Art, Music & Culture

Cruelty of Israel's Cast Lead assault captured by new documentary

Daryl Meador
6 June 2013

Where Should the Birds Fly features ten-year-old’s chilling observation that Palestinian victims “mean nothing” to Israel.

Annemarie Jacir's must-see "When I Saw You" grapples with growing up after '67 war

Sarah Irving
3 June 2013

Annemarie Jacir’s new film When I Saw You features superb acting and a groovy soundtrack.

Memoir challenges stereotypes of Arab women

Sarah Irving
31 May 2013

Anbara Salam Khalidi’s newly-translated book documents her life spanning three periods of colonialism.

Roads to ending Israeli apartheid envisioned in new book

Rod Such
28 May 2013

Denying the Nakba is a central tenet in Israeli supremacy, according to essays in Pretending Democracy.

Sexuality and gender taboos challenged by Haifa project

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
24 May 2013

“Singing Sexuality” aims to create safe space to raise tough questions within Palestinian society.

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.

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