Jaffa

We were sleeping when Israel attacked: Gaza remembers June 1967

Rami Almeghari
7 June 2013

Families in al-Maghazi refugee camp had to flee Israel’s tanks and warplanes.

Month in Pictures: October 2012

5 November 2012

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

“They shot my father in the head”: interview with survivor of Sabra and Shatila massacre

Moe Ali Nayel
Sabra-Shatila camp
19 September 2012

A survivor of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon recounts the three days of horror in Beirut refugee camps.

Promoter who raised money for Israeli army to hold Lollapalooza on ruins of Palestinian village

Lollapalooza, the corporate concert franchise founded by Jane’s Addiction frontman, pro-Israeli fundraiser and activist Perry Farrell, is to launch in Tel Aviv in August 2013 on the ruins of the Palestinian village of Jarisha.

Cinema club run by Palestinians in Israel makes its mark

Sawsan Khalife'
the Galilee
25 June 2012
An emerging network of Palestinian filmmakers in Israel aims to connect with filmmakers in neighboring Arab countries — and mentor a new generation of Palestinian artists.

The Month in Pictures: May 2012

4 June 2012
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine.

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.

Palestinians in Egypt insist on right to return

Rami Almeghari
Alexandria
14 May 2012
Aging Palestinian refugees recount their exile from Palestine during the Nakba and demand the right to return to their homeland.

A Night of Dreams: From Jericho to Jerusalem and Jaffa

Part 3: Here I write about the best part of my travel story — adventure in my forbidden homeland.

Bamboo furniture-making tradition, brought from Jaffa, survives in Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
17 January 2012
It is a craft that has been passed down from one generation to the next. The al-Mathloums were one of the best-known bamboo furniture-making families in Gaza but now, of his brothers, only Zakariya, the eldest son, is struggling to keep the tradition and the business alive.

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