No Consent, No Click! Reclaiming Our Right To Be Unseen In A World Of Cameras

No Consent, No Click! Reclaiming Our Right To Be Unseen In A World Of Cameras

This essay examines the consequences of being photographed without consent and the need to redefine our relationship with technology and each other In this age of ceaseless screens and restless eyes, we find ourselves under siege. Not by armies of flesh and blood, but by armies of lenses and devices—each a tiny tyrant hungry to […]

Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy – So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? 

Abbas ‘Postponed’ Democracy – So, Who Speaks On Behalf Of The Palestinian People? 

In April 2021, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree postponing parliamentary and presidential elections, which were scheduled to take place in May and July respectively. The then-85-year-old Palestinian leader justified his unwarranted decision as a result of a ‘dispute’ with Israel over the vote of Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian city of […]