Articles by Jen Marlowe
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No Exit in Gaza – Broken Homes and Broken Lives
Jen Marlowe - TomDispatch,
8 Dec 2014
Rubble. That’s been the one constant for the Awajah family for as long as I’ve known them. Four months ago, their home was demolished by the Israeli military — and it wasn’t the first time that Kamal, Wafaa, and their children had been through this.
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Jen Marlowe - TomDispatch,
24 Sep 2012
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (in the U.S. at Least) -The lack of coverage of the predominantly Shi’a uprising against a repressive Sunni monarchy can be explained by this: Washington considers that monarchy its close ally; Bahrain is the home of the Navy’s 5th Fleet, and the beneficiary of U.S. arms sales. Most of the opposition leaders were jailed, along with thousands of protesters. Journalists were targeted, as were teachers, health-care professionals, and star Bahraini athletes. Hundreds of cases of torture (some to the death) were reported, and thousands were fired from government jobs for demonstrating, or, in many cases, merely because they were Shi’a.
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