Nawal Tamimi
Palestinian mothers with their vibrant history of resistance to the occupation should be placed at the forefront of the movement to liberate Palestine. It is, after all, Palestinian mothers who routinely endure and confront the brutality of Israeli oppression while raising, protecting and educating their children. We should affirm the vital contributions made by mothers like those living in Nabi Saleh, Palestine, who continue to defy and resist settler colonial violence.
Their commitment to the liberation of Palestine should be viewed as a feminist and reproductive justice issue.
A few months ago, as part of my work with MAMAS, a collective I co-founded focusing on the labor of mothering among Black, indigenous, and people of color-based communities, I had the opportunity to interview the Palestinian mother-daughter duo, Nawal Tamimi and Janna Jihad, 15. From their home in the village of Nabi Saleh, located in Occupied Palestine, they had their arms wrapped t
Letâs Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free
MAMAS members Denice Bronis, Armanda Shackelford, and Rosemary Cade join American Friends Service Committee-Chicago and the End IL Prison Lockdown Coalition for the Mother s Day Action to #FreethemAll, Tell JB to Set our Loved Ones Free on May 7, 2021. Soapbox Productions and Organizing âSome problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will grow up and join the patriarchy and testify against you; we fear our children will be dragged from a car and shot down in the street, and you will turn your backs upon the reasons they are dying.â âAudre Lorde
Hafez Omar
In occupied Palestine, even dance can land you in prison. Especially if that dance draws inspiration from Palestinian history and heritage.
The arrest, in February, and continued detention without charge of acclaimed dance choreographer Ata Khattab underlines just how threatening Palestinian culture and identity is considered by Israel’s occupation forces.
Dance communities and rights groups across the globe are now calling for the release of Ata, who has been detained in a notorious Israeli prison since a raid on his West Bank home in the middle of the night on 2 February.
Family members and neighbors were awakened by the sound of Israeli soldiers breaking into his family home in al-Bireh, near Ramallah, and calling out Ata’s name at 4 am.
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