Mariam Farah

Mariam Farah is a Palestinian journalist from Haifa.

Recent Articles

Israeli police arrest a Palestinian woman in Karmiel, northern Israel, July 3, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

For Israeli police, humiliating Palestinian women is a tool of collective repression

Political arrests of Palestinian women in Israel — who face strip-searches, blindfolding, and doxxing — aim to send the community a clear message.

By Mariam Farah December 20, 2024

Mourners attend the funeral of children killed by an airstrike in Majdal Shams, occupied Golan Heights, July 29, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

‘The Golan won’t accept any killing or regional war in our victims’ names’

Israel’s exploitation of a rocket attack in Majdal Shams is the latest chapter of the Syrian Jawlan's ‘forgotten occupation,’ says activist Wael Tarabieh.

By Mariam Farah August 16, 2024

Empty seats in Haifa's Sard Theater. (Courtesy)

Palestinian artists stifled as Israel ‘weaponizes fear and fame’

Death threats, arrests, and self-censorship are creating a repressive environment for Palestinian cultural figures and institutions in Israel.

By Mariam Farah April 23, 2024

Palestinian and left-wing student activists hold a memorial service during a rally marking the Nakba anniversary at Tel Aviv University, May 14, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Israeli academia joins the crackdown on dissent

On Israeli campuses, Palestinian and left-wing Jewish students and faculty have been suspended, arrested, and intimidated for their views since Oct. 7

By Mariam Farah December 3, 2023