Art, Music & Culture

New book shows how the PA enriched an elite and normalized occupation

Mayssun Sukarieh
28 March 2012
Globalized Palestine: The National Sell-Out of a Homeland explores the rise of a new Palestinian elite that works together with international organizations against the will of the majority of its compatriots.

Book review: "Patriot Acts" tells shocking stories of post-9/11 injustice

Maureen Clare Murphy
22 March 2012
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice tells the stories of individuals in the United States whose rights have been abused as a result of the racist, Islamophobic backlash and the so-called War on Terror that followed the attacks of 11 September 2001.

Factual errors undermine new book on Hamas

Asa Winstanley
16 March 2012
A new book on the Palestinian political party Hamas fails to accurately analyze the policies of the Islamic resistance movement.

Canada's Zionist lobby exposed in new book

Andrew Stevens
9 March 2012
The Canadian government’s close relationship with the Israel lobby is the topic of a new book on academic freedom.

Stealing a moment in a stolen land: the photography of Katie Ramadan

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
5 March 2012
Katie Ramandan’s collection of photos currently on exhibition in Nazareth explores the meaning of home and the boundaries between private and public space.

New book deconstructs myth that the Zionist left wants peace

Jimmy Johnson
2 March 2012
Anti-Zionist scholar, writer and longtime activist Tikva Honig-Parnass’s new book False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine critically analyzes Israel’s left.

Rebuilt Gaza Music School hopes to reach more children

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
28 February 2012
Sarah, Abdelaziz and Anda have found a welcome distraction from Palestine’s troubles: music. They and 120 other girls and boys are enrolled in the Gaza Music School, a program of the A.M. Qattan Foundation launched in 2008.

Transformation of Palestinian landscape focus of Designing Civic Encounter project

Emily Lawrence
Bethlehem
25 February 2012
A new multidisciplinary project examines how Israeli settlements, a burgeoning neoliberal economy and loss of traditional heritage is quickly transforming Palestine’s landscapes and public spaces.

Radio station aims to empower Palestinian women

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
23 February 2012
Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues.

East Jerusalem cinema reopens after 25 years

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
20 February 2012
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem can once again go to the movies, now that Al Quds Cinema has reopened its doors after being closed for 25 years.

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