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Three stories published every Friday

Together for Palestine — Truly Historic

At Brian Eno’s concert, 150 artists and 12,500 attendees raised funds for Gaza and called for sanctions against Israel.

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By TMR

The Silencing of Algeria

Six years after the Hirak mass protest movement in Algeria in 2019, an atmosphere of fear and silence continues to loom over the country.

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ilhem Rachidi

How the Media Fails Armenia and Palestine

A new book examines the history of colonization and the ongoing parallels between the conflicts in Artsakh and the Gaza Strip.

19 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Gabriel Polley

Reading the Landscape: Cultural Clues and Regime Messages in Iran

Iran attempts to woo a weary populace with exhibitions, billboards, and even promises that past transgressions can be forgotten and forgiven.

12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Raha Nik-Andish

Reading The Orchards of Basra

The Orchards of Basra weaves together elements of dreams, memory, and forgotten philosophy, insisting that some stories cannot be silenced.

12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Jacob Wirtschafter

New Documentaries from Palestine, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iran

New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the big screen.

12 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Yassin El-Moudden

September World Picks from the Editors

Literary conversations, films, exhibitions, concerts and several new recommended books for September to add to your reading list.

29 AUGUST 2025 • By TMR

Once Upon a Time in Gaza Wants to Be an Indie Western

The new feature from the Nasser brothers takes place in the context of Gaza's siege, but well before the present-day genocide.

29 AUGUST 2025 • By Karim Goury

Palestinian Cartographies—a review of Mapping My Return

Maps are narratives of the past, present, and future, powerful chronicles of presence and absence, ownership and theft, truth and lies.

29 AUGUST 2025 • By Mai Al-Nakib

From Stitch to Symbol: The Power of Palestinian Tatreez

Palestinian embroidery is dynamic, and artists, designers, and makers are constantly finding new ways to innovate and reinterpret it.

22 AUGUST 2025 • By Joanna Barakat

Body Shaming—Woes of the Motherland

How do you practice self-acceptance the next time your mother admonishes you over a cookie or your body in general?

22 AUGUST 2025 • By Lina Mounzer

Arabic Was the Guest at This Year’s Avignon Festival

Arabic, France’s second-most spoken language, was featured at this year’s Avignon Festival, but is Arabic still the outsider's tongue?

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Georgina Van Welie
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