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Tamara Nassar Rights and Accountability 3 May 2018 Dareen Tatour stands in court before her hearing in Nazareth on 3 May. The court convicted her for incitement to violence and support of terror, after she published a poem on social media in October 2015. Oren Ziv ActiveStills An Israeli court convicted Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour […]
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Documenting the Nakba: an interview with poet Dareen Tatour
May 1st, 2018 
Awake Goy I visited poet Dareen Tatour, under house arrest at her home in the Arab town of Reineh on April 17, known here as “Palestinian Prisoners Day.” Two and a half years ago Dareen was arrested for publishing a poem, and since then she underwent a trial and is now awaiting the verdict expected on May […]
PEN International: Dareen Tatour is being targeted for her peaceful exercise of her right to free expression
October 31st, 2017 Awake Goy Poet Dareen Tatour–a Palestinian citizen of Israel–is currently standing trial on charges of “support for a terrorist organization” and several counts of incitement to violence in connection with her poetry and social media activity. She was arrested in a pre-dawn police raid on her home on October 11, 2015 and spent over three months in […]
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No Comments »PEN America slams Israel for effort to criminalize Dareen Tatour’s poetry and denying her access to internet
October 25th, 2017 Awake Goy The Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour has been detained by Israel for two years now, in prisons and then under strict house arrest near Nazareth. “She is allowed to go out of her house only for 2 hours a day, from 17:00 till 19:00.” She must be accompanied by “guardians” at all times– family members who […]
Posted in World News Tags: america, criminalize, dareen, effort, israel, slams, tatour No Comments »Writers and artists declare solidarity with persecuted Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour
September 22nd, 2017 Awake Goy Since the night of October 11, 2015, when Israeli soldiers burst in and arrested Dareen Tatour from her home after she posted a poem on social media prosecutors later claimed encouraged violence, the Palestinian poet has been enmeshed in the absurdity of Israel’s selectively guaranteed right to free speech. Tatour was indicted on two counts, […]
Posted in World News Tags: artists, dareen, declare, palestinian, persecuted, solidarity, writers No Comments »Solidarity with Dareen Tatour now hot issue in Israel’s cultural wars
September 19th, 2017 Awake Goy Hundreds of Palestinians are arrested, interrogated, and sentenced to Israeli prisons for their pronouncements made on Facebook each year. But the most absurd case of them is that of poet Dareen Tatour. Perhaps one reason Tatour’s row was heightened is the strangeness of how her ongoing trial is a mixture of poetry and legal proceedings, which has […]
US literary figures renew call for freedom for Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour
August 31st, 2017 Awake Goy Prominent U.S. poets, writers, playwrights and publishers issued statements today in support of imprisoned Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour ahead of her upcoming trial verdict on October 17. The statements calling for her freedom, and demanding that Israel drop all charges against Dareen, released by Jewish Voice for Peace and Adalah-NY, come just as the Israeli […]
Posted in World News Tags: dareen, figures, Freedom, literary, palestinian, renew, tatour No Comments »Man in ‘Black Lives Matter’ Shirt Fires 17 Shots at Cop’s Home
July 14th, 2016 Awake Goy According to reports, the individual, 27-year-old March Eugene Ratney, began firing on an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer’s home just after 2 am while screaming profanities. The violent felon, who had recently been released after serving half of a 12-year sentence, was wearing a shirt with the words “Black Lives Matter” and “F*ck the […]
