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Why PALESTINE?
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2 February 2026

Why PALESTINE?

What could be more central to any discussion of peace and justice than Palestinian freedom and sovereignty in our lifetimes?

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Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, finally free after 32 years in Israeli prisons, speaks to interviewer Rebecca Ruth Gould.

30 January 2026 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
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<em>Behind the Seen</em>: Mona Hatoum on Art and Palestine

Behind the Seen: Mona Hatoum on Art and Palestine

Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum keeps returning to the same questions: How is space regulated, surveilled, and colonized? And what remains concealed?

30 January 2026 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans

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