December 30th 2025 Hussam Abu Safiya Hussam Abu Safiya Has been held in detention for over a year. A pediatrician. No known charge. Held in unknown places, treated in an unknown way. By a regime that is known to detain health workers, a regime that is known to rape prisoners and then insist on the rapists not being charged. A regime that seizes the opportunity of Gaza as a distraction to seize more territory in the West Bank. A regime that refuses foreign journalists access to Gaza, as if...

December 28th 2025 Digital despair Digital despair Digital despair is a new and sophisticated tool of class domination, where algorithms and artificial intelligence are methodically and imperceptibly used over time to spread content that fosters feelings of helplessness and resignation. Rezgar Akrawi Over the last few days, I have deliberately deleted almost every article in my news feed. I turned off the news radio and stopped any form of scrolling. I have no idea what is going on outside of...

December 27th 2025 The beauty of pure raw emotion The beauty of pure raw emotion Even the sky has drama. One day, clear and blue; another, angry and yellow. But do we judge the sky for its drama? Do we try to change it? Or can we see the beauty in the drama? That the dark clouds and the passage of light make something so unique and unforgettable. Human emotion is like the clouds…some days clear, other days angry and dark… There is beauty to be found in all phases… In our world, where the...