To understand Palestine, argues writer-director Annemarie Jacir, you have to go back to the first decades of the...
31 OCTOBER 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who self-immolated to protest the genocide in Gaza, has become a modern Palestinian...
11 JULY 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.
6 JUNE 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
At this year’s Venice Biennale, Palestine looms large, writes Hadani Ditmars.
10 MAY 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars reports on the calls to shut down the Israeli pavilion in the Venice Biennale, and a...
18 MARCH 2024 • By Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars reports on a legendary Palestinian theatre in Jenin that has nine lives and gives hope to...
24 JULY 2023 • By Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars, fresh from a return trip to Iraq, surveys the burgeoning plastic arts scene.
23 MAY 2022 • By Hadani Ditmars
Our columnist compares Arab/Muslim and Jewish humor and finds more in common than one might expect.
15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Columnist Hadani Ditmars recounts meeting strangers at the beach during fire season in British Columbia and finds Syria...
15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and...
15 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
October marks the second anniversary of Iraq’s thawra. The non-violent Tishreen movement continues to demand all the things...
11 OCTOBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 unfolds in televisual real time and yet with...
15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Hadani Ditmars