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Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

Muralist Francisco Letelier travels to the West Bank to help a Palestinian community confront the Occupation with art.

MAY 14, 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
We Are All at the Border Now

We Are All at the Border Now

Roving reporter Todd Miller, who has published four books exploring the world and its borders, questions the philosophy...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Todd Miller
The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.

MAY 14, 2021 • By Taylor Miller
A Home Across the Azure Sea

A Home Across the Azure Sea

We accompany a family fleeing civil war for safe harbor, in a short story by Aida Y. Haddad.

MAY 14, 2021 • By Todd Miller
Maqloubeh Behind the Wall in Bethlehem

Maqloubeh Behind the Wall in Bethlehem

Chef Fadi Kattan, fed up with walls, Covid and strife with Israel, shares a classic Palestinian recipe.

MAY 14, 2021 • By Ella Shohat
Reviving Hammam Al Jadeed

Reviving Hammam Al Jadeed

Artist Tom Young who divides his time between Beirut and London, paints in Hammam Al Jadid during its...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Tom Young
From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary

From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary

Frances Zaid describes in epistolary fashion the language barriers in her blooming relationship (leading to marriage and kids)...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Frances Zaid
The Labyrinth of Memory

The Labyrinth of Memory

Critic Ziad Suidan meditates on the meaning of the labyrinth and the walls that can separate us but...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Ziad Suidan
Panopticon of Kashmir

Panopticon of Kashmir

Ifat Gazia remembers her native Kashmir and wonders why her family, like countless others, was uprooted, displaced and...

MAY 14, 2021 • By Ifat Gazia
Fever Dreams / Gold Fever

Fever Dreams / Gold Fever

The artist & writer couple known as gethan&myles bought 10,000 euros worth of "lost" or pawned gold jewelry...

APRIL 17, 2021 • By Franck Pourcel
Marseille is the gateway to North Africa

Marseille is the gateway to North Africa

< Poster courtesy of Mucem. “Marseilles has always had close ties with the rest of the Mediterranean basin,...

APRIL 17, 2021 • By
Decisive Moments in Marseille

Decisive Moments in Marseille

Marseille through the lens of photographer Bernard Plossu.

APRIL 17, 2021 • By
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