By Benay Blend As a collective trait, sumoud has served the Palestinian resistance and contributes to their refusal to leave the homeland, even in the wake of increased collective punishment by the Israeli military since […]
By Ramzy Baroud The sumud of the Palestinians in Gaza, who have endured a year of mass killing, deliberate starvation and total destruction of all aspects of life, is helping reassert the political significance […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Twenty-four-year-old Palestinian boxer from Gaza Shams Al-Tayeb is about to make history as the first Palestinian from Gaza to compete in the World Boxing Championship (WBC). In an interview with […]
By Robert Inlakesh For the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Palestinian team has already made history for their nation, entering the games with a record eight members representing them across six different sports. Despite the suffering […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Talib’s hummus had a secret recipe, which he inherited from his family that crossed the land of Palestine, during the Nakba, generations ago. Once upon a time, a man, by […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza It is difficult to imagine that Gaza, which is experiencing an outright famine, let alone a genocidal war, still cares for flowers. But Gaza does. The Palestine Chronicle caught up […]
By Benay Blend For Palestinians, the term sumud translates as steadfastness, including a strong attachment to the land, even in exile, but also a mental state that leads to determined action. Defining sumud as inherently […]
By Sammy Baroud These are five songs, in Arabic, English and Swedish, which we hope you will enjoy. The Israel genocidal war on Gaza has inspired thousands of artists and creative continent creators around the […]
By Ramzy Baroud Throughout its history – violent birth and equally violent existence – Israel has purposely humiliated Palestinians as an expression of its disproportionately greater military power over a hapless, confined and mostly […]
By Ramzy Baroud The truth is that Palestinians have succeeded, through their resistance and sumud, in reasserting Palestine on the global agenda. Shortly after the start of a four-day ceasefire in the war on […]
By Benay Blend Different from the heroic narrative that values individual heroism, sumud is a collective response to hardship, a stance that Zinn would have understood. In his autobiography, ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Children anticipate the arrival of the winter ice cream as much as they look forward to the return of the original ice cream at the start of the summer. It […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Samira Siam is a 63-year-old woman from Gaza and 30 years ago, she became Gaza’s first professional truck driver. 30 years ago, Samira Siam became Gaza’s first professional truck driver. […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour in Gaza & Romana Rubeo One practice used by various civil society organizations in the Strip to confront the heavy psychological impact of disability is what is known as “drama therapy”. Over […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Bureij Services has won the Jawal Handball Competition, beating rival Salah Sports Club, 31-27 in Gaza. Following a strong start for Bureij in the first half of the game, which […]
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza Ibtisam Awais, 37, is the owner of the Ibtisam Educational Aids Project. Working from her home in the Gaza Strip, she is able to provide for her three children while […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Ayat Mutair is a 40-year-old hearing-impaired woman from Gaza, who has managed to turn her home project of making desserts into a shop. Ayat Mutair has finally managed to turn […]
By Qasem Waleed el-Farra Gazans find creative ways to cool off when the electricity goes out during one of the hottest summers ever. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day … when the electricity […]
By Yousef Dawas Hard times either bring us together or break us apart. For the young couple, it was the former, not the latter. Anan stepped up to become Rima’s pillar of support. Anan Saadat […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Young girls at Al-Mashtal Sports Club in Gaza City celebrated International Boxing Day, on August 27, by carrying out training drills with their coach Osama Ayoub. Al-Mashtal is a unique […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Four Palestinian teams competed in the women’s wheelchair basketball tournament held at the Saad Sayel Hall in Gaza City, starting Tuesday. On the first day, the Palestine Red Crescent faced […]
By Jim Miles (Women’s Voices From Gaza – A White Lie. Madeeha Hafez Albatta. Ed. Barbara Bill & Ghada Ageel. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2020.) “A White Lie” is the first in a series […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Walaa wants to employ only women, as she understands the hardship faced by women in particular who are trying to enter the job market. Walaa Abu Hammad has a degree […]
The Palestinian swimming team won six medals, including four gold, in the Arab Sports Games hosted by Algeria, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The swimmer Yazan al-Bawab won the 50-meter gold in freestyle […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Amani Shaath is a 25-year-old Palestinian woman from Gaza. She studied accounting and business administration, but following her marriage, she did not continue her studies, and thus never graduated. However, […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff ‘Water City’ is the brainchild of woman interceptor Hiba al-Hindi. She designed it with the hope of bringing joy and smiles to the face of children in the besieged and […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff It is typical of Gaza to be defiant. This defiance is not always communicated as a message to Israel, which launched a war on Gaza, on May 9, that killed […]
By Abdallah al-Naami In the morning refreshing breeze, Ameed Miqdad looked busy as he prepared his two horses for their regular training session. Escorting the beautiful horses through the narrow alleys of the overcrowded Al-Shati […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff For Palestinians, the catastrophic destruction of the Palestinian homeland, known as the Nakba, is not simply about mourning what has been lost, and the tragedy that has befallen the Palestinian […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff ‘We Breathe Freedom’ was the title of the latest art gallery inaugurated in Gaza in support of Palestinian prisoners. Depicting the suffering, struggles but also resistance and sumud – steadfastness […]
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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