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Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib defeated her Republican opponent in Michigan’s 12th congressional district election, securing a fourth term as the only Palestinian-American woman in the US Congress.
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar won re-election by comfortable margins and the rest of the party are fighting for their lives in these states.
Her victory comes amid the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians so far and has been diplomatically and militarily supported by the Biden-Harris administration for more than a year.
Tlaib has been a vocal critic of the war, calling for the US to withhold weapons from Israel.
Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.
Embroidery is not merely a handicraft. It is a timeless heritage embodied in every stitch of thread and needle, proudly sharing the authenticity of our generations with the world.
Fadwa Tuqan (1917-2003) was one of the most important Palestinian poets of the 20th century. Born in Nablus to a prominent Palestinian family, she was known as the “Poet of Palestine” because her poetry provided a strong foundation for exploring women’s experiences of love, revolution, and protest against society.
Fadwa Tuqan received her education only up to the primary level, as her family considered women’s participation in public life unacceptable. She left school and continued her education independently. Later, she studied under her brother, the renowned Palestinian poet Ibrahim Tuqan, who nurtured her talents and guided her towards writing poetry.
He encouraged her to publish in numerous Arab newspapers and called her “Umm Tammam” (Mother of Tammam). Mahmoud Darwish later dubbed her “Umm al-Shi’r al-Filastini” (Mother of Palestinian Poetry).
Although she signed her early poems with the pen name “Dananeer,” a name derived from a slave girl’s name, her favorite pseudonym was “al-Mutawwaqa” (the Encircled One) because it contained a double entendre, a subtle and eloquent allusion to the poet’s specific circumstances. The word “Matawwaqa” means her affiliation with the well-known Touqan family, and at the same time symbolizes her circumstances in a traditional, unforgiving society.
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