The Ruins of Our Home, the Roots of Our Return
They tried to erase our home, just as they tried to erase us. Nearly fifty years ago, we were forced to flee, leaving behind everything—our childhood, our memories, my father’s books. We rebuilt, and they destroyed it again. And again. But a home is more than walls and stones; it is history, dignity, and defiance. No matter how many times they reduce it to rubble, we will return. Because our presence is not just a choice—it is a testament.
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In the shadow of genocide: what future for our children?
Since this genocide began, my nights have been haunted by the fear of losing my children. In my dreams, they slip through my hands, falling from cliffs, down stairs, disappearing before I can save them. I wake up in panic, heart racing. But the worst nightmares are not the ones that visit me in my sleep—they are the ones I see with my own eyes, every day, on my phone. Children being slaughtered.
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on the HRF case against 1000 soldiers |
On the work of the Hind Rajab Foundation |
Am I an "extremist homophobe Islamist Antisemite?"
In 2009, after a series of public engagements in London, including a meeting with then-MP Jeremy Corbyn, the UK Home Office abruptly deemed me “not conducive to the public good” and barred me from re-entering the country. The official excuse? Baseless claims that my statements incited religious hatred and threatened community harmony. The real reason? The pro-Israel lobby and right-wing establishment couldn’t tolerate my unapologetic stance on Palestine and sought to silence me. Read my response to the relentless attempts to distort my positions.
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Is supporting resistance an extremist stance?
In January 2017, after the Jerusalem truck attack, I stated on social media that Palestinians have the right to liberate their occupied land by any means necessary. The pro-Israel lobby immediately pounced, twisting my words into an endorsement of terrorism and launching a pressure campaign to have me silenced. De Standaard caved to the outrage machine and terminated my column, proving once again that the boundaries of “acceptable” debate are drawn by those who fear any challenge to their narrative.
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