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by Zaynab Zarghoune (Interpal Intern) The school holidays have arrived and sometimes we wish that it would never end, glad as we are of the break from homework and the tiring slog of the school year. We have minimal time to sleep, are squeezed with heavy workloads and seem to…
A fascinating report from Physicians for Human Rights detailing the multifaceted crisis that amputees of the 2014 hostilities face in adjusting to their bodies alongside the pressures faced by ever-squeezed public health systems who must find new ways to keep running despite the occupation’s restrictions. http://cdn2.phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Amputees-report-eng.pdf
Lacking an adequate swimming pool to train in, 22 year old Atrash was forced to work tirelessly under adverse conditions, conducting her practice sessions in a 25 metre pool, (half the size of the Olympic standard pools). Atrash was invited to represent her nation as part of a programme that…
Representing Palestine for the second time, Gebrel was raised in Cairo and first represented his country at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Facing the same difficulties as Mary al-Atrash, he prepared for London by training in Barcelona, as the lack of swimming facilities in Palestine was too great.…
As the Olympic torch is raised over Rio this summer, despite the impediments the occupation places on them, the Palestine Olympic Team have braved the odds and made it to Brazil. Competing in four events, with their largest ever Olympic team, the Palestinian team are striving to showcase their country’s…