Art, Music & Culture

A life brutally cut short: new book collects Tom Hurndall's photos of Palestine

Asa Winstanley
11 June 2012
A collection of photographs charts the personal and political journey of Tom Hurndall, a British photography student and activist shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in 2003.

Drones provide backdrop to Bible-inspired play by Palestinian writer

Sarah Irving
6 June 2012
A new play takes a poetic, violent, poignant take on the Biblical story of Abraham.

Taboo of truth-telling about Palestine in US classrooms tackled by new book

Steven Salaita
31 May 2012
The question of how to teach Palestine, and anti-Zionism’s career-killing consequences, is the focus of a new book.

Blair aide evades political reality in walking guide to West Bank

Sarah Irving
29 May 2012
A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape.

Bio shows why Leila Khaled remains an icon of resistance

Asa Winstanley
23 May 2012
Leila Khaled, an icon of the Palestinian resistance struggle, is the subject of a recommended new biography.

Interview: racism of Britain's rulers in Palestine explored in major new exhibition

Sarah Irving
21 May 2012
Unearthed photographs shed new light on the British army’s Mandate of Palestine which paved the way for Zionist colonization.

Palestinian artists take on identity and politics with humor in "Subversion" exhibition

Sarah Irving
13 May 2012
Subversion, an exhibition at Manchester’s Cornerhouse gallery, shows that young Palestinian artists are at the cutting edge of contemporary Arab art.

Film review: Palestinians in Israel honored in debut comedy feature

Maureen Clare Murphy
10 May 2012
The under-recognized steadfastness of Palestinians who clung onto their land in the areas of Palestine upon which the State of Israel was declared is lovingly praised in Sameh Zoabi’s lighthearted debut feature Man Without a Cell Phone.

Phil Monsour transcends Palestine's tragedy on rousing new rock album

Samah Sabawi
7 May 2012
Australian musician and activist Phil Monsour evokes revolutionary courage on his eclectic new album, Ghosts of Deir Yassin.

Book review: fresh thought on Israeli colonialism offered by "Global Palestine"

Jimmy Johnson
2 May 2012
Global Palestine is a recommended new contribution to the growing literature discussing Zionism as a form of settler colonialism.

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