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Are journalists being targeted? Dangerous conditions for Palestinian and Lebanese journalists

Are journalists being targeted? Dangerous conditions for Palestinian and Lebanese journalists

Organisations representing journalists have accused Israel of deliberately targeting journalists covering the Israel-Palestine conflict – an act considered by the International Court of Justice as a war crime
Beyond The Grave: The Enduring Orientalist Legacy Of Muslimgauze

Beyond The Grave: The Enduring Orientalist Legacy Of Muslimgauze

A retrospective of Bryn Jones – or better known as Muslimgauze – could not be complete without a complicated, sensitive analysis of his political legacy

Israel, Lebanon and Iran: what’s going on?

A look into why tensions between Israel, Lebanon and Iran are escalating
Vice Chancellor Duncan Ivison and Students’ Union CEO Ben Ward take questions on student activism

Vice Chancellor Duncan Ivison and Students’ Union CEO Ben Ward take questions on student activism

The University’s Vice Chancellor and the CEO of the Student’s Union took questions on student activism in an open meeting hosted by SU Exec Officers Elliot Briffa and Charlie Roberts
Sudan: A forgotten war

Sudan: A forgotten war

As Sudan’s vicious civil war rages on, the world’s attention is elsewhere. Why do some conflicts seem to matter to us more than others?
The UK 2024 Election: Tory defeat, ‘Labour landslide’, and the surge of populism

The UK 2024 Election: Tory defeat, ‘Labour landslide’, and the surge of populism

After a ground-breaking July General Election; the dust has settled – let’s break down what happened
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building

Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building

In what is their second occupation of a University building in the last month, Pro-Palestine groups have occupied the Roscoe Building to protest alleged University connections to Israel and its complicity in the conflict in Gaza
“The important point is [to] stop the killing”: Afzal Khan on his support for Israeli-Gaza ceasefire

“The important point is [to] stop the killing”: Afzal Khan on his support for Israeli-Gaza ceasefire

Afzal Khan sits down with the Manchester Media Group following his resignation from Labour’s Shadow Cabinet over the ceasefire vote in Parliament
Envisioning Palestine: The Sea Cloak and Other Stories

Envisioning Palestine: The Sea Cloak and Other Stories

Urussa Malik reviews a new short story collection which explores what it means to be a woman in Palestine today.
2019 World Para Swimming Championships stripped from Malaysia, after banning Israel

2019 World Para Swimming Championships stripped from Malaysia, after banning Israel

Politics once again enters sport as Malaysia stands in solidarity with their fellow Palestinian Muslims over their ongoing conflict with Israel

Why Manchester Students’ Union supports BDS

Sara Khan defends the SU’s support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign, and challenges claims that the movement is anti-Semitic

Short story: Return to Rafah

Featured prose: Joely Thomas writes a moving short story set in the southern Gaza strip

Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Manchester

From the 23rd to the 27th of February, Action Palestine is running events, stalls and talks to increase awareness of the conflict in Gaza

Debate 1: Palestine reaches for statehood, but is it ready?

On 23 September Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and head of the Palestinian Authority, officially submitted a bid to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon for Palestine to be recognised as a state and granted full membership of the United Nations. This bid has precisely a zero per cent chance of succeeding. […]