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Jen Marlowe

Jen Marlowe is a human rights activist, author and filmmaker. Her most recent book is “The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker” (Nation Books, 2011). She is the founder of “donkeysaddle projects”.

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2014 file photo released by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), shows residents of the besieged Palestinian camp of Yarmouk, queuing to receive food supplies, in Damascus, Syria. That year, the U.N. was able to deliver food to about five percent of people in besieged areas including Yarmouk, while today estimates show the organization is reaching less than one percent.(UNRWA via AP, File) (AP)

The Palestine marathon

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Palestinians chant slogans during a demonstration against the chronic power cuts in Jabaliya refugee camp, Northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra) (AP)

The Great Return March and the women of Gaza

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“We lived in constant suffering”: The secret life of a Palestinian refugee

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Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)

“The memories of fear are engraved in their blood”: A family’s life in the rubble of Gaza

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Masked Bahraini youths set up roadblocks in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain. (AP/Hasan Jamali)

The Middle East’s secret revolution

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Egyptian army soldiers inside Tahrir Square, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. The main coalition of youth and opposition groups says it will end its protest in a central Cairo square after they succeeded in ousting longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. But the groups say they will call for weekly demonstrations to maintain pressure on the ruling military to implement democratic reforms. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square

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