Fatima AbdulKarim

Fatima AbdulKarim is a journalist based in Ramallah. Twitter @FatiabdulFatima

Recent Articles

Palestinian mourners and gunmen attend the funeral of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli military raid in Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarem, October 20, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel’s war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing

With army incursions and airstrikes deepening Palestinian resentment, Israel’s violent campaign in the West Bank is driving recruitment for militant groups.

By Fatima AbdulKarim August 14, 2024

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh gestures to the crowd as he takes part in a rally marking the 28th anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City, December 14, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

From Gaza to Ramallah, Haniyeh remembered as advocate of national unity

The assassinated leader was a proponent of Hamas’ political engagement and pursued Palestinian reconciliation at home and in exile, admirers say.

By Fatima AbdulKarim and Mohammed R. Mhawish August 1, 2024

Paintings from Gaza on display at "This is Not an Exhibition" in the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, occupied West Bank. (Fatima AbdulKarim)

‘You could be looking at the last surviving works by Gaza’s artists’

An exhibition in the West Bank attempts both to capture and counteract the erasure of Palestinian life and culture in Gaza, even as its artists are killed.

By Fatima AbdulKarim May 16, 2024

Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip who were detained in Israel since October 7 arrive at the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan patients and workers still stranded in West Bank four months on

With Israel revoking their permits after October 7 and sealing the Strip, thousands of Palestinians do not know when they’ll see their families again.

By Fatima AbdulKarim February 23, 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Ramallah, January 31, 2023. (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain)

Fed up with absent leadership, Palestinians yearn for political unity

While the PA tries to assert itself in Gaza’s ‘day after,’ its inability to confront Israeli attacks has brought its legitimacy to an all-time low in the West Bank.

By Fatima AbdulKarim January 4, 2024

Palestinian Greek Orthodox Christians attend a Christmas Eve Mass, led by Greek Orthodox Archbishop Alexios at St. Porphyrios Church in Gaza City, January 7, 2022. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

Palestinian Christians in Gaza fear being ‘swept under the rubble or into the desert’

Hundreds of Gaza’s Christian families are either sheltering in a church or have fled south, marking Christmas only as another day of Israel’s deadly assault.

By Fatima AbdulKarim December 28, 2023

Palestinians protest against Israel in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, October 18, 2023. (Flash90)

As Gaza war rages, West Bank faces violent collective punishment

With all eyes on Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are beginning to seethe, caught between outrage at the strip's destruction, spiraling Israeli settler and army violence, and silence from their leaders.

By Fatima AbdulKarim October 19, 2023

Mustafa Hammad, Farkha's mayor, on the farm by his house, January 10, 2023. (Ahmad Al-Bazz)

The Palestinian ecovillage putting grassroots democracy into action

In the West Bank community of Farkha, a young communist leadership is championing feminism, sustainability, and care for elders.

By Fatima AbdulKarim January 10, 2023

The entrance to Laylak cafe, Dheisheh refugee camp. (Fatima AbdulKarim)

The cafe where Palestinian children look out for each other

Supported by DCI-Palestine, teens in Dheisheh refugee camp are creating a space for their peers to bond and learn amid the violence of occupation.

By Fatima AbdulKarim October 3, 2022

Palestinian gunmen take part in the funeral of two Palestinians who were shot dead by Israeli security forces, during their funeral in Jenin, in the West Bank, March 31, 2022. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

How a resurrected militia is defying Israeli and Palestinian rulers

In Jenin and Nablus, members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades are uniting with other factions to challenge Israel and the Palestinian Authority, as more young fighters from refugee camps take up the mantle of armed resistance.

By Fatima AbdulKarim and Dalia Hatuqa August 11, 2022