Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza attended the special Eid prayers held in Gaza City on May 24. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, worshippers throughout the besieged Strip flocked to mosques while wearing their protective masks and […]
Israeli police today assaulted a number of Palestinian Muslim worshippers performing nightly prayer at Bab al-Asbat, outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Dozens of police attacked Palestinians performing the prayer of Eid al-Fitr holiday, […]
Gaza, despite the siege, the massive destruction to its infrastructure that is left by the war, and the virtual lockdown as a result of COVID-19, is preparing for the joyful days ahead: Eid al-Fitr holiday, […]
Israeli forces in Jerusalem attacked a number of Palestinians performing nightly Islamic prayers at Bab Al-Asbat (the Lions’ Gate) on Friday, outside the closed Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Arab21. Dozens of Israeli soldiers attacked and […]
Palestinians in Gaza are gearing up for Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In the photos below, we take you on a new journey among Gaza’s […]
In Palestine, as is the case in the rest of the Muslim world, Ramadan is a time of charity, family, and community. The besieged Gaza Strip, which has reeled under Israeli sanctions and successive wars […]
Imam of the Al-Omari Mosque in northern Gaza is left alone during the month of Ramadan as thousands of Muslim faithful remain quarantined in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Al-Omari Mosque has rarely […]
A Palestinian – whose job it is to wake Muslims up for the pre-dawn meal during the fasting month of Ramadan – has been threatened with arrest by Israeli security forces, Wafa news agency has reported. […]
A Palestinian family conducts Ramadan prayers at their home in Gaza after mosques were shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic. All Photos: Fawzi Mahmoud (The Palestine Chronicle)
Palestinian performer ‘Ala Miqdad entertains his daughter at their home while under quarantine in Gaza city. Miqdad, a much-beloved character among Gaza’s children, is playing the role of the Ramadan Musaharati, a traditional character of […]
For the first time in modern history, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound was closed to Muslim worshippers on the first day of Ramadan, the holy fasting month, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The holy site, which […]
Palestinian families shop at a market in Gaza City in preparations for the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims across the globe fast the month of Ramadan, where they abstain from eating and drinking from dawn […]
For centuries Easter in Palestine has been a special familial and communal celebration that commemorated the passion of the Christ, his crucifixion, and his triumphant resurrection. Not unlike Christ’s times when Pharisees and Sadducees shrieked […]
Protests erupted on Sunday after Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound along with hundreds of ultra-nationalist Jews whom they allowed to access the compound on Jerusalem Day – when Israelis celebrate the anniversary of their occupation […]
People in 30 countries around the world have organized demonstrations to mark Al-Quds Day, the last Friday of each Ramadan. #Kenya marches for #Palestine#QudsDay#FreePalestine Posted by Romana Rubeo on Friday, May 31, 2019 Several Palestinian and […]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday morning. The 19-year old Palestinian, who has yet to be identified, was shot in Jerusalem in the early hours of […]
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the ongoing Israeli violations against al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, including extremists’ raids on the mosque and imposing restrictions on worshippers and Islamic Waqf personnel, according to Jordan news […]
Israeli forces forcibly evicted hundreds of Muslim worshippers from the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, on Saturday night. Israeli police prevented them from keeping an all-night worship vigil in it, according to local […]
A Palestinian man has died at an Israeli checkpoint while trying to reach Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers. Sixty-three-year-old Sulieman Jamal Al-Harroub from West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) died while crossing an Israeli […]
A Palestinian human rights organization said it has documented the arrest of 100 Palestinians; including 18 children and four women, by Israeli occupation forces during the first ten days of the holy month of Ramadan. […]
Palestinians are facing extensive and confusing restrictions to visit the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the holy month of Ramadan, according to a report issued by Al-Monitor. According to the report: “Men who are under 16 […]
Thousands of Muslim worshippers took to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, to perform prayers for the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Head of the public relations office […]
Israeli forces attacked worshippers leading the old city through Damascus Gate after performing night prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque last night. In video footage which has circulated on social media, occupation officers could be seen assaulting […]
After mourning the killing of 27 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in Gaza began observing the holy month of Ramadan. In Al-Nusierat refugee camp, in central Gaza, hundreds of people went to the local […]
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, said on Tuesday that the American peace plan dubbed the “deal of the century” will be announced after the Muslim month of fasting, the Qatari Al-Arab newspaper reported. […]
With the approach of Ramadan, Muslims around the world are expected to be engaged in heightened consciousness to inculcate values of justice, empathy for masses of downtrodden and to embody Islam’s principles of solidarity with […]
Israeli forces Monday detained “mosaharatis” from the Old City of Jerusalem under the pretext that they were disturbing Jewish settlers, according to Nasser Qaos, head of the Jerusalem branch of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. The […]
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