Rothschild, Jon

Khamsin is named after a scorching desert wind that has its source in Upper Egypt and, according to popular legend, scalds the Middle East for fifty days a year. It was founded in 1975 by a group of anti-Zionist Israelis and Arabs united in their socialist vision and opposition to economic exploitation, political domination and social oppression. Independent of all organised political tendencies, it is a forum for discussion of all the crucial issues of Middle Eastern politics.