Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”
Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.
Gaza
Food in Palestine: Five Videos From Nasser Atta
A Palestinian journalist passionate about depicting life across the country, Nasser Atta shares with TMR five food videos.
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.
Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing
Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?
The Vanishing: Are Arab Christians an Endangered Minority?
Hadani Ditmars reviews Janine di Giovanni's ambitious new travelogue on beleaguered Christian communities in Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Egypt.
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.
Heba Hayek’s Gaza Memories
Shereen Malherbe reviews a new book from a first-time Gazan author based in London.
“Guns and Figs” from Heba Hayek’s new Gaza book
TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from the new book Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies, Heba Hayek’s vignettes of a girlhood in Gaza.
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian Mulukhiyah
The food blogger who launched Palestine in a Dish gives us some background on the wonderful green herbalicious recipe known throughout the Arab world.
Fadi Kattan’s Fatteh Ghazawiya الفتة الغزاوية
A Bethlehem chef reaches back to childhood to fish out a family recipe for delicious fatteh he remembers eating in Gaza.
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.
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.
Malak Mattar — Gaza 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.
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.