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Arts and Culture

WATCH: Remi Kanazi's new poem, "Nakba," about his grandmother's expulsion in 1948

Submitted by nora on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 22:19
Remi Kanazi’s intimate poem honors his grandmother, who was forcibly displaced from her home in Palestine during the 1948 Nakba.

Looking inward at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 17:02
This year’s festival featured work by filmmakers asking questions for their own community.

Honoring Palestinian history: filmmaker Annemarie Jacir on "When I Saw You"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 18:13
Annemarie Jacir on honoring the fedayeen who believed return to Palestine was a possibility.

Palestine film festivals to open in Chicago and London, plus other cinema news

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 18:45
Paradise Now director Hany Abu-Assad’s new film selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

Listen! New music from Palestinian hip hop legends DAM as they kick off US tour

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:18

“New melodies and rhythms that in our minds go beyond what is expected of traditional hip-hop.”

Get inspired and submit to right of return art and writing competition

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 20:30
Submit photography, art and writing to BADIL’s seventh annual Al-Awda Award Competition.

Watch: Bent but not broken in Hadeel Assali's short video "Daggit Gazza"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 22:45
A traditional Gaza dish is used as a metaphor in this clever short.

Watch: Palestinian steadfastness honored in short animation "The Kite that Caught a Mountain"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 20:17
A uniquely stylized portrayal of the literal machine of Israeli occupation and exploitation of Palestinian land.

Watch: A fleeting moment of the 1948 Nakba in Ahmad Habash's short film "The Well"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 01/25/2013 - 21:40
Three generations of Palestinian males find themselves running for their lives in this quietly beautiful short film.

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