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Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman is a Gaza-based writer and human rights worker. Mohammed obtained a masters degree in human rights from the London School of Economics. His writings appeared on different online publications including Al Jazeera English, openDemocracy, the Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss. On Twitter: @imPalestine

Passengers gather around the gate of Rafah crossing with Egypt as they protest against the conditions on the crossing, with hopes of crossing into Egypt, September 18, 2013. Egypt partially reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to a deadly attack on an Egyptian military headquarters near the frontier. Officials of the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank-based rival of Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers, said Cairo agreed to open the crossing for fou

Gaza Students Stranded By Rafah Border Closure

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

Hamas militants hold a poster depicting Mohamed Morsy of the Muslim Brotherhood as they celebrate in the street in Gaza City after he was declared Egypt's first democratic president June 24, 2012. Morsy's win was hailed by Hamas, the Islamist group governing Gaza and which is locked in a power-struggle with the West Bank-based, U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY MILITARY) - RTR343IV

Hamas Hits Back At 'Preposterous' Egypt Claims

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A Palestinian policeman detains a protester during a demonstration against the renewal of stalled peace talks with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 28, 2013. Israel was expected on Sunday to approve releasing more than 100 Arab prisoners as a step to renew stalled peace talks with the Palestinians ahead of plans to convene negotiators in Washington later this week. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX122FX

Islamic Jihad, PFLP Slam Renewed Peace Talks

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

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Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh flashes the victory sign during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran's Azadi square February 11, 2012. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the anniversary of the revolution that the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: ANNIVERS

Hamas Hopes Iran's Rouhani Will Renew Ties

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A member of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas rides in a pickup truck as he patrols the border area between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2013. Egyptian soldiers and members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas are on alert to guard the border area after massive protests in Egypt, Hamas officials said. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX118IN

Hamas Prevents Mass Pro-Bedouin Protest in Gaza

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

Palestinians take part in a rally organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) to celebrate the 45th anniversary of its founding in Gaza City December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - RTR3B9LB

PFLP Supports Egypt Coup

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A Palestinian woman carries her daughter as she makes her way to fill a container with water from a nearby tank in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 20, 2013. A tiny wedge of land jammed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean sea, the Gaza Strip is heading inexorably into a water crisis that the United Nations says could make the Palestinian enclave unliveable in just a few years. Picture taken June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ENERGY BUSINESS) - RTX11

Hamas Feigns Optimism As Gaza Limps Toward Crisis

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah wave Hezbollah and Palestinian flags during a rally to mark "Quds (Jerusalem) Day" in the southern Lebanese village of Maroun el-Ras, near the border with Israel, August 26, 2011. Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whose group is backed by Damascus, warned that the unrest in Syria will have implications on the whole region if it is not solved through dialogue. "We all support the need for big and important reforms, so Syria can be stronger...this means that

Poll Shows Hezbollah Losing Support Among Palestinians

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A Palestinian girl studies by candle light during a power cut in Gaza November 13, 2008 November 13, 2008. A United Nations aid agency said on Thursday it had run out of food supplies for 750,000 Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after Israel blocked deliveries by the world body.Short of fuel, Palestinian officials shut down Gaza's sole power plant as Israel kept commercial crossings with the coastal territory closed for a 10th day. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA) - RTXAK2X

Gaza Students Prepare for Finals Without Electricity

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

Palestinian travellers pass an Egyptian soldier standing guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border, to cross over to Gaza at Rafah city, some 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, May 22, 2013. Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. Their abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who became active in a security vacuum t

Palestinians Tormented At Rafah Crossing

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A Hamas policeman pushes back a Palestinian protester during a demonstration near the Erez border crossing between Israel and northern Gaza Strip June 5, 2011, marking the 44th anniversary of the start of a 1967 Middle East War, in which Israel captured East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Golan Heights. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY) - RTR2NB6A

Hamas Tightens Ban On Travel From Gaza

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

Palestinian supporters of leftist parties take part in a protest against Israeli air strikes close to Damascus, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2013. Israel played down weekend air strikes close to Damascus reported to have killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, saying they were not aimed at influencing its neighbour's civil war but only at stopping Iranian missiles reaching Lebanese Hezbollah militants. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZDWI

Journalists Slam Hamas Crackdown On PFLP Protest

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman