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Jad Salfiti

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Covers:  Palestine, LGBTQ+, human rights, culture
🇬🇧🇵🇸 British-Palestinian independent journalist

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Jad Salfiti is a British-Palestinian journalist and writer based between London and Berlin. He grew up spending summers in Palestine while brought up in Northern England. In his 20s, he wrote extensively on the intersection of culture and politics. In the lead-up to the 2023 war on Gaza, he covered top-down cancellations, banned pro-Palestine protests and legal battles with the German authorities. His written work has appeared in The Guardian, Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, Economist, Sc…

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Politik : Queer und palästinensisch: Zwischen Identitäten und Vorurteilen nach dem CSD-Anschlag

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By Jad Salfiti
| Der Freitag Verified
Als queerer Palästinenser in Berlin beschreibt der Autor, wie nach dem Anschlag auf die CSD-Parade die Opfer schnell in den Hintergrund gerieten. Statt Mitgefühl dominierte politische Instrumentalisierung die Berichterstattung. Warum? Von Je lauter über den Täter gesprochen wurde, desto leiser wurden die Stimmen der Betroffenen Am Nachmittag der CSD-Parade am 25. Juli lief ich mit meinen Freunden hinter dem Madonna-Festwagen her. Rechts von mir feuerte ein Mann eine Konfettikanone in die Luft.
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What Zohran Mamdani's suit tells us about the man and the way society is changing

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By Jad Salfiti
| MSN UK Verified
Growing up in London in the 00s, I was surrounded by suits. On City boys darting around the Square Mile. In Hyde Park, where Arab dads in baggy suits kicked footballs with their children in honeyed light. At school, where cheap grey suits were our uniform. The suit has always been a costume of seriousness that signals powerfulness and performance; all the things I was apparently supposed to want if I ever intended to become a “man”.
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Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People

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By Jad Salfiti
| The Nation Verified
Society / December 5, 2025 Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.” Ad Policy People participate in the Queer Liberation March in New York City on June 29, 2025.
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