Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?
The world may be driving us crazy, but sharing our stories across cultures and borders is one way to hang on to our sanity.
Palestine
Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
The artist and writer from Palestine has a universal vision to bring people together across boundaries and borders.
Sulafa Zidani: “Three Buses and the Rhythm of Remembering”
Riding the bus down memory lane, a Palestinian American scholar of digital culture at MIT recalls her time in Jerusalem and Haifa.
Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
The filmmaker behind "Tell Spring Not to Come This Year" and "A Thousand Fires" journeys with Mohammad Bakri to find home.
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”
A short story of international love from the author of the Gaza novel "Out of It."
Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
The co-directors of Combatants for Peace, ex-Palestinian and Israeli fighters, invite readers to attend on May 15th.
Green Almonds in Ramallah
Palestinian-Californian cook and author Wafa Shami ecstatically recalls the youthful joy of eating green almonds.
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London
London-based journalist Layla Maghribi recalls her family dinners in Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian culinary traditions.
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s Huda’s Salon
A new film depicts the treachery of being Palestinian living under the Israeli Occupation Forces in Bethlehem.
U.S. Sanctions Russia for its Invasion of Ukraine; Now Sanction Israel for its Occupation of Palestine
Two Jewish activists decry hypocrisy when it comes to condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine but not Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”
Letter from the Editor: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine seen from European and Middle Eastern Vantage Points
Three Levantine Tales
Writer, translator and artist Nouha Hamad tells three tales passed down as family legend connecting the 19th and 20th centuries.
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest
Jenine Abboushi inaugurates a new monthly column with a story about a prominent family that lost everything in Palestine.
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi
Ramzy Baroud writes of a whole generation of Palestinians in the West Bank who are caught up in an impossible dilemma.
Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?
Jordan Elgrably reviews the new film from the Nasser brothers, starring Hiam Abbass and Salim Daw.