Anyone keeping up to date with the events in Sheikh Jarrah, even if it be a curious click during their daily media social scroll, is very likely to come across a video, interview, commentary, or tweet of the young writer and activist Mohammed El-Kurd. He and his sister, Muna El-Kurd, have become vibrant voices for Sheikh Jarrah. They are truly fearless grassroots forces in the #SaveSheikhJarrah and #freePalestine movements. As young 23 three-year-olds, both brother and sister are in the thick of it; not limiting their action and resistance to screens, but physically confronting Jewish settlers and Israeli forces in their home and neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah. Despite recent detainment and constant threats of violence and defamation to their property and bodies, they continue to participate in Instagram live sessions, and attend interviews, while unceasingly engaging their massive followings across Twitter and Instagram with first-hand information and from the ground. They advocate for an alternative narrative– the current displacement is a continuation of systematic ethnic cleansing strengthened by myopic historical narratives and continued approval of political policies that disregard international law.
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