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Palestine Speaks, Palestine Writes

by Barbara Nimri Aziz July 2, 2025 What further avenues help us to reach Palestine? We witness repeated attacks and compounded injustices against unarmed Palestinians, day after day….

Gaza Walks

by B Nimri Aziz April 21, 2025. Carried by Counterpunch “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” is the title of a soon-to-be-released film featuring photojournalist Fatima…

What’s An Oscar Worth?

by BNimri Aziz March 22/2025 It was costly for British actor Vanessa Redgrave beginning in the 1970s, pilloried for her crime of speaking out on an unspeakable subject….

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…

“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….

“MK – Mandela’s Secret Army”: film review

by B Nimri Aziz Nov 16, 2023 Revolutionaries are sometimes forgotten, despite their mission having been successful. Their struggle over, it’s often condensed to a single heroic figure,…

A Short Conversation about Malcolm X

June 22/23 by B Nimri Aziz (also appearing in Counterpunch) “I’ve been rereading The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, I volunteered. It was a spontaneous announcement after Jim, my…

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela Revisited

By BNimri Aziz 04/27/23 It was only when I started reading a collection of this remarkable African leader’s prison letters (records from 1962 to 1990) gathered in a…

Do Meghan and Harry Really Believe They Control the Narrative?

Ex-royals Duke and Duchess of Sussex swept into the American media business

A 1966 Tibetan Class Photo Lands in a 2021 Film with Bishop Desmond Tutu and Friend

Tibetan refugee school run by Save the Children UK, where author was headmistress, reunited 50+ years on with T JInpa, class 4 student