Art, Music & Culture

Censored Gaza children's art now touring Canada

Shereen Ahmed Rafea
Montreal
30 April 2012
A Child’s View from Gaza, a collection of artwork by children in Gaza that was censored by a US art museum last year, is currently touring across Canada.

Shakespeare in Palestine: theater director speaks on Arabic version of Richard II

Sarah Irving
27 April 2012
Iman Aoun, artistic director of Ramallah’s Ashtar theater group, discusses the upcoming performance an Arabic-language version of Shakespeare’s Richard II at the Globe Theater in London.

Al-Walajah village explores theater as a form of resistance

Ben Rivers
al-Walaja
25 April 2012
In a unique protest action in the threatened village of al-Walaja, residents and local artists harnessed the power of music, theater, dance and poetry.

Against the engine of violence: New book explores history of unarmed resistance in Palestine

Jimmy Johnson
23 April 2012
Wendy Pearlman’s new book describes how the historical organizational structures of the Palestinian liberation struggle help to determine the methods of resistance against the British, the Jordanians and the Israelis.

The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir

Sarah Irving
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians.

Gaza's Christians like "birds who will always return to their nest"

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
17 April 2012
Despite common media depictions of Gaza as being under harsh, Islamist rule, Gaza-based Palestinian Christians emphasize the close ties between families regardless of religion.

Israeli democracy was dead on arrival: Peter Beinart's "Crisis of Zionism" reviewed

Rod Such
13 April 2012
In his new book, The Crisis of Zionism, Peter Beinart stops well short of accepting a Palestinian right of return or repudiating the idea that Jews are sovereign in a state where fully a fifth of its citizens are non-Jews.

Palestine celebrates life of Juliano Mer-Khamis one year after unsolved murder

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
10 April 2012
The life and work of Juliano Mer-Khamis, founder of the West Bank’s Freedom Theater, were celebrated one year after his unsolved murder.

Book review: exploring how Jewish activists reject Zionism

David Landy
5 April 2012
Jewish dissidents from across the English-speaking world explaining why they, to a greater or lesser extent, support Palestinian rights in Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists.

Palestine 5k aims to empower children, build community

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
2 April 2012
Organizers of the Palestine 5k Run/Walk say that the third annual event will strengthen community ties and encourage Palestinian children to express themselves through writing and reading.

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