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So far Waed Abbas has created 21 blog entries.

Against Fragmentation: Finding Palestine Again in Tulkarem

Apr 23, 2026
For the longest time, I believed that Israel has failed to achieve its aspirations of erasing us.  All these military checkpoints, towers, barbed wires, walls. All of these racist laws,...
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“My Land is the Freedom I will Never Compromise” 50th Anniversary of Palestinian Land Day

Mar 30, 2026
“My land is my soul, my identity, my home,” this was Umm Rafiq’s response, a farmer from Sinjil currently facing vicious settler violence and depopulation attempts, when we asked her...
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We Rise from the Ashes: Re-opening of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza

Feb 28, 2026
Last week, MECA staff in Gaza joined our partner in celebrating the re-opening of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza City, the library's team described it as "rising from...
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Beloved Student Muhammad Shot in West Bank

Jan 10, 2024
We are devastated and heartbroken to learn that a special student, Muhammed, who was one of the students who received MECA’s scholarship this year was killed in cold blood by...
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Gaza Diaries: Wafaa’s Words of Agony, Pain & Resilience

Dec 19, 2023
These are not my words. These are the words that my colleague Wafaa has shared with me over voice notes on whatsapp. Because of the intermittent and weak internet connection,...
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We won’t plead for you to recognize our humanity

Oct 15, 2023
"Coinciding with the Israeli aggression on Gaza, 16 Palestinian children have also been murdered by the occupying Israeli regime in the occupied West Bank since last week." October 11, 2023 ...
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“They will not destroy our safe spaces”

Sep 12, 2023
Between July 3 and July 4, Israeli occupation forces carried out an extensive and brutal attack on Jenin refugee camp with multiple drone strikes and over 1,000 ground troops. 13...
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Amira, Computer Engineering

Apr 16, 2023
Amira lives in Doha City near Bethlehem but her family are refugees originally from the village of Sufla near Jerusalem that was depopulated in 1948. Her father passed away when...
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