Making a Film in Gaza
The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
Jenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.
California poet and activist Tony Litwinko reacts to the painted images in "Gaza: Mowing the Lawn" from Jaime Scholnick.
Art critic Sagi Refael reviews painted images from the 2014 Gaza war that he calls "one of the most significant politically-charged art series of recent years."
Our correspondent in Tunis, Emna Mizouni, reports on the vaccination crisis exacerbated by wasta.
Author and attorney Raja Shehadeh recounts the legend of Ramallah's ritzy neighborhood, designed for heroes of the Palestinian Authority.
Mischa Geracoulis discovers the film Push and explores the incredible greed and inequity of the speculative housing market.
Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.
Bethlehem chef Fadi Kattan recalls the disaster of wasta leading up to Christmas Eve at Fawda restaurant.
Novelist Samir El-Youssef recalls adolescent challenges and more recent experience where wasta was a necessity.
After surviving an Egyptian prison and obtaining asylum in the United States, Ahmed Naji contemplates wasta and standing in line.
In which C.S. Layla, the American daughter of a Jordanian professor, remembers life and wasta in the old country.