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Tinsel, An Enduring Tradition

by BNimri Aziz 20 December, 2024 Can you believe it’s the same slim thread of finger-size glittering tentacles as it was decades past? We had been garlanding our…

Pain, Perseverance and Prizes

also carried by Counterpunch Dec 10, 2014 by B Nimri Aziz Arab writers have a tough job these days. Here, I’m talking about the US. (Although this affects…

“Before It’s Too Late”.

by Barbara Nimri Aziz August 21, 2024. also on Counterpunch.com Israel is forcing our civilization to lose its humanity. It has already forced ICJ to lose its authority….

“Sometimes the Impossible Happens”

by B Nimri Aziz, July 3, 2024. also on Counterpunch.com This is what many are voicing after the June 24 release of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange….

Gaza and Gazans Can’t Disappear

by BNimri Aziz. June 23, 2024 Do you sense that there is less and less news reaching us from the occupied Palestinian territories, expressly from Gaza? Do you…

Being A Spectator, Or Bearing Witness

by B Nimri Aziz May 2024. also on Counterpunch They are watching us. At least, they were. Before they became overwhelmed with grief, before they collapsed, wounded, dazed…

The Anonymous Men Who Bury a Nation’s Martyrs

by B Nimri Aziz April 7, 2024. also on Counterpunch We wring our hands and shake our heads sadly as the toll mounts. Palestinian corpses along the roadside,…

“I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

Film review: by BNimri Aziz Feb 24, 2024 Author James Baldwin was more than a brilliant novelist; he was a powerful speaker, a compelling debater and pithy commentator….

Snowless in NY’s Catskills

Feb 17/ 2024 by BNimri Aziz          I know, I should be delighted by our mild(ish) winter weather. I’m not. Why? Not because I fear climate change and…

Buried under The Genocide Debate: Desecrated Graves

also carried in Counterpunch Feb 7, 2024 by Barbara Nimri Aziz It’s hard to imagine this happening in modern times. Even an assault on a single grave is…