented: “I’m saddened that I just learned in the past hour our beloved sister and comrade, Ethel […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Miss Palestine, Nadeen Ayoub, has been named Miss Earth Water at the Miss Earth beauty pageant, which was held in Manila, Philippines, on November 29. Arab News reported that “Ayoub […]
Israeli forces on Monday killed a 15-year-old Palestinian girl during a military raid in the town of Beitunia, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Ministry said in a brief statement that […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Women’s Affairs Center launched an exhibition of Palestinian folklore entitled “Our Women’s Products Bazaar” in Gaza City. The exhibition includes many handicrafts and food products made by Palestinian women. […]
Jewish settlers on Tuesday attacked Palestinian women harvesting their olive crops in the village of Qaryout, near Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Ghassan Daghlas, a local official, said that settlers attempted to […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A play entitled “The Witness”, attracted hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza. The play, a local production, raises awareness of violence against women in the Gaza Strip. “This initiative is part […]
By Iqbal Jassat In one of the most heartbreaking pleas an 89-year-old granny in Occupied Palestine, asks “Until when will this grave injustice go on?”. Her name is Samia Khoury, described by Susan Abulhawa as […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Samar Al-Ghoul is a 36-years-old Palestinian engineer, specializing in decoration and interior design. She is also a lecturer at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Al-Ghoul is particularly interested in arts and […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The Islamic University of Gaza celebrated the graduation of its forty-first cohort under the theme “Authenticity and Excellence”. The ceremony saw the graduation of 2,714 Palestinian male and female graduates. […]
At the time of writing, 30 Palestinian political prisoners have entered the second week of a mass hunger strike against their imprisonment without charge or trial. The urgency of the struggle against ‘administrative detention’ – […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A group of Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip decided to cooperate to open an all-female restaurant, in a step that is considered the first of its kind. No man […]
The Israeli occupation authorities detained on Sunday two family members of a Palestinian prisoner while they were visiting their son in the Ramon Prison, Felesteen newspaper reported. The Israeli Prison Service reportedly claimed that a […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Rehab Kanaan is a Palestinian poet living in Gaza. Rehab has lost 54 members of her family (the Hamza family) during the Lebanon Tal al-Za’atar massacre, in 1976, and the […]
By Tamar Fleishman I decided to drive to the Jab’a military checkpoint, located between Ar-Ram and the Gush Etzion illegal settlement, south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. I had heard about […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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