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Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 4 January 2018 The first intifada began 30 years ago last month. It was carried through unified, collective action and the emergence of popular committees. Palestinians organized general strikes, opened underground schools, engaged in mass boycotts of Israeli goods and sheltered fighters wanted by the Israeli army. The momentum […]
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Remembering Elie Wiesel, who inspired me to write about Palestine
July 6th, 2016 
Awake Goy I learned of Wiesel’s death through Facebook, and immediately went searching in my old file drawer for a photograph. The photo shows my face, very young and fresh, between the faces of Elie Wiesel and Oprah. I had written an essay for a contest in which we were asked to apply the story of Night […]
CBE to auction T-bills worth 7.5 bn EGP Sunday
November 29th, 2015 Awake Goy The government, via the bank, will auction 91-day T-bills at 3 billion EGP ($38 million) and 273-day T-bills for 4.5 billion EGP ($57 million), the statement added. The CBE puts up T-bills for auctions twice weekly (on Sundays and Thursday) as an economic measure to fill the gap of the state’s 2015/2016 general budget deficit; […]
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