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Essays

4 October, 2024 • Lina Mounzer

A Year of War Without End

In the guise of an editorial, senior editor Lina Mounzer struggles to find the words to describe the horror of the past year, and hopelessness as we confront endless war.

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4 October, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Visuals and Voices: Palestine Will Not Be a Palimpsest

After a year of the war on Gaza, signs and symbols, art, and visuals from and about Palestine are still being banned, dismissed, or ignored.

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4 October, 2024 • Stuart Bailie

Shamrocks & Watermelons: Palestine Politics in Belfast

Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of Northern Ireland. 

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4 October, 2024 • Samina Najmi

The Spark of Your Story, Ode to Aaron Bushnell

Honoring the memory of US serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who died for truth and justice in protest of US aid to Israel.

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4 October, 2024 • Viola Shafik

Depictions of Genocide: The Un-Imaginable Visibility of Extermination

A bleak and sobering account for those who may still have wanted to believe in the enlightening power of the image.

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6 September, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Featured Artists: “Barred From Home”

Refugee camps, control, and dispossessed lives by artists Heba Tannous, Mahmoud Alhaj, Tayseer Barakat, Alaa Albaba, and photographer Iason Athnasiadis.

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6 September, 2024 • Maha Al Aswad, Rana Asfour

Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose works have been vastly overlooked.

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6 September, 2024 • Omar Zahzah

Meta’s Community Standards as a Tool of Digital/Settler-Colonialism

Omar Zahzah argues that Meta censors free speech for Palestine because it is a US dominant corporate platform that takes support for Israel for granted.

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6 September, 2024 • Stephen Rohde

Forget Social Media—Government is the Real Threat to Freedom

The most dangerous gatekeepers aren’t social media platforms, but local, state and federal governments dictating what we can read and say.

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6 September, 2024 • Nektaria Anastasiadou

Who Decides What Makes for Authentic Middle East Fiction?

In Nektaria Anastasiadou's experience, agents, publishers and editors often have peculiar ideas about what constitutes Middle East fiction.

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6 September, 2024 • Ammiel Alcalay

My Life Among the Gatekeepers

Ammiel Alcalay writes of the gatekeepers who have affected every aspect of his writing, cultural, and public life.

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23 August, 2024 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Beyond Rubble—Cultural Heritage and Healing After Disaster

Art, activism, archaeology, and archiving are crucial for rebuilding and healing cities by combining the past and present.

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16 August, 2024 • Dana El Saleh

Meditations on Palestinian Exile and Return

The essence of Palestinian resilience, survival, and resistance is rooted in dispossession, as noted by Dana El Saleh.

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9 August, 2024 • Zêdan Xelef

SPECIAL KURDISH ISSUE: From Kurmanji to English, an Introduction to Selim Temo

To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Selim Temo's "Nightlands," we present an introductory essay and two poems from the Pinsapo Press edition.

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12 July, 2024 • Brahim El Guabli

Morocco’s Bīylmawn Festival and the Threat of Cultural Attrition

The Bīylmawn festival has recently made a comeback but not everyone is pleased with the highly stylized and artistically reimagined carnival.

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