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    • Gaza: On the ground

      • Israeli shelling, incursions continue in southern Lebanon as army deployment enters 2nd day

        Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 08 July

        MEMO spoke to Motasem A Dalloul, a survivor of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, in the first of a new series of regular updates from the ground. Dalloul describes the daily struggle to survive: hunger, cold, the collapse of healthcare, and ongoing Israeli violations despite the so-called ceasefire. WATCH: Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 22 Jun

    • MEMO in conversation

      • Israeli shelling, incursions continue in southern Lebanon as army deployment enters 2nd day

        MEMO in Conversation with Raouf Farrah

        In this conversation with Raouf Farrah, lead Africa analyst at SecDev and co-editor of Rising for Palestine, we discuss his new book and its call for renewed Africa-Palestine solidarity. We also discuss the Sumud convoy, a North African solidarity initiative organised to challenge Israel’s siege on Gaza. Farrah reflects on the political obstacles the convoy faced and what they reveal about the regional response to Palestine. Raouf Farrah is the Lead Africa Analyst at the SecDev Group, a risk analytics firm working at the intersection of technology and human behaviour. In 2025, he was instrumental in organising  The Sumud Convoy, an attempt to break Israel’s siege on Gaza This year, Farrah co-edited a book, Rising for Palestine. MORE >>> MEMO in […]

    • Reviews

      • Israeli shelling, incursions continue in southern Lebanon as army deployment enters 2nd day

        A History of Modern Syria

        ‘We have much to learn from Syria, this nation that ‘belongs to All,’ writes historian Daniel Neep in his latest book A History of Modern Syria. A whirlwind adventure that takes us from the 19th century, when Syria was first conceived as a distinct national entity, to 2024 when Ahmed Al-Sharaa takes power in the Mediterranean country. The book offers intricate insight into the making, unmaking and remaking of Syria over the last two centuries. It challenges popular narratives that view Syria as merely the product of a European colonial fantasy and forces us to see the Levantine nation as a product of Syrians themselves. What makes Neep’s book distinct is that he does not look at Syrian politics solely […]

    • Palestine This Week

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        The Anti-Klan Law Comes for Trump’s Israel Lobby | Palestine This Week

        In this episode, we examine Trump’s drastically reduced Gaza recovery plan, growing criticism within Hamas over the consequences of 7 October and Israel’s covert efforts to downplay the scale of death, starvation and destruction in Gaza. We also discuss the failure of a major pro-Israel influence campaign in the US, rising congressional resistance to military aid, Mahmoud Abbas’s proposed Palestinian elections, legal challenges to US sanctions on the International Criminal Court and Mahmoud Khalil’s case against Trump administration officials and pro-Israel groups. The episode also explores Palestinian claims to ownership of land designated for a new US embassy in Jerusalem, reports that Trump urged Israel to withdraw from Syria and Lebanon and FIFA corruption.   WATCH: ‘Israel Loses Europe and America, […]

Islam Race and Rebellion in the Americas: Transatlantic Echoes of the West African Jihads

The Anti-Klan Law Comes for Trump's Israel Lobby | Palestine This Week

Engaging the World: The Making of Hamas’s Foreign Policy

MEMO in Conversation with Motasem A Dalloul