Edward Said

People gather around a banner reading Free Palestine and other banners in New York's Columbia University

Columbia's crackdown on Palestine protests serves imperialism

Ahmed Zakarya Mitiche 29 February 2024

America’s universities assist the war economy. Read more about Columbia's crackdown on Palestine protests serves imperialism

Man receives object from woman as ceremonial guard looks on

Amid criticism, scholar Homi Bhahba pulls out of Israel conference

Ali Abunimah 15 September 2020

Israeli academic group “complicit in whitewashing, justifying and perpetuating” oppression, say Palestinians. Read more about Amid criticism, scholar Homi Bhahba pulls out of Israel conference

Palestine is (still) the issue

Louis Allday 10 February 2020

Trump plan is logical outcome of all previous US administration policies. Read more about Palestine is (still) the issue

A crime against culture

Mousa Tawfiq 10 October 2018

I insisted that my band play its first concert at the now destroyed Said al-Mishal Cultural Center. Read more about A crime against culture

Photo shows Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shaking hands while Bill Clinton extends his arms behind them

Palestinians were never at the table

Omar Karmi 20 September 2018

Oslo subterfuge was always that. Israel never countenanced Palestinian statehood. Read more about Palestinians were never at the table

Finding the truth amid Israel's lies

Ilan Pappe 30 May 2018

By unpacking Israeli books, we can learn a great deal about the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948. Read more about Finding the truth amid Israel's lies

Will Obama's final act be the liquidation of Palestinian rights?

Ali Abunimah 21 September 2016

Push for UN resolution before president departs presents grave danger for Palestinians. Read more about Will Obama's final act be the liquidation of Palestinian rights?

Why does Palestinian Authority support Chinese colonialism?

Eóin Murray and James Mehigan 9 September 2016

The PA was wrong to defend Beijing’s territorial claim to the South China Sea. Read more about Why does Palestinian Authority support Chinese colonialism?

Can anthropology overcome its imperial past?

Yasmin Nair 25 May 2016

BDS vote a test of field’s complicated relationship with Middle East. Read more about Can anthropology overcome its imperial past?

Liberal Zionism and the ethnonational imperative

Steven Salaita 30 December 2015

That Zionists accuse adamant critics of anti-Semitism of themselves being anti-Semitic isn’t a disconnect; it is a vital feature of Zionism. Read more about Liberal Zionism and the ethnonational imperative