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Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Sharif Abdel Kouddous has reported from across the Arab world, including Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrain, and Algeria, as well from across the United States and internationally. He received a George Polk Award for his investigation into the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, an Emmy award for his coverage of the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban, and an Izzy Award for his coverage of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. His latest documentary, “The Night Won’t End” investigates the killings of civilians by the Israeli military in Gaza and the role of the United States in the war. Sharif is also a producer of the Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest).
The super-capitalism of today has become an absolute fetter on the development of the productive forces necessary for our species survival
Amidst talk of a potential ceasefire, the Palestinian death toll has passed 815 in Israel’s relentless bombings of the Gaza Strip
More than 240 Palestinians have been killed in air strikes, nearly 77 percent of them civilians, including almost fifty children
Iman, a 24-year-old student at Cairo University, smiled as she walked out of the Tunisian embassy in Zamalek and proudly held up…