The occupation followed a similar protest at the university’s engineering building the week before. Rhys Everquill / Leicester Gazette* Eleven people, including students, were arrested during a pro-Palestine protest occupation at Attenborough Tower on Friday, 15 November. According to Leicestershire Police, “the people reportedly refused to leave” before […]
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In search of people and place
“I just want the Palestinian and Israeli people to live in peace.” Simon Collings from Renton grew up in the Vale, however his birthplace was many thousands of miles away in Jerusalem. Charlie Sherry / Clydersider Magazin* Born in 1979, he was adopted by a couple from Renton […]
“Western journalists are cowards”: The Western abandonment of Palestine
Give Over hosted a panel discussion in London about Palestinian journalists left to die in the dark. Maryam Jameela /Now Then* This panel was organised to discuss the conditional solidarity which has meant that Western journalists have been a complicit audience watching Israel target and kill Palestinian journalists […]
The power of journalism to support immigrant communities
Having lived in both Zambia and Britain, Tchiyiwe Chihana is aware of the difficulties faced by first- and second-generation immigrants. As managing director of Yorkshire-based African Voices Platform, she has strived to ensure that the diaspora remains well-informed and well-connected to the country they now live in.
The Prisma series “Journalists and Immigrants in the UK.
From revolution to reconstruction: What lies ahead for Syria?
As Syria faces a transformative period following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the nation’s future remains uncertain. This moment marks the potential for a comprehensive revolution to reshape governance and society. Rola Zamzameh* The complexities of power vacuums, international influences, and socio-political challenges make the path forward intricate. […]
















