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Mohammed Arafat

Arafat

Mohammed holds a bachelor degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and is preparing for a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies. Author of, "Still Living There," a book documenting Gaza's last war and its aftermath.

Mahmoud Abbas is trying to cultivate a backlash against Hamas, but cutting salaries is making him just as unpopular in Gaza as the Islamist group, reports Mohammed Arafat.

20 April, 2018

In-depth: The US embassy opening in May that will coincide with the anniversary of the Nakba is just one of a plethora of reasons Gaza is 'ready to erupt.'

24 March, 2018

Meet the Cinderella car – Gaza’s innovative answer to the Israeli blockade making weddings increasingly difficult

15 May, 2017

Some smuggle themselves through tunnels, some start businesses - and some are simply returning to a land from which they were expelled decades ago.

15 May, 2017

As major opposition groups pull out of the elections called for by the Palestinian Authority, Fatah looks set to secure victory

09 May, 2017

Palestinians find themselves torn between hope and experience. Can a new US president change anything writes Arafat

03 May, 2017

As an unprecedented spike in crime rocks Gaza, Arafat looks at the core factors throwing Gaza into further instability.

27 April, 2017

As problems overwhelm Gaza, the closure of the Rafah crossing is overlooked writes Arafat

19 April, 2017

How one man who lost three daughters responded with a message of hope. Meet the Palestinian doctor hoping his daughters will be the last sacrifice on the road to peace.

12 April, 2017

What else should the Gaza Strip tolerate, asks Mohammed Arafat, as anger erupts over the Palestinian Authority's decision to cut civil servant salaries.

06 April, 2017