Fatima AbdulKarim

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

Recent Articles
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
Palestinians walk through the kilometer-long caged terminal through the "no-go zone" between Israel's Erez Crossing and Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, December 18, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills)
A walk through Israel’s ever-evolving checkpoint regime
The Erez Crossing into Gaza brought back memories of how, from Allenby to Qalandiya, Israel is constantly redesigning its structures of domination.
By Fatima AbdulKarim June 3, 2022
Palestinian residents of the West Bank town of Beita hold nightly protests against the settlement of Eviatar built on their lands, June 29, 2021. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)
The women at the heart of Beita’s resistance
For 100 days, Palestinians from Beita camped on a mountain to disrupt the rebuilding of an Israeli settler outpost. Meet the women who made it possible.
By Fatima AbdulKarim April 20, 2022
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