Art, Music & Culture

Prisoners who starved for art honored by Gaza show

Joe Catron
Gaza City
21 May 2013

Abdelfattah Abu Jahil won the “right” to use paintbrushes after living on salt and water for 79 days.

Walking tours highlight West Bank's shrinking landscape

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Deir Ghassaneh
20 May 2013

Hikers risk being attacked if they come close to Israeli settlements.

Graphic novels tell stories of Palestinian youths arrested on spurious grounds

Daryl Meador
Ramallah
6 May 2013

One participant in Palestine Through Graphics was interrogated for 12 hours; her “crime” involved dropping a piece of paper in an Israeli-owned store.

Five Pillars of Islam inspire humanitarian message in new bilingual poetry collection

Sarah Irving
1 May 2013

Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian poet raised in Damascus and now living in Britain, teamed up with Scottish literary figure Tessa Ransford.

Palestinian children unite in song

Joe Catron
Gaza City
26 April 2013

Satellite helps connect refugee children across the Middle East.

A punchy and provocative "guide book" to Gaza

David Cronin
15 April 2013

Veteran Irish author Dervla Murphy believes Israel is allergic to talking honestly about justice.

Box set marks top Palestinian oud players' first decade

Sarah Irving
12 April 2013

Discs capture the Trio Joubran’s sibling affection, as well as their moments of introspection.

Cairo remains dependent on US aid, says scholar of Egyptian foreign policy

Sarah Irving
Edinburgh
10 April 2013

Making Egypt more critical towards Israel requires a “structural change” within Egypt itself.

Book review: Rashid Khalidi shows how US got hired as Israel's lawyer

Rod Such
7 April 2013

American diplomats were so eager to please Israel that they became “more royalist than the King.”

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