Dareen Tatour

Why doesn't Dareen Tatour get the same attention as Ahed Tamimi?

Ahed Tamimi and Dareen Tatour are equally heroic Palestinians, and both have an important message for the world. But only one of these voices does not get the recognition it deserves.

Israeli court slaps Palestinian poet with five-month jail term

An Israeli court on Tuesday slapped prominent Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour with a five-month jail term for “inciting terrorism” on social-networking platforms.

Israel convicts Palestinian poet of inciting violence with social posts

Dareen Tatour, 36, said after the hearing that she would appeal the ruling. In 2015, she posted lines from her poem on Facebook, which read, “Resist, my people, resist them. Resist the settlers' robbery and follow the caravan of martyrs.”