Art, Music & Culture

Israel lobby's machinations on Iran probed in new book

Rod Such
21 February 2012
Trita Parsi’s A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran is an exhaustive account of what happened to Obama’s campaign pledge towards Iran, particularly after the Israeli government and its lobby in the United States challenged the very notion of diplomacy.

Debut novel unflinchingly portrays Palestinian divisions

Maureen Clare Murphy
9 February 2012
In Selma Dabbagh’s debut novel Out of It, 27-year-old twin misfits Iman and Rashid Mujahed try to find belonging in a contemporary Gaza groaning under Israeli siege and air strikes, and street battles between competing political factions.

"Words flower from fragile bodies": the poignant poetry of Lisa Suheir Majaj

Patricia Sarrafian Ward
6 February 2012
Poet Lisa Suheir Majaj writes exquisitely of the profound personal and collective loss that defines Palestinian history in her book, Geographies of Light.

New documentary presents shallow view of Arafat

Sarah Irving
1 February 2012
A new documentary on Yasser Arafat accesses big-name Palestinian figures but wastes an opportunity to provide an in-depth look at the late leader.

Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack

Alexander Billet
24 January 2012
Hesham Alofoq (aka Sphinx) of the Egyptian hip-hop group Arabian Knightz speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the history of hip-hop in Egypt and the Middle East, the future of the Egyptian uprising, and the role that music plays in the revolt.

Delegitimizing discrimination: struggle of Palestinians in Israel focus of new book

Rod Such
4 January 2012
Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination, and Democracy by Ben White links the struggle of Palestinians within Israel with those in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and the global diaspora.

New book explores Jewish opposition to Israel's occupation

Jimmy Johnson
9 January 2012
A new book critiques and examines how diaspora Jews articulate solidarity with Palestinians and the Palestine liberation struggle, including the growing boycott movement against Israel.

Eclectic new album highlights Israel's jailing of Palestinian children

James Edwards
Dublin
20 December 2011
Lost Youth - Songs of Solidarity, a new benefit album for a young Palestinian theater performer arrested and imprisoned by Israel on his way to tour Ireland, Scotland and England in 2005, has been released.

"Educate through action": poet Remi Kanazi on triumphant UK tour

Asa Winstanley
London
26 December 2011
Poet and activist Remi Kanazi talks about his recent UK tour, the successes of the global boycott movement, and why artists must act beyond mere entertainment.

Book review: How Zionism paved way for permanent war

Jimmy Johnson
15 December 2011
A new book spotlights the fundamental nature, history and context of Israeli settler-colonialism in Palestine.

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