Hamas Pushes Islamization of Gaza - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Abeer Ayyoub

Abeer Ayyoub

Feb 4, 2013

A Palestinian woman walks past a clothing store in the West Bank city of Ramallah September 4, 2012. Palestinian dreams of building a powerful economy to speed their drive towards independence could soon be plunged into darkness. The cash-strapped government of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority, is so behind with its bills that an Israeli electricity supplier has threatened to cut the power unless they pay outstanding debt of almost $80 million. Picture taken September 4, 2012. To match Feat — A Palestinian woman walks past a clothing store in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sept. 4, 2012. — REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Palestinian women attend a rally in Gaza City to show solidarity with prisoners held in Israeli jails May 3, 2012. A hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners against Israel's jail policies has swollen in weeks from a protest by a handful to a national movement with around 1,400 participants. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR31JO6

Islamization in Gaza Erodes Women's Rights

Asmaa al-Ghoul

Palestinian runner Worood Maslaha, 20, stretches as she practises with her trainer Saher Jura (unseen) at a field belonging to her family in the West Bank village of Asira Ash-Shamaliya near Nablus March 27, 2012. Four Palestinians will participate in the London Olympics and joining Maslaha will be Gaza runner Bahaa al-Farra, Cairo-based swimmer Ahmed Jabreel and swimmer Sabeen Kharyoon from Bethlehem. Picture taken March 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS ATHLETICS) - RTR3001Q

Hamas Bars Women From Gaza Marathon

Abeer Ayyoub

In Istanbul, reporting on Palestine

University's new dress code makes waves in Egypt

Menna A. Farouk

Menna A. Farouk

Hamas visits Gaza schools to promote hijab

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict