Azad Essa
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New York, NY, United States
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Haifa Port, Gautam Adani and Israel's plan for the Middle East
The multi-billion dollar purchase by the Indian billionaire will accelerate Israel's integration into the Middle East as it expands and deepens its occupation over Palestinian life and land → Read More
Amnesty accuses UK-based firm of 'gross human rights violations' in Kashmir
Activists and residents say the Indian government was using legal measures as a pretext to economically disempower Kashmiris and institute demographic change in the valley → Read More
How Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan will strengthen Hindu nationalism
Pathaan is not merely an awful film, it will bolster the fascist hold over India → Read More
'We told the truth': Darin Sallam on portraying the Nakba in Netflix's 'Farha'
The director explains how she came to make the film and the huge impact it has had with its depiction of events in 1948 → Read More
Tantura massacre: Documentary exposes Israel's foundational myth
Filmmaker Alon Schwarz challenges Israel's narrative about the 1948 massacre of a Palestinian village → Read More
Tributes pour in for Jewish American anti-Zionist activist Shatzi Weisberger
The 92-year-old abolitionist and feminist known for her fierce activism died at her home in New York after a battle with terminal illness → Read More
India-Israel farming project aims to 'greenwash' Kashmir settler-colonialism, say critics
Kashmiri activists and scholars caution that India seeks to replicate Palestine model in Indian-controlled Kashmir → Read More
The forgotten Muslim-American families wounded by the 'war on terror'
Families of hundreds of Muslim-American political prisoners gather in Washington DC to raise injustices meted out by the 'war on terror' → Read More
Cop27: How US militarism fuels the climate crisis
Egypt is only one part of the American empire's vast tentacles in the Middle East, which remain focused on Gulf oil → Read More
Cop27: Climate activists slam hostile and 'impossible' environment in Egypt
The dissent that has come to characterise the annual climate conference has been greatly diminished in a host country where activism is criminalised → Read More
Panellists withdraw from New York literature festival over BJP presence
The Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) is normalising Hindutva in the US, activists and writers tell MEE → Read More
Project Nimbus: Google employee accuses tech giant of profiteering off Palestinian pain
Speaking to Middle East Eye, Ariel Koren says the tech giant's $1.2bn contract with Israel will 'fuel Israeli apartheid violence' → Read More
Less than two percent of Yemenis have been vaccinated against Covid-19
Latest figures show huge inequalities in vaccination rates in the Middle East, with countries such as Qatar and the UAE inoculating more than 95 percent of their populations → Read More
Covid vaccine figures lay bare growing inequality in the Middle East
Health experts, economists warn that inequity in Arab world will have social and political consequences in years to come → Read More
Why was a bulldozer at an India Independence Day event in New Jersey?
Bulldozers have become a symbol for Hindu nationalist politicians in a disturbing trend where authorities use excavators to demolish the homes of Muslim activists → Read More
Why the new 'West Asia quad' spells more trouble for the Middle East
The new alliance will be a means to reinforce the autocratic leadership in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and provide a pass for the ethnocratic governments of India and Israel → Read More
Burying bad news: US condemned over report on Shireen Abu Akleh's killing
Palestinian activists express outrage over 'inconclusive' assessment on Abu Akleh's killing, saying it adds to history of impunity for Israel's targeting of civilians → Read More
Hajj: Saudi Arabia hires company linked to India's Modi to process applications
Anger among Muslims that lucrative deal may be enriching Indian BJP activists, whose Islamophobia has been widely reported → Read More
India and Israel: The arms trade in charts and numbers
Since establishing ties in 1992, India has become Israel's biggest and most dependable purchaser of weapons → Read More
Indian activists raise alarm over Israeli defence minister's visit to New Delhi
Benny Gantz's visit marks the 30th anniversary of military cooperation between India and Israel → Read More