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The Voice of Hind Rajab receives record 23-minute ovation at Venice premiere
The Siasat Daily
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September 4, 2025
Venice: Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab received a historic 23-minute, 50-second, standing ovation at its premiere at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, the longest ever recorded at the event on Wednesday, September 3....
Ben Hania: Creative evolution of double Oscar-nominated Hind Rajab film director
The National News
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Kaouther Ben Hania has established herself as one of the most distinctive voices in Arab cinema, blending documentary realism with bold narrative experimentation. In doing so, she continues the legacy of pioneering Tunisian filmmakers such as...
Across the Sea of Blockade, a Flotilla of Sumud Prepares to Depart
[your]NEWS
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August 30, 2025
TUNISIA — In just a few days, the port of Tunis will witness the launch of a new solidarity mission to Gaza. On September 4, 2025, the Global Sumud Flotilla is scheduled to set sail, bringing together activists, journalists, and civil society...
Gaza-bound aid flotilla seeks European protection amid Israeli threats
Middle East Monitor
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September 3, 2025
The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla on Wednesday demanded protection from the Spanish government and Europe amid the Israeli threats, Anadolu reports. “Israel is threatening the Global Sumud Flotilla, ships carrying medicines and food to Gaza on...
GSF Flotilla From Catania Scheduled To Depart After Sept 7
Bernama
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September 7, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 (Bernama) -- The departure of the second group of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) convoy from Catania, Italy, initially scheduled for last Thursday, has been postponed for a second time. In a brief message to GSF participants,...
Moroccans join largest flotilla yet to break Israel's Gaza siege
The New Arab
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September 2, 2025
"I don't think they will be able to stop us. We are hundreds of activists. We believe we will reach Gaza this time," a Moroccan activist told TNA. [Getty] From the docks of Tunis, a group of Moroccan activists prepares this week to set sail on the...
Israel Can Only Deter the Global Sumud Flotilla by Stoping Its Genocide in Gaza
Common Dreams
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September 3, 2025
As many boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla with hundreds of participants from around the world get set to depart from Barcelona and Tunis and a third wave of ships prepares for a late September departure to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza...
UAE participates in 116th Arab Economic and Social Council, reiterates commitment to strengthening role of Arab organizations in advancing joint action
Middle East News 247
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September 3, 2025
The UAE participated in the 116th session of the Arab Economic and Social Council, held at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo from August 31 to September 3, 2025. Chaired by the Republic of Tunisia and attended by delegations from member...
Great British Bake Off Alison Hammond's life off-screen including 11-stone weight loss and age-gap relationship
Liverpool Echo
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September 6, 2025
Alison Hammond is has gone from strength-to-strength since finding fame in the early 2000s. The TV presenter was a housemate in the third series of reality show Big Brother back in 2002. Although she was the second housemate to be evicted, her...
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Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6-year-old killed in Gaza VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's” The Voice of Hind Rajab” is debuting at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday. The film tells the...
UAE takes part in 116th Arab Economic and Social Council
GCC Business News
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September 3, 2025
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) participated in the 116th session of the Arab Economic and Social Council, held at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo from August 31 to September 3, 2025. Chaired by the Republic of Tunisia and attended by...
INTERVIEW: Israel’s threats ‘will not make us stop’: Activist on Gaza-bound flotilla
Yeni Safak
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September 6, 2025
The waves are rough, the skies unsettled, and Israeli threats grow louder with every passing day. Yet Yasemin Acar refuses to back down. Aboard one of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, she insists the mission to Gaza will continue – no...
US removes 2,310 Nigerians
Punch
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September 6, 2025
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed at least 2,310 Nigerian nationals from the country between 2014 and 2024. A review of the agency’s annual reports and appendices also revealed that 20 removals have been recorded so...
‘It’s Up To All Of Us’: Doctor Shares Why He Is On Global Sumud Flotilla
PopularResistance.org
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September 2, 2025
Above photo: Supporters gather in Barcelona to see of the Sumud Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. Podemos / X. And why health workers must organize against Israel’s genocide. NOTE: Al Jazeera reports: The Global Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to the...
A Comprehensive Review of Food-Derived Compounds Targeting Pyroptosis for Colitis Therapy: From Effects to Mechanisms
Dove Medical Press
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August 26, 2025
Introduction Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, relapsing, and nonspecific inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that primarily affects the colon and rectum.1 It has been predominantly observed in industrialized Western countries; however, with the...
‘Not just a sea journey’: former JI senator details risks of humanitarian mission to Gaza
Dawn
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September 6, 2025
Pakistan one of 44 countries represented on flotilla looking to break Israeli blockade of Gaza. Despite almost two years of what has now been dubbed a “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, Israel continues to bomb, starve and torture more than a million...
Flotilla activists know our governments are complicit in Israel's genocide
Irish Examiner
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September 2, 2025
Later this week, I will set sail from Tunisia as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Together with around 1,000 others from 44 different countries on over 50 boats, we will attempt to break the Israeli siege of Gaza.The boats departing from Tunisia...
French police shoot knifeman dead after stabbing five people in Marseille
Irish Independent
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The suspect, armed with two knives and an iron bar, tried to stab people at random and “without provocation” in a violent rampage, said Nicolas Bessonne, the Marseille public prosecutor. At least one of the wounded is in critical condition after...
Israeli Minister Of National Security Reveals He Doesn’t Know His Prisons
PopularResistance.org
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September 2, 2025
Above photo: Part of the Global Sumud flotilla in Barcelona. As many boats in the Global Sumud flotilla with hundreds of participants from around the world get set to depart from Barcelona and Tunis and a third wave of ships prepares for a late...
Flotilla with Greta Thunberg on board departs Spain for Gaza
United Press International (UPI)
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Some of the 20 ships hoisting the Palestinian flag dock in the port in Barcelona, Spain, ahead of departing on September 2025, for Gaza. Photo by Quique Garcia/EPA Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A flotilla of boats loaded with medical supplies and food and...