Alaa’s mother, Laila, has been on hunger strike for 3.5 months, urging the UK government to secure his release from wrongful imprisonment in Egypt for his human rights work.
Laila & @PeterGreste have a message for @DavidLammy as he visits Egypt this week: Will he help secure Alaa’s freedom? @FreedomForAlaa #FreeAlaa
This is an utterly disgraceful and completely racist move from an artistically illiterate, cowardly political class. My brother Khaled Sabsabi is an internationally renowned artist. It is increasingly clear that to be Arab and Muslim is to be second-class in Australia.
One million people have fled to Rafah. For months, the U.S. has warned against an attack.
Netanyahu ignored the warnings. Now an assault is imminent. It will kill countless civilians.
President Biden must back his words with action. End all offensive military aid to Israel.
Traditional singer Umm Kulthum. Egypt, 1972 🇪🇬
Umm Kulthum (1904 - 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq ("Star of the Orient").
In her native Egypt, Kulthum is a national icon; she has been dubbed as "The Voice of Egypt" and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid".
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