by Alaa Al-Jaabari

24 Mar 2020; MEMO: The Israeli prison authorities have announced that a number of Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo Prison are infected with the coronavirus. This news will cause great anxiety for thousands of Palestinian families whose loved ones are being held by Israel, including political prisoners who resisted the occupation as well as Palestinians imprisoned for criminal acts.

by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

23 Mar 2020; MEMO: A microscopic virus has shaken the entire world. It may even change its maps, geography and centres of power, shifting from one country to another in the blink of an eye. Some countries might collapse and others will be created, while empires fade and others emerge.

by Ramzy Baroud

22 Mar 2020; MEMO: It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent.

19 Mar 2020; MEMO: Seventeen years ago, on 19 March 2003, the US led the western invasion of Iraq in a war many consider to be the worst foreign policy disaster in modern history.

by AW Siddiqui

I am not sure if the following story is true or not, or actually came from President Xi Jing Peng of China. But it’s a good story worth reading and sharing with kids;

"As a small child, I was very selfish, always grabbing the best for myself.

Slowly, everyone left me and I had no friends. I didn’t think it was my fault and I criticized others.

By Trisha Mukherjee

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) A solitary patch of violet stands out in walls blackened with soot, a reminder of a room that was once coloured with shades of content and is now littered with the detritus of a riot -- except for a bed on which sits Nazar Mohammad.

His three-storey home in northeast Delhi's Shiv Vihar Phase 7, one of the worst-hit areas in the recent riots, tells the story of not just three days of clashes but also of hope rising from the ashes of violence.

Washington, Mar 13 (AFP) Thousands of people have died, the US response has infuriated European allies, and China has gone on a propaganda offensive.

The new coronavirus is shaping up to be a cataclysmic event with far-reaching consequences in global politics.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected more than 130,000 people globally, strikes a world already in flux with the rise of nationalists such as US President Donald Trump who have scoffed at the rules of the "globalist" order.

By Seema Khan

The government at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh has no regard left for law and the judiciary. They are law unto themselves. Recently, Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh had put up posters and hoardings with photographs and addresses of alleged 53 anti-CAA protesters at highly visible points in Lucknow.

These posters called them rioters, which included lawyers, women activists, politicians and a former police officer and a minor.

by Nasim Ahmed

06 Mar 2020; MEMO: The UN decision to seek India’s assistance in resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict is not only inexplicable, but also shows an incredible lack of judgement.

By AW Siddiqui

Three days of absolute carnage in North Delhi was not just shameful - it was a blot on the tolerant Indian society.

There were rioters running amok, whose acts were of the same level as of wild animals - if not worst. It’s their acts – though no fault of average Indians – that make some of us feel ashamed to be an Indian.

We are reminded of our endless wars only when the government wants to invoke patriotism without criticism.

By William Astore

By Ahmed bin Qasim

I’ve been watching the images of bloodshed and targeted attacks against Indian Muslims breaking out on the streets of Delhi. The role of the police in precipitating violence in Delhi and the detention spree in Kashmir since August 5, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the region’s nominal autonomous status, has laid bare a glaring truth: The Indian government is willing to use any means to crack down on dissent.