Palestine

Ojalá: Toward an Illiteracy of Liberation

Ojalá: Toward an Illiteracy of Liberation

In the wake of the genocide in Gaza, a Palestinian writer loses her words — until she finds...

6 MARCH 2026 • By Sarah Aziza
“Sara”—a short story

“Sara”—a short story

Palestinian writer Majd Aburrub dissects the exquisite loneliness of losing one's mother tongue.

6 MARCH 2026 • By Majd Aburrub
Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad’s Floodlines

Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad’s Floodlines

Our reviewer examines the Arab melancholy at the heart of Saleem Haddad’s second novel.

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Layla AlAmmar
Two New Books Show How Gaza Changed the World

Two New Books Show How Gaza Changed the World

For Avi Shlaim and Gilbert Achcar, the genocide in Gaza is a turning point, one from which there...

13 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Stolen Nation: An Argument for Palestinian Reparations

Stolen Nation: An Argument for Palestinian Reparations

Lena El-Malak’s Stolen Nation is a robust examination of a neglected aspect of the Palestinian “question": reparations.

6 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Selma Dabbagh
Small Moments and Their Much Larger Meaning

Small Moments and Their Much Larger Meaning

In "This Arab Life," Amal Ghandour looks at the absurdity of Trump's so-called "Board of Peace" for Gaza.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
“Tiny Suns”—a short story

“Tiny Suns”—a short story

Danger looms over this story, set in pre-Nakba Palestine, as a mother, distrustful of a foreigner's presence, tends...

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Sahar Mustafah
Jewish Supremacy and the Making of Genocide in Gaza

Jewish Supremacy and the Making of Genocide in Gaza

In today's dissonant reality, many countries feel like they need protection from Israel.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Sheryl Ono
Not Even the Dead Rest in Palestine

Not Even the Dead Rest in Palestine

Israeli settlement plans threaten a monastery, green spaces, and even a cemetery.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By A Mom from Bethlehem
How Can Palestinians and Israelis Live Together?

How Can Palestinians and Israelis Live Together?

Raja Shehadeh offers a simple but impossible answer to this simple but impossible question: "And yet we must."

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Raja Shehadeh
With Hasan in Gaza: Salvaged Palestine

With Hasan in Gaza: Salvaged Palestine

Kamal Aljafari's new-old film historicizes Gaza in its demise.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Jim Quilty
In Two New Books, Palestinian Writing Bears Witness

In Two New Books, Palestinian Writing Bears Witness

Palestinian artists have long turned their people’s struggle into vibrant expression.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Gabriel Polley
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