When War is Just Another Name for Murder
Political scientist and historian Norman G. Finkelstein discusses the early history of Israel's blockade of Gaza, laying bare the roots of the conflict that continues until today.
Category: TMR 11 • GAZA
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”
There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does in this excerpt from Selma Dabbagh's novel on Gaza.
Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art
Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging artists.
Malak Mattar — Artist and Survivor
TMR's editor Jordan Elgrably talks to young Malak Mattar in Gaza, who has survived massive state violence and begun a promising career in art.
The Gaza Mythologies
Historian and thinker Ilan Pappe deconstructs three problematic myths about Gaza and Hamas in this except from his book Ten Myths About Israel.
“Sumud” — the Gazan Secret to Survival
The Palestinians of Gaza continue to survive despite incredible odds.
The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth
Mischa Geracoulis joins filmmaker Yung Chang and the late muckraker Robert Fisk in asking us to think about the semantics of war and how it is reported.
No Exit
Who in the west has survived a childhood, adolescence and adult years under the bombs, where no place is safe? Allam Zedan shares his story.
Gaza, You and Me
A Palestinian student in Gaza and a Palestinian doing post-doctoral work in the States compare their experience of the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict.
Poem: Bombs Do Not Discriminate
A young Gazan student who finished high school in Norway and looks forward to university in the US finds himself under the bombs in Gaza in May 2021.
Poem: Letter to the Americans
If a Gazan were to write an open letter to the Americans, whose government helps underwrite Israel's war machine, this is what it might say.
Alive in Gaza
Ramzy Baroud tells the story of an American solidarity activist who went to Gaza and wound up living there for years.