Bureij Services has won the Jawal Handball Competition, beating rival Salah Sports Club, 31-27 in Gaza. Following a strong start for Bureij in the first half of the game, which finished 15-7, Salah Club managed […]
Ibtisam Awais, 37, is the owner of the Ibtisam Educational Aids Project. Working from her home in the Gaza Strip, she is able to provide for her three children while contributing to her community. Ibtisam […]
Ayat Mutair is a 40-year-old hearing-impaired woman from Gaza, who has managed to turn her home project of making desserts into a shop. Ayat Mutair has finally managed to turn her home project of making […]
Gazans find creative ways to cool off when the electricity goes out during one of the hottest summers ever. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day … when the electricity only lasts for eight […]
Hard times either bring us together or break us apart. For the young couple, it was the former, not the latter. Anan stepped up to become Rima’s pillar of support. Anan Saadat is a 30-year-old […]
Young girls at Al-Mashtal Sports Club in Gaza City celebrated International Boxing Day, on August 27, by carrying out training drills with their coach Osama Ayoub. Al-Mashtal is a unique sports initiative as it is […]
Four Palestinian teams competed in the women’s wheelchair basketball tournament held at the Saad Sayel Hall in Gaza City, starting Tuesday. On the first day, the Palestine Red Crescent faced Al-Farisat Club, followed by a […]
(Women’s Voices From Gaza – A White Lie. Madeeha Hafez Albatta. Ed. Barbara Bill & Ghada Ageel. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, 2020.) “A White Lie” is the first in a series of oral histories […]
Walaa wants to employ only women, as she understands the hardship faced by women in particular who are trying to enter the job market. Walaa Abu Hammad has a degree in banking and finance. The […]
The Palestinian swimming team won six medals, including four gold, in the Arab Sports Games hosted by Algeria, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The swimmer Yazan al-Bawab won the 50-meter gold in freestyle […]
Amani Shaath is a 25-year-old Palestinian woman from Gaza. She studied accounting and business administration, but following her marriage, she did not continue her studies, and thus never graduated. However, she did not give up […]
‘Water City’ is the brainchild of woman interceptor Hiba al-Hindi. She designed it with the hope of bringing joy and smiles to the face of children in the besieged and war-torn Gaza Strip. At first […]
It is typical of Gaza to be defiant. This defiance is not always communicated as a message to Israel, which launched a war on Gaza, on May 9, that killed and wounded many. Defiance in […]
In the morning refreshing breeze, Ameed Miqdad looked busy as he prepared his two horses for their regular training session. Escorting the beautiful horses through the narrow alleys of the overcrowded Al-Shati refugee camp, toward […]
For Palestinians, the catastrophic destruction of the Palestinian homeland, known as the Nakba, is not simply about mourning what has been lost, and the tragedy that has befallen the Palestinian people ever since. It is […]
‘We Breathe Freedom’ was the title of the latest art gallery inaugurated in Gaza in support of Palestinian prisoners. Depicting the suffering, struggles but also resistance and sumud – steadfastness – of Palestinian prisoners, the […]
On March 30, 1976, Israeli police murdered six Palestinian civilians while they were protesting further expropriation of Palestinian land. Since that date, March 30 has been commemorated as Land Day, in honor of Indigenous sumoud […]
The Durham University Palestine Education Trust (DPET) provides annual scholarships for up to four exceptional Palestinian students and provides a platform for the development of abiding international academic links. Having been a social work practice […]
On March 8, 2021, several days after being fined and imprisoned by Israel, Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar sent a letter to Palestinian women commemorating International Women’s day. A member of the Popular Front for the […]
In August 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter in response to a public statement of concern and caution by eight white religious leaders from the American South. January 16, 2023, marks the anniversary […]
Adham Moqat is a 15-year-old boy from Gaza. He has been practicing contortion for three years now. “I practice this sport with my friends Yasser, Moataz, and Waseem,” Adham told The Palestine Chronicle, following one […]
“When I paint, I feel pleasure and relief. Painting is how I cope with this exhausting reality,” says Walid Al Yaqoubi, one of many young people in Gaza who find art helps them survive psychologically […]
A Palestinian merchant sells his olives at Al-Zawiya market in Gaza City. Olive harvest season just concluded in Gaza as in the rest of Palestine. To visit previous Palestine Chronicle galleries on the olive harvest, […]
Fifteen purebred Arabian horses, including high-class breeds such as the Al Shaqab, participated in the “Al-Yaser Arabian Horse Beauty” festival in Gaza City on Friday afternoon. The horses, which were put on display by their […]
There have been many legends depicting Palestinian resistance to the Zionist colonial expansion and occupation throughout modern Palestinian history. Heroism in Palestine was a byproduct of body resistance and bravery. It was often the body’s […]
Palestinians from the Abu Hasira family celebrated the wedding of their son on a fishing boat in Gaza City. Fishing is the main source of income and living for thousands of Gazans. The impoverished Gaza […]
There is a small but problematic sentiment among some internationals that Palestinians in the Diaspora should play a minor role. Underlying this belief there is the notion that Diasporic Palestinians are allegedly not as well […]
The Federation of Food Industries in Gaza City inaugurated an exhibition of Palestinian products at the Orthodox Cultural Center. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, Abdul-Fattah Al-Zari’i called on all citizens to participate in […]
The Women’s Affairs Center launched an exhibition of Palestinian folklore entitled “Our Women’s Products Bazaar” in Gaza City. The exhibition includes many handicrafts and food products made by Palestinian women. It aims at highlighting the […]
The Palestinian Athletics Federation organized Gaza’s first University Championship, sponsored by the Palestinian Olympic Committee. Nine universities and 100 athletes took part in the event, competing in 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, and 3000-meter races […]
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