Category: Columns

Hunger That Defeats Language

I fear hunger more than death, for it takes you in slow, devouring waves until you become a disintegrating shadow, unable even to scream.

Will anyone read this?

Will anyone believe that a writer could no longer write because he had nothing to eat?

Will anyone care that, in a corner of the world, people are starving so completely that their souls are silenced?

Perhaps not.

But I wrote this – despite everything.

To say that writing is possible.

Only if the body is allowed to survive.

By Husam Maarouf

Science4Peace Forum engages in support for the Palestinian people: The red line has been crossed – this horror must stop NOW!

As a result of Israel’s deliberate starving of the civilians in Gaza and further war crimes and crimes against humanity, Science4Peace now calls to stop any cooperation with scientific institutions and international corporations involved in Israel’s wars. Its recent declaration (see below) makes this point unmistakably clear and demands the immediate end to the war against Gaza and the end of Gaza’s siege to allow the transport of all urgently necessary live-saving means into the enclave.

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities

More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study.We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, call on the UK government, Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to facilitate a biometric visa deferral and open a route of safe passage for our incoming students so they can take up their places of study in September. 

This is not a cry for help — it is the final warning

(Ramallah – Gaza: July 27, 2025) The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) issues an urgent alert about the rapidly deteriorating and catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation continues to enforce a systematic starvation policy, implemented through a suffocating blockade and severe restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid.