6 d. ago The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in GazaThe abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk exited her apartment building and walked on to the street in Somerville, Massachusetts – a city outside Boston – into the fading daylight. Ozturk, a Turkish-born PhD student at Tufts University who studies children’s media and childhood development, was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends, planning to break her Ramadan fast.In a video taken from a surveillance camera, she wears a pink hijab and a long white puffer coat against the New England cold. The first man, not uniformed but wearing plain clothes, as all the agents are, approaches her as if asking for directions. But he quickly closes in and grabs her by the wrists she has raised defensively toward her face. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘This is no isolated event’: attack on Palestinian director brings rising settler violence into focus

Activists fear unprecedented levels of violence, with the apparent backing of Israeli authorities, part of drive to force Palestinians out of the West BankIt was around 6pm, just after its Palestinian residents had finished their daily Ramadan fast, dozens of masked Israeli settlers, armed with batons, knives and assault rifles, entered the West Bank village of Susiya in the rural Masafer Yatta area of the south Hebron hills. Among them were a group of Israeli soldiers who escorted the settlers into the village where Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, lives.About three weeks after appearing on stage at the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles to accept the Oscar, Ballal has become the victim of the very violence shown in his film. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Furious Turkish student in hijab filmed being detained by ICE as she went to break Ramadan fast

Rumeysa Ozturk, who is currently studying at Tufts University in Massachusetts, was swarmed by a group of individuals near her off-campus home on Tuesday.

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8 d. ago Best ice makers: Cool drinks and food with cubes or crushed ice in no time

Break the ice, not the bank

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9 d. ago ‘Like a punishment’: witnesses describe Israeli settler attack on No Other Land director

Activists from Center for Jewish Nonviolence say Israeli police ‘did not intervene’ in attack on Hamdan BallalIt was shortly after Palestinian residents had finished their daily Ramadan fast that dozens of masked Israeli settlers entered the West Bank village of Susiya, according to witnesses.Some of the settlers were armed with batons, others had knives and one of them was holding an M-16 rifle, the witnesses told the Guardian. Among them were a group of Israeli soldiers who escorted the settlers inside the village. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago As Ramadan ends, a new cookbook sheds light on Pakistan’s varied cuisine

The last day of Ramadan ends a month-long fast

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2 w. ago Delicious Cardiff cafes and restaurants to break your fast in this Ramadan

After sunset where do you go for a tasty Iftar treat - we've picked out some Cardiff spots for you

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2 w. ago American Pie actor breaks silence after being detained by ICE for 12 days

Jasmine Mooney was arrested after crossing the San Ysidro border between Mexico and San Diego on March 3

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2 w. ago Canadian American Pie actor breaks silence after being detained by ICE for 12 days

Jasmine Mooney was arrested after crossing the San Ysidro border between Mexico and San Diego on March 3

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2 w. ago What it's like to fast during Ramadan as a top level athlete

"We believe that everything comes from Allah, strength comes from Allah."

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2 w. ago Listeners slate BBC over decision to have the Archers' Lynda Snell fast for Ramadan in the run up to Lent

Radio 4's The Archers has been branded ' woke ' and 'offensive' for broadcasting a storyline about Ramadan in the run up to the Christian festival of Lent.

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2 w. ago The East London street that comes alive at sunset during Ramadan as families gather to break their fast

The East London street that comes alive at sunset during Ramadan as families gather to break their fast  My London

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3 w. ago Columbia graduate detained by Ice was respected British government employee

Mahmoud Khalil described by former colleague at UK office for Syria as well liked and extensively vettedA detained Columbia University graduate threatened with deportation after the Trump administration claimed he poses a risk to US foreign policy is a former employee of the British government who was extensively vetted before working at the embassy in Beirut.Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate from a Columbia University master’s programme, was arrested at home on 9 March as he returned with his wife from a dinner to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Best ice makers: Cool drinks with cubes or crushed ice in no time

Break the ice, not the bank

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4 w. ago UFC 313 star Magomed Ankalaev breaks Ramadan fast after ‘pleading’ for title fight to be moved

The Russian will challenge Alex Pereira for the light-heavyweight belt on Saturday

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