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With the People of Israel and Palestine Against the War of Terrorists!

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On August 2, 2014
  • 4 Comments
  • Gaza, Hamas, Islamism, Israel, Palestine
Since 8 July, the Israeli military has killed nearly 1,400 Palestinians, a majority of whom have been civilians. It has wounded 8000 people. 3 Israeli civilians have been killed along with 56 Israeli soldiers during this time. At least 15 women and children have been killed when the Israeli state hit a UN-run school and […]
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We are not all Hamas

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 6, 2013
  • 2 Comments
  • Gaza, marathon, UNRWA
I’m a guest on this week’s The Thinking Atheist programme on Women and Islam. You can listen to the programme here. Seth opens his programme with the news that an annual marathon run through Gaza has been cancelled by the UN Relief and Works Agency staging the event because Hamas has banned women and from […]
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Not anti-Semitism or Islamophobia

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 22, 2012
  • 11 Comments
  • antisemitism, Gaza, Islamophobia, Israel
The Right-wing are in overdrive trying to prove how the children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza are fakes. Their crocodile tears for ‘Muslim’ women and children are only for when and if they are murdered by Islamists; then (and only then), are these part-time ‘champions of women’s rights’ outraged. But if they are killed […]
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By all means, take a stand

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On November 19, 2012
  • 17 Comments
  • Gaza, Israel
On Sunday, whilst I was at the cinema with my seven year old, 9 children were killed by the Israeli government’s relentless attacks on Gaza; 90 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since Wednesday. The thought of one child dead – one just like mine – leaves me insane with rage. And whilst human beings […]
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