A native Californian of Arab heritage finds herself returning to Gaza again and again to teach promising students...
14 JULY 2021 • By Diane ShammasHadani Ditmars reviews the new tome from Terreform and AUC Press that gives Gazans hope for a better...
14 JULY 2021 • By Hadani DitmarsKhaled Diab, author of Intimate Enemies: Living with Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land, meditates on the...
14 JULY 2021 • By Khaled DiabThe screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
14 JULY 2021 • By Elana GoldenJenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.
14 JULY 2021 • By Jenine AbboushiCalifornia poet and activist Tony Litwinko reacts to the painted images in "Gaza: Mowing the Lawn" from Jaime...
14 JULY 2021 • By Diane ShammasArt critic Sagi Refael reviews painted images from the 2014 Gaza war that he calls "one of the...
14 JULY 2021 • By Sagi RefaelMischa Geracoulis discovers the film Push and explores the incredible greed and inequity of the speculative housing market.
14 JUNE 2021 • By Mischa GeracoulisOur correspondent in Tunis, Emna Mizouni, reports on the vaccination crisis exacerbated by wasta.
14 JUNE 2021 • By Raja ShehadehNovelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.
14 JUNE 2021 • By Tariq MehmoodBethlehem chef Fadi Kattan recalls the disaster of wasta leading up to Christmas Eve at Fawda restaurant.
14 JUNE 2021 • By Ella ShohatNovelist Samir El-Youssef recalls adolescent challenges and more recent experience where wasta was a necessity.
14 JUNE 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood