Gaza

“A Love That Endures”: How Tamer and Sabreen Defied War and Death

“A Love That Endures”: How Tamer and Sabreen Defied War and Death

In Gaza, where airstrikes define life, two lovers still find a way to connect in a landscape scarred...

25 JULY 2025 • By Husam Maarouf
Hiding From Dragons—a short story set in Gaza

Hiding From Dragons—a short story set in Gaza

A magical realism short story exploring the horrific daily experiences of the Palestinian people and the radicalizing influence...

18 JULY 2025 • By Richie Billing
“Silence is Not the Way”—Arab Writers Against Israel’s Genocide

“Silence is Not the Way”—Arab Writers Against Israel’s Genocide

When one poet declines to participate on the international stage in Edinburgh, supporters of Palestinian human rights are...

18 JULY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
Taqi Spateen Paints Palestine Museum Mural of Aaron Bushnell

Taqi Spateen Paints Palestine Museum Mural of Aaron Bushnell

Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who self-immolated to protest the genocide in Gaza, has become a modern Palestinian...

11 JULY 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza

Nasser Rabah on Poetry and Gaza

Gaza's senior poet Nasser Rabah presents two poems from his first collected works in English, new from City...

4 JULY 2025 • By Nasser Rabah
Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

A Gaza writer's creative, hopeful sister struggles to get her degree and build a family in the midst...

30 MAY 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide

23 Hours Inside State Dept. Press Briefings on the Gaza Genocide

The curator of the "Art of the Palestinian Poster" exhibition interviews two documentarians on their film "A Bunch...

23 MAY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
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.

16 MAY 2025 • By Lynzy Billing
Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Algerian-French Author Kamel Daoud on the Defensive

Embattled Algerian-French author Kamel Daoud won France’s most prestigious literary prize for a story he is accused of...

16 MAY 2025 • By Lara Vergnaud
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025...

9 MAY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
A Kashmiri in Cashmere

A Kashmiri in Cashmere

After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement,...

2 MAY 2025 • By Nafeesa Syeed
The Pen and the Sword — Censorship Threatens Us All

The Pen and the Sword — Censorship Threatens Us All

Anna Badkhen argues that the moral bankruptcy of American intellectuals…will only kick us down the hole deeper, faster.

2 MAY 2025 • By Anna Badkhen
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