A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story
Dalia Hatuqa reviews an intimate account of the "Jaba Bus" deaths that illuminates the harsh reality of living under Israeli occupation.
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Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine
Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."
The End of the Palestinian State? Jenin Is Only the Beginning
Yousef M. Aljamal surmises renewed attacks on Jenin signal Israel's intention to end Palestinian hopes for statehood.
“Holy Land”—short fiction from Asim Rizki
Amal, a student who lives in a Palestinian refugee camp, takes up drama as an outlet for the Occupation blues, but is dealt a sad surprise.
Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?
Nora Ounnas Leroy reviews the Palestine collection in MO.CO's "Museums in Exile" exhibition, in Montpellier through Feb. 5, 2023.
“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
A Palestinian family mysteriously disintegrates while violence permeates the valley in which they reside.
“The Peacock” — a story by Sahar Mustafah
A Palestinian woman battles both the patriarchy and the occupation to free herself from the toxic jurisdiction men have claimed over her.
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.
Killing Olive Trees Fails to Push Palestinians Out
Olive trees are majestic, they are the source of many livelihoods throughout Palestine, and they have too often been slashed and torched by Israeli settlers. Olive trees should never be pawns in a political supremacy game. Basil al-Adraa reports.
Poetry: Mohammed El-Kurd’s Rifqa Reviewed
India Hixon Radfar reviews the first collection of poetry from Palestinian firebrand Mohammed El-Kurd.
Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?
Taylor Miller explores the aesthetics of gentrification and the "settler colonial hydra that continually displaces, erases, and reinscribes Palestinian space."
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.
Panopticon of Kashmir
Ifat Gazia on her native Kashmir wonders why her family was uprooted, displaced and forced to live like homeless people in their own land.
The Road to Jerusalem, Then and Now
Palestinian attorney and a founder of the human rights organization Al-Haq, Raja Shehadeh takes us on a journey of memory and history, from Ramallah to Jerusalem.