Mahmoud Darwish

Five Pillars of Islam inspire humanitarian message in new bilingual poetry collection

Sarah Irving
1 May 2013

Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian poet raised in Damascus and now living in Britain, teamed up with Scottish literary figure Tessa Ransford.

Box set marks top Palestinian oud players' first decade

Sarah Irving
12 April 2013

Discs capture the Trio Joubran’s sibling affection, as well as their moments of introspection.

Leading writers rise to challenge in new collection "Seeking Palestine"

Selma Dabbagh
25 February 2013

Writers and artists from different disciplines provide an extraordinarily frank, fresh and unsentimental assessment of what Palestinians are and have become.

Links between struggle and art probed in new book on Palestinian poets

Sarah Irving
21 January 2013

Verse penned under Israeli occupation has been both revolutionary and introspective.

West Bank reconstructed at London's Nour Festival

Lauren Pyott
29 December 2012

A musical exploration of Israel’s 2002 Operation Defensive Shield was one of the highlights of a recent festival.

Emerging from an “age of defeat”: interview with poet Ghassan Zaqtan

Lauren Pyott
Edinburgh
7 December 2012

Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in the 1980s shattered Palestinian dreams.

UK dance troupe al-Zaytouna retell Shakespeare through dabke

Asa Winstanley
London
5 November 2012
A London dance company uses Shakespeare to tell Palestine’s modern tale through traditional dance.

Despite Abbas and Balfour, we will return to our homes in Palestine

On the anniversary of Balfour declaration, Mahmoud Abbas came with another declaration competing with Balfour’s. This is my reflections on both.

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