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Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq

Israel is Today’s Sparta: Middle East Wars Viewed from Iraq

Somewhere in Tehran, a child feels the same incomprehensible terror as foreign missiles fall, just as the writer...

JUNE 20, 2025 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Arrested and Rearrested: Palestinian Women in the West Bank

Arrested and Rearrested: Palestinian Women in the West Bank

Since October 7, Palestinian women in the West Bank have experienced increasing intimidation, imprisonment and violence.

MAY 16, 2025 • By Lynzy Billing
Yassini Girls—a Powerful Yet Flawed Account of Historical Trauma

Yassini Girls—a Powerful Yet Flawed Account of Historical Trauma

Natasha Tynes reviews a Palestinian novel that thoughtfully examines intergenerational trauma, making it an insightful and worthwhile read.

JANUARY 31, 2025 • By Natasha Tynes
Israel’s Black Panthers by Asaf Elia-Shalev—a Review

Israel’s Black Panthers by Asaf Elia-Shalev—a Review

In the 1970s Israel's Black Panthers rocked the establishment and brought the rampant discrimation against Arab Jews to...

JULY 19, 2024 • By Ilan Benattar
The Palestine Laboratory and Gaza: An Excerpt

The Palestine Laboratory and Gaza: An Excerpt

Antony Loewenstein, winner of Australia's highest journalism award, presents his latest exploration of Israel and Palestine.

DECEMBER 4, 2023 • By Antony Loewenstein
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series

Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.

OCTOBER 16, 2023 • By Rasha Al Jundi
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition

Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition

For eight years, a blind Palestinian school principal has resisted persistent Israeli efforts to drive his family out...

APRIL 24, 2023 • By Nora Lester Murad
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer in Haifa, reviews the family memoir that evokes nearly a century of Palestinian...

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By Diana Buttu
From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...

NOVEMBER 29, 2021 • By TMR
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