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Shakespeare left us the much-quoted adage about the relationship between things and names. In his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, his character Juliet complains that her family won’t accept her lover Romeo and boils it down to his name: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” In essence, Shakespeare gives us the theory of the arbitrariness of signs long be
Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have tied a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle during a raid on the city of Jenin, appearing to use him as a human shield. A video posted online on Saturday, and verified by Al Jazeera, showed Mujahed Azmi, a Palestinian resident of Jenin, strapped to a military jeep that passes by two ambulances. Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of
The damaged gate of Al Aqsa University, which was destroyed by the Israeli army, stands in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 14, 2024 [File: Reuters/Doaa Rouqa] We have come together as Palestinian academics and staff of Gaza universities to affirm our existence, the existence of our colleagues and our students, and the insistence on our future, in the face of all current attempts to
Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the Israeli government’s decision to close its operations in Israel as a “criminal act” and warned that the country’s suppression of the free press “stands in contravention of international and humanitarian law”. “Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and denounces this criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access of information.
I arrived in Rafah in the early hours of October 9 and made my way to my family home in Gaza City amid intense Israeli air strikes. The next day, I walked with my cousin to al-Shifa Hospital to begin work, not realising this would be the beginning of a 43-day nightmare. During those 43 days, I moved between hospitals, including to al-Ahli (Baptist) Hospital. Founded in 1882, this is one of the old
This year’s WPP winner demonstrates Palestinian grief is only acceptable to the West if it is sanitised and devoid of context. Inas Abu Maamar wears a plain blue garment and a mustard brown headscarf decorated with a pattern of raised knots. Her arms cradle the shroud covering a small, slumping body, nestled on her lap. Her head and face are bowed into the crook of her left arm. It is as though Ab
Iran has vowed retaliation for an Israeli attack on its consulate in Damascus last Monday. The strike was part of a pattern of escalated Israeli attacks in Syria since the eruption of the Gaza war last October. These attacks have often targeted warehouses, trucks, and airports, and Israel’s declared aim for them is degrading Iran’s transnational supply network for the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Kee
In November, Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, uploaded on its official X page a video of Israeli children singing a song celebrating their country’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The broadcaster deleted the video clip after a huge online backlash. Even after the video was silently erased from social media, however, the song remained a subject of discussion and controversy. Many across
Israel is carrying out attacks across the Gaza Strip, including near hospitals and in the south of the besieged enclave, where ground operations are intensifying. Here are the latest casualty figures as of April 5 at 8:40pm in Gaza (18:40 GMT): Killed: at least 33,091 people, including more than: More than 13,000 children 8,400 women Injured: more than 75,750 people Missing: more than 8,000 The la
Israel-Palestine escalation updates: Gaza under bombardmentThese are the updates for the escalation between Palestinian fighters and Israel military on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies within two months, according to Iranian and Saudi state media. The agreement was reached on Friday during talks in Beijing. Keep reading list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran’s top diplomat says talks with Saudis could restore tieslist 2 of 3Saudi foreign minister sees progress towards ending Yemen warlist 3
Russian lawyer and blogger Alexey Navalny takes part in the far-right "Russian March" in Moscow on November 4, 2011.[File: Reuters/Denis Sinyakov] Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year reignited a longstanding debate about the place the Russian opposition occupies in the context of Russian aggression in the post-Soviet space. Russian opposition activists and some observers have contend
Japan shrugs as Americans fume over Gwen Stefani ‘appropriation’ Japanese people say they are bemused at controversy over US pop singer’s fascination with their culture. American pop singer Gwen Stefani has expressed a deep fascination with Japanese culture [Ethan Miller/Reutes] Tokyo, Japan – When Eriko Sairyo, a 30-year-old professional who lives in Shizuoka, Japan, saw that American pop singer
Russian President Vladimir Putin cited the presence of the Azov regiment, a controversial Ukrainian far-right voluntary military group, as one of the pretexts to invade the eastern European nation on February 24, 2022. Putin had said the invasion was “to de-militarise and de-Nazify Ukraine”. The Russian president still maintains, the military unit, which has since been integrated into the national
A threat assessment from the United Nations has warned the Taliban is intensifying a search for people who worked with United States and NATO forces and is going “door to door” to find them. The confidential report – provided by the UN’s threat-assessment consultants and seen by a number of news media – says the group has “priority lists” of individuals it wants to arrest and is threatening to kil
Over the past few days, the Taliban has taken 26 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals. The armed group now controls an estimated 65 percent of the country’s territory, as the US-led foreign forces are about to complete the pullout from the country after 20 years of war. At least 244,000 people have been internally displaced since the beginning of May, when the Taliban group began multiple offen
Have the populist movements that have swept other countries quietly passed by the East Asian nation? Japan's Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone [File: Owen Franken/Corbis via Getty Images] On April 1, 1987, then-Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone delivered the death blow to the nation’s radical labour union movement. He broke the Japanese National Railways up into seven privatised rail
The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is a “defining global health crisis of our time”, as it urged countries to test all suspected cases. The United States and countries across Europe have closed schools, entertainment venues and all but essential services, in an effort to combat the virus. Governments are limiting travel – both inward and outward – to curb the mo
Afghan activists and artists have painted murals to pay tribute to the humanitarian work of a Japanese doctor who was killed by gunmen last week in eastern Afghanistan. Dr Tetsu Nakamura, 73, was shot dead by unknown gunmen along with five other Afghans in Jalalabad on December 4, triggering an outpouring of sorrow and grief across the South Asian country. Dozens of Afghans gathered in the Nangarh
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denounced South Korea’s decision to end an intelligence-sharing pact between the two countries, saying such action “damages trust” with Tokyo. South Korea officially informed Japan on Friday of its decision to scrap the 2016 agreement, further straining ties amid a dispute over South Koreans pressed into forced labour during Japan’s wartime occupation of Kore
Meet the Sapeuses of BrazzavilleThese women are redefining style in the capital of the Republic of Congo. Okili, centre, 10, struts through the neighbourhood with his mother Judith, right, and her friend. The art of the SAPE is about turning heads wherever you go. Okili has been a Sapeur for five years. He is still at school and his favourite item of clothing is his Yves Saint Laurent suit. [Tariq
Budapest, Hungary – A self-imposed deadline by a university founded by American billionaire George Soros to settle a legal dispute with the Hungarian government has passed, raising serious questions on academic freedom in the country. Saturday marked the end of the embattled Central European University’s (CEU) deadline to remain in Budapest, with the university now set to move its activities and s
A summary of Saudi’s response to news of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Khashoggi's murder a 'heinous crime' [Bandar AlGaloud/Saudi Kingdom Council] Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who wrote critically of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in
A landmark legal battle over the future of tattooing erupts in Japan after police crack down on tattoo artists in Osaka. Read more In April 2015, five police detectives raided Taiki Masuda’s tattoo studio in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka. He was accused of breaking the law by operating without a doctor’s licence. According to the country’s Medical Practitioner’s Act: “No person except a medical
Jimmy Wales: Fake news, WikiTribune and the future of journalism Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales discusses his new venture WikiTribune and the fight against fake news. Read more Jimmy Wales is one of the masterminds behind Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that describes itself as “a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project”. Since launching in 2001, Wikipedia has become an inter
Beirut, Lebanon – To say May Shigenobu had an unusual upbringing would be something of an understatement. As a child, May had several aliases and was always on the move to protect her from kidnapping or assassination. If her true identity was close to being revealed, she would be given a new passport, a new nationality, a new name and a new backstory. “I always had to hide my true background, main
The Syrian leader has survived seven years of conflict that has devastated much of the country he presides over. Assad has received military and diplomatic support from Iran and Russia [Reuters] Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has survived seven years of a devastating war and intense international pressure to step aside. While Saturday’s US-led air strikes on Syrian government facilities will be
Facebook founder and chief executive answers questions about the company’s use and protection of user data. Zuckerberg reiterated an apology for the data leak of tens of millions of Facebook users [Leah Millis/Reuters] Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, has appeared before a US Congress committee to answer questions about the social media giant’s policies in the wake of a massive data privacy breach.
Hailed by many as ‘The Noble’, Sharif would have been 86 years old today. In honour of his birthday, Google is changing its logo in 48 countries to an illustration of Omar Sharif. This is a snapshot of his story: Early steps Born in 1932 to Syrian Lebanese parents in Alexandria, Egypt, Sharif’s birth name was Michel Demitri Shalhoub. Before becoming an actor, he graduated with a degree in mathemat
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