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In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom

In East Jerusalem, Palestinian Youth Struggle for Freedom

Mischa Geracoulis reviews the story of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, through the eyes of its youth, as told...

15 MAY 2022 • By Alia Mossallam
Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview

Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Goes the Distance: An Interview

Sheren Falah Saab talks to rapper-activist Tamer Nafar, who calls for joint Palestinian and Israeli "co-resistance" to the...

15 MAY 2022 • By Sarah Ben Hamadi
Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

Palestinian and Israeli: Excerpt from “Haifa Fragments”

khulud khamis [sic], a Slovak-Palestinian writer living in Haifa, shares an excerpt from her novel in which Maisoon...

15 MAY 2022 • By khulud khamis
Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport

Palestinian Filmmaker, Israeli Passport

Jordan Elgrably talks to Palestinian filmmakers with Israeli citizenship to learn about identity and belonging.

15 MAY 2022 • By
Three Poems from Asmaa Azaizeh

Three Poems from Asmaa Azaizeh

Haifa-based poet Asmaa Azaizeh explores personal themes of family, language and memory.

15 MAY 2022 • By Maha Tourbah
Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

Brett Kline reviews the new book by Maurice Ebileeni surveying Palestinian literature from and beyond the homeland.

15 MAY 2022 • By Brett Kline
Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.

11 MAY 2022 • By Neve Gordon
Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Adafina Brings Alive Childhood Memories from Tangier

Writer Yaëlle Azagury recalls childhood lessons she learned from her mother's adafina, a special dish for Shabbat.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Yaëlle Azagury
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking...

15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant
On the Streets of Santiago: a Culture of Wine and Empanadas

On the Streets of Santiago: a Culture of Wine and Empanadas

Contributing editor Francisco Letelier writes from the streets of Chile's capital where the future is just beginning.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Farah Abdessamad
Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo

Not Just Any Rice: Persian Kateh over Chelo

Maryam Mortaz, in a translation by Salar Abdoh, remembers the favored rice of her Iranian childhood.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Maryam Mortaz
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