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Habib, who captained the all-women’s Gaza flotilla in 2016, was recently detained again while leading The Conscience as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

She says witnessing suffering compels her to act: “Once your eyes have been opened, it’s very difficult to close them again.”

Despite risks and detentions, Habib vows to continue sailing in solidarity with Palestinians until the Gaza blockade is broken.

“For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves!”-Friedrich Nietzsche

In a world bound by conventions, a rare few like Madeleine Habib choos

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