How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town
Bethlehem native and novelist Karim Kattan reviews the new book by Jacob Norris that tells the 19th century story of the town's evolution.
Tag: Palestine
TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh
Amal Ghandour, of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian author and lawyer Raja Shehadeh on his new book, a memoir about his father.
In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir
Amal Ghandour reviews the new book from the author of "Palestinian Walks," "Occupation Diaries" and "Strangers in the House."
Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Malu Halasa tells the story of refugees seeking asylum in Britain who brave the dangerous waters of the English Channel.
More Photographs Taken From The Pocket of a Dead Arab
Filmmaker and educator Saeed Taji Farouky argues that the Palestine of memories is often the only Palestine we have.
Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Anam Raheem spent five years working in Gaza and the West Bank, and felt herself at home among the Palestinians who befriended her.
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
In her Sudden Journeys column for February, Jenine Abboushi unfurls the Jordanian desert and mountains in the Wadi Feynan.
Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of Fauda Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
Paris-based critic Brett Kline finds that the latest season of "Fauda" lacks in verisimilitude what it makes up for in violence.
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art
Malu Halasa reviews 12 of 40 Palestinian, Arab and international artists showing in the third annual Ramallah Art Fair.
Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s Exhibition for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine
Jordan Elgrably tours the MO.CO exhibition in Montpellier devoted to the people of Chile, Sarajevo and Palestine.
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.
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3
In the final installment of her three-part travel series on Israel/Palestine, Jenine Abboushi tours Hebron, Nablus and Jenin.
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 trauma.
“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
A family mysteriously disintegrates while violence permeates the valley in which they reside.
Fragile Freedom, Fragile States in the Muslim World
I. Rida Mahmood observes that while people in Iran and Arab countries are roiling for more equality and freedom, they are not taking any cues from the west.