2004 Women in the News


Mother of Essam Mahmeed (28), crying after hearing that an Israeli Occupation Death Squad, operating as an underground commando force, killed her son today in Balata refugee camp, Nablus. They executed him near Abad Al Rhaman Mosque inside the camp. The Israelis also killed a 26- year- old citizen, Waél Said Araysha, from Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus (IPC, 7/7/04).	Wife of the Palestinian-American college professor, Khaled Salah, crying while holding his head after he had been executed with his son by an Israeli death squad in Nablus yesterday for no other reason than being a neighbor of two Palestinian activists who were also executed yesterday.Read more about the Massive Israeli Occupation Terrorist Raid on Nablus Leaving Four Palestinian Citizens Killed, Including Palestinian-American College Professor Salah and his Son (Alittihad, 7/7/04).	A 14-year-old Palestinian teen, Hamada Zu’rob, was shot and killed during the trigger-happy shootings of the Israeli occupatiojn soldiers that took place towards Batten Al Sameen area, southwest of Khan Younis in Gaza Strip resulting in the killing of Zu'rob and wounding several others (IPC, 7/6/04).


A Palestinian woman crying for her son, Adnan Mansour (20), who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces in Jabaliya. Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers while he was on his way to work in occupied Jerusalem (IPC, 7/5/04).	Amirah, the daughter of the Palestinian member of parliament, Hussam Khader, llifting his picture during a rally demanding release of Palestinian prisoners, in Nablus yesterday (Alquds, 7/6/04).	Amirah, the daughter of the Palestinian Member of Parlaiment, Hussam Khader, with her father before his detention by Israeli occupation forces (Photo from Regina Hill, 7/8/04).


A Palestinian woman watching Israeli occupation soldiers searching her house during an unprovoked raid and a house search in Nablus yesterday. (Assafir, 6/25/04).	An Israeli occupation soldier pointing his gun at a Palestinian family during an unprovoked raid and a house search in Al-Qasaba neighborhood, in Nablus yesterday. (Alquds, 6/25/04).	A Palestinian citizen, Thaér Helmi Mohammed Ramadan (35), was shot and killed by the Israeli occupying forces firings in the West Bank City of Nablus. Above his family crying after hearing the news about his killing. (IPC, 7/5/04).

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Palestinian Children in Israeli Occupation Prisons

Majd Al-Kokhen and Aseel Al-Hendi (15), arrested by Israeli occupation soldiers in Nablus, on June 16, 2004. They're now joining hundreds of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons. (IPC, 6/21/04).

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Arrest Two 15-Year Old Palestinian Girls Aseel Al-Hendi and Majd Al Kokhen, in Nablus


Palestinian President Yassir Arafat received a delegation from the municipality of Alexandria, Italy, chaired by its mayor Mara Escani. The Mayor reiterated her support and solidarity to the Palestinian people and the Palestinian National Authority and President Arafat. The only two countries which boycott Arafat are Israel and the US (Arafat WS, 6/17/04).	Marian Bertler, who is in charge of the file of the secret police of East Germany, STASSI, standing in front of her office in Leipzig yesterday. A German court ruled yesterday that it's OK to publish the East German secret files about the former Chancellor Helmut Kohl but without mentioning his private life. (Alittihad, 6/25/04).


Shabina Begum leaves the High Court in London on Tuesday after losing her right to wear the proper Islamic dress in school (EPA, Arab News, 6/16/04).	A Palestinian woman examining her uprooted trees, which were bulldozed by Israeli occupation soldiers to prepare the land for building the Israeli Land-Grab Wall passing through her land in the village of Iskaka, in the West Bank (PMC, 6/17/04).	Indonesian President, Megawati Sukarno-Putri in an election rally in Central Java, yesterday. Megawati is opposed by several candidates, two of them are also females, in the July 5 presidential election. (Alittihad, 6/18/04).


A Palestinian paramedic watches as an Israeli occupation soldier arrests the mother of senior Fatah commander Emad Akkobeh during an Israeli occupation military raid on the West Bank city of Nablus May 28, 2004. (Photo by Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters, 5/28/04).	An anti-Israeli occupation rally in Gaza City attended by Palestinian women and children, who have suffered most from the continuous Israeli raids, killings, assassinations, arrests, and house demolitions (Al-Khaleej, 6/5/04).	German evolutionary sociologist, Julia Fischer, announced in a press conference yesterday that her dog, Rico (10) can understand about 200 words (Alittiahad, 6/11/04).


Princess Maxima, wife of the Dutch Crown Prince, putting a headscarf before entering the Blue Mosque of Istanbul yesterday. (Alittihad, 5/29/04).	An Iraqi woman feeding her child against a poster about Abu Ghraib prison (Al-Khaleej, 5/29/04).	Alexandra, the daughter of the Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), talking to journalists in Cannes, France, about her film, "The Complete and Final Measure." (Alittihad, 5/16/04).


Sudanese refugees in Chad who fled the fighting in the Darfour area (Al-Ra'i, 4/24/04).	Sister of Nick Berg talking to journalists in front of her house yesterday.(An-Nahar, 5/14/04).	Sonia Ghandhi greeting journalists in her house in New Delhi yesterday after winning elections (Assafir, 5/14/04).


Royal Marriage: Shaikh Muhammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, has engaged Princes Haya Bint Al-Hussain, the daughter of the late King Hussain of Jordan. Present also her brother, King Abdallah (Annahar, 4/11/04).	Prince Ali, son of the late King Hussain of Jordan, announced his engagement with Reem, the daughter of Al-Akhdar Al-Ibrahimi, the UN Envoy to Iraq, yesterday (Al-Ra'i, 4/24/04).	An Iraqi woman soothes her 12-year-old wounded daughter Hajer Ayid in a Baghdad hospital April 24, 2004. Ayid was injured overnight in an incident involving U.S. troops and forces of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City. Three sisters were burned when their house, which was in the area of a firefight, caught fire. (Photo by Faleh Kheiber/Reuters, 4/24/04).


Peaceful Defiance: A Palestinian girl lifting a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli occupation soldiers in Qalqilya, in the West Bank, during a protest against the Israeli Land-Grab Wall, on Saturday (Alquds, 3/21/04).	Funeral of Palestinian girl, Fatima Muhammed Jalad (8), in Amal neighborhood, Khan Younis, who was shot in the head by Israeli occupation soldiers while playing in front of her home, on Friday (Annahar, 3/21/04)	On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie was murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces as she attempted to prevent the illegal demolition of a Palestinian home in the Rafah refugee camp, in Gaza Strip. Rachel was a 23 year old college student from Olympia, Washington serving as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement in the occupied territories of Palestine. Read more about The First Anniversary of Rachel Corrie (ISM, 3/15/04).


Arab first ladies in their summit in Beirut: Suzan Mubarak of Egypt (left0, Andrea Lahood (middle), and Assma Al-Assad (right) during a session in the conference (Alquds Alarabi, 3/9/04).	A Palestinian woman standing between the two huge wheels of an Israeli bulldozer, in an attempt to stop it from destroying her property in preparation for building the Sharon Land-Grab Wall, near the West Bank village of Bitduku. (Alittihad, 3/9/04).	The US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, opened a Woman's Center in Baghdad yesterday. Here, he seen sitting on the carpeted ground with Iraqi women in the center..(Annahar, 3/9/04).


Zionist Lust For Palestinian Land Continues: A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli occupation security man as Israeli occupation army bulldozers prepare her land for the construction of the Sharon Land-Grab Wall in the village of Dair Qidees, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 4, 2004. (REUTERS/ Abed Omar Qusini, 3/4/04).	Zionist Lust For Palestinian Land Continues: A Palestinian elderly woman screaming in despair, complaining to God, as an Israeli occupation army bulldozer started to prepare her land for the construction of the Sharon Land-Grab Wall in the village of Dair Qidees, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 4, 2004. (REUTERS/ Abed Omar Qusini, 3/4/04).	Princess Matilda, wife of the Belgian Crow Prince, Philip, visiting a women's exhibition in Abu Dhabi Women' Union, UAE, yesterday. (Aliithad, 3/7/04).


Former British cabinet member, Clare Short, said that the Blair government spied on Kofi Annan during the period preceding the war and that she read transcripts of his telephone calls.(Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 2/27/04).	Capitalist TV Democracy: Actress Jodie Foster arrives as a guest for the premiere of the Showtime cable channel film "Spinning Boris" at Paramount Studios in Hollywood March 3, 2004. The film, starring Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, and Jeff Goldblum, is the true story of how a trio of American political consultants, which included George Gorton, who were hired by Russsian businessmen in 1996 to manage the Russian President Boris Yeltsin's election campaign, which succeeded in Yeltsin's spectacular comeback. Gorton most recently was a key strategist in Schwarzenegger's successful political campaign bid for Governor of California. The film will be telecast on Showtime March 14. REUTERS/Fred Prouser


Laura Bush receiving a book from Amina Erdogan, the wife of the Turkish Prime Minister, who is an observing Muslim covering her head with a scarf. (Assafir, 1/30/03).	The Canadian Louise Arbor, a former judge in the World War-Crimes Court, was appointed by the UN General Assembly yesterday as the new Human Rights Commissioner, replacing the late de Milo, who was killed in Iraq. (Assafir, 2/26/04).	Faryal Al-Masri, the first Saudi-American to run for elections in the US. She's running as a Democrat to win a seat in the US House of Representative for the 37th District of California (Arab News, 2/28/04).


President Arafat meeting with the British Minister of Foreign Office, Elizabeth Simmons, in Ramallah yesterday. Britain has defied the Sharon-Bush policy of boycotting the Palestinian President, who was elected by 83% of the Palestinian people (Al-Ayyam, 1/22/04).	Pseudo democracy: British Member of Parliament, Jenny Tonge, expressed her understanding of the Palestinian struggle. In reaction, she was sacked of her Liberal Democratic Party, which shows how much influence Israel exerts on British political parties. (Alquds Alarabi, 1/24/04).	One of the freed Palestinian prisoners kissing her daughter. (Alquds Alarabi, 1/30/04).


Swedish artist, Joyilla Skolin, and the Israeli artist, Dror Filler, in front of the artwork that was destroyed by the Israeli Ambassador in Sweded, Zvi Matsil. The artwork was part of an exhibition about genocide in the Swedish Historical Museum. The Ambassador got mad when he saw the photo of Hanadi Jaradat, the Palestinian Suicicde bomber, whose brother and fiance were killed by Israeli occupation forces, which triggered her suicide revenge. The Ambassador was driven out of the Museum. (Annahar, 1/18/04).	The photo of the Palestinian lawyer, Hanadi Jaradat, who avenged the Israeli killing of her brother and her fiance by a suicide bomb in Haifa. The photo was pasted on the mast of a Snow White boat sailing over a red pool, symbolizing the Israeli bloodbath in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli Ambassador got mad and destroyed the artwork by throwing an electric wire he took from the wall, which exposed everybody in the Museum to the risk of electricution (Alittihad, 1/18/04).	President Arafat meeting with the British Minister of Foreign Office, Elizabeth Simmons, in Ramallah yesterday. Britain has defied the Sharon-Bush policy of boycotting the Palestinian President, who was elected by 83% of the Palestinian people (Assafir, 1/22/04).


"Hijab is our choice," Headscarf is our right." and "No to racist secularism" were some of the slogans Muslim women lifted in front of the French Embassy in London, part of a worldwide anti-French intolerance yesterday. (Annahar, 1/18/04)	French Muslim women wearing headscarves in protest to the racist law banning them from wearing their Islamic headscarf in government facilities (Al-Ra'i, 1/18/04).	January 17, the Universal Day for supporting the right of women for wearing hijab, decent Islamic clothes (Al-Ra'i, 1/18/04).


Two women place a black wreath at the entrance of the French embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Saturday Jan. 17, 2004, to protest against the French government's decision to ban head scarves and other conspicuous religious symbols in public schools. The words on the wreath read: " Ankara non-governmental organizations" (AP Photo/ Burhan Ozbilici)	Government’s decision to take effect in 2004-2005 school year Young veiled women chant slogans as hundreds of Muslims take to the streets in Paris on Saturday to protest the government's plan to ban religious attire in public schools (AP, 1/17/04)..	Young women wear head scarves in the colours of the French flag during a protest Saturday in Paris. The French government's proposed law would ban Muslim head scarves, Jewish skullcaps and large Christian crosses from public schools to keep them secular and avoid religious strife. (AP/Laurent Rebours, 1/17/04)	Eleven-month-old Aya Hamzi is held by her mother in front of a placard reading in Arabic: 'Our sisters in France, we support you,' during a demonstration 17 January 2004 in front of the French Embassy in Beirut against France's decision to ban girls wearing the Islamic headscarf in public schools. . (AFP PHOTO / Joseph BARRAK (AFP/Joseph Barrak)


Queen Ranya of Jordan visiting an earthquake survivor in the Jordanian Hospital, in the Iranian devastated city of Bam. (Annahar, 1/8/04).	The Honduran Minister of Culture, Patrice, resigned in protest to excluding her from attending events in the Presidential Palace by the wife of President Ricardo Madoro. Patrice was the ex-girlfriend of the President. The President wife didn't want to allow them to meet in informal settings again (Alittihad, 1/9/04).	Iranian reform member of parliament, Fatima Rakli, crying while listening to a colleague talking about the decision to bar reformists from re-running for elections. (Assafir 1/16/04).


Martha Stewart's fans may decorate their homes with tips from her lifestyle magazine and cook her recipes, but that devotion is no guarantee they would acquit the trendsetter if picked to serve on her jury. So say legal consultants who, as jury selection for the Stewart trial got under way, predict that jurors' attitudes, personal experiences and values will play a much greater role in Stewart's fate than gender, profession or economic background. Stewart is seen leaving federal court in New York in this June 19, 2003 file photo. (Photo by Peter Morgan/Reuters, 1/7/04).		Andrew Fastow(R), the former chief financial officer of bankrupt energy trader Enron and his wife Lea(L), are negotiating plea bargains that could send the couple to federal prison the Houston Chronicle reported January 7, 2004. Federal prosecutors are discussing a 10-year sentence for Andrew Fastow and a five-month term for Lea Fastow, the newspaper reported citing unnamed sources. The pair is seen leaving the federal courthouse in Houston, Texas in this May 1 file photo. (Photo by Jeff Mitchell/Reuters, 1/8/04).