Nora Lester Murad

Nora Lester Murad, PhD, is a writer of fiction and commentary living in Jerusalem, Palestine. Her blog, The View From My Window in Palestine, addresses international aid, philanthropy and daily life under military occupation. She has published in The Guardian, ODI’s Development Progress, Mondoweiss, WhyDev, HowMatters, Electronic Intifada, This Week in Palestine, Arabic Literature in English, and more. A co-founder of Dalia Association, Nora is now among the cadre of loyal volunteers.

 

Nora Lester Murad, PhD, is a writer of fiction and commentary living in Jerusalem, Palestine. Her blog, The View From My Window in Palestine, addresses international aid, philanthropy and daily life under military occupation. She has published in The Guardian, ODI’s Development Progress, Mondoweiss, WhyDev, HowMatters, Electronic Intifada, This Week in Palestine, Arabic Literature in English, and more. A co-founder of Dalia Association, Nora is now among the cadre of loyal volunteers.

 
 
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An alternative to international aid

By: Nora Lester Murad
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Nora Lester Murad describes a new alternative to international aid and domestic charity for Palestine; community directed funds

No shortage of international complicity with Israeli occupation

By: Nora Lester Murad

Aid to Palestine is essentially palliative, intended to maintain a status quo. From that vantage point, aid seems to be remarkably complicit with continued Israeli ...

 

 

 

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