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They may not always have the visibility of the area’s other ethnic communities, but there are more people of Palestinian descent living in the Chicagoland area than anywhere else in the U.S. 

Hunger strikes are the most desperate form of protest and they seem to be growing in number around the world.In Bahrain, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a prominent political activist, has been on a hunger strike for nearly three months to protest his arrest.

The Greek Coast Guard on Friday intercepted a boat with Illinois protesters heading to the Gaza Strip. Greece reportedly announced it was banning vessels to Gaza from leaving Greek ports. The boat, called the Audacity of Hope, would have helped form a flotilla planned to challenge Israel’s

Juliano Mer-Khamis was the director of The Jenin Freedom Theatre in the West Bank. He founded the organization to help Palestinian children express themselves through the arts.