Tag: Women and war

In an environment governed by racist laws and practices dominated by the occupation, its policies, and by complex procedures on both sides, Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip find themselves completely silenced, persecuted for free speech, and limited within the countless restrictions to their freedom of expression, both in the field and online.

In order to preserve their reproductive rights, future Palestinian mothers use their husbands’ sperm hidden in makeshift test tubes. The Italian photographer Antonio Faccilongo told their stories in the “Habibi” project, winner of the World Press Photo of The Year 2021 and other important international awards.

The assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh by Israeli forces in Jenin while covering an Israeli raid, has sparked an unparalleled wave of outrage, while an immeasurable crowd of Palestinians thronged to her funeral. From Tunis to Beirut, the journalists of Medfeminiswiya also tell of their emotion at learning the news.