Art, Music & Culture
The Arts, Music & Culture section of EI reports on Palestinian and Palestine-related film, books & literature, music, theatre, photography, comedy, and performing arts -- offering reviews, news, and notice of key upcoming events. Quality submissions are welcomed.
Israel's surprising best seller contradicts founding ideology
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 8 October 2008
No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list -- and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo. Jonathan Cook reports. [MORE]
Palestine in verse: "Flawed Landscape" and "Poets for Palestine" reviewed
Atef Alshaer, The Electronic Intifada, 6 October 2008
It is inspirational to find Palestine richly meditated in poetry. Two new poetry collections provide a robust testament to that -- One collection is by the Palestinian-American poet Sharif S. Elmusa, Flawed Landscape, and the other is made of selected works by various poets edited by Remi Kanazi, Poets for Palestine. Atef Alshaer reviews for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival call for submissions
Announcement, Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival, 18 September 2008
Premiering in March 2009, the Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festival will showcase films about Palestine and by Palestinian directors. Educating through the screen arts, the film festival amplifies the voice of the Palestinian people as a nation and a diaspora. This film festival is an independent and non-sectarian organization. [MORE]
Film review: "Slingshot Hip Hop"
Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 10 September 2008
Jackie Salloum's invigorating new documentary Slingshot Hip Hop portrays the story of three aspiring Palestinian musicians from the rap group DAM as they develop their talent in their bedrooms and take it to standing-room-only crowds throughout historic Palestine. Maureen Clare Murphy reviews this most recommended film for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Book Review: "A Doctor in Galilee"
Raymond Deane, The Electronic Intifada, 4 September 2008
In his foreword setting the historical and political context for the book, a useful and important document in itself, Jonathan Cook describes A Doctor in Galilee as "a key text for scholars, diplomats and journalists." This it certainly is, but it is a very great deal more. It is, in fact, a work of literature of the highest quality. Raymond Deane reviews for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Book release: "Poets for Palestine"
Release, Poets for Palestine, 3 September 2008
Sixty years after the dispossession of the Palestinian people, Poets For Palestine, a unique collection of poetry, spoken word, hip-hop, and art has been released. Unifying a diverse range of poets who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity, this book aims to bridge a younger generation of poets with those who, for decades, have cultivated and strengthened the poetic medium.
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The zoo on the road to Nablus
Amelia Thomas, The Electronic Intifada, 27 August 2008
Dr. Sami greeted the journalist at the ticket office. "Welcome," he said. "Please come this way." He began a tour of the zoo, first heading north up the zoo's main avenue, past the dry fountain, the restaurant, and a dusty playground. At the top, he introduced Ruti, his prize giraffe. Read more of an excerpt from Amelia Thomas' new book, The Zoo on the Road to Nablus [MORE]
Slingshot Hip Hop comes to Lebanon
Jackson Allers, The Electronic Intifada, 14 August 2008
"The moment I stepped into the camps here in Lebanon, I thought I was in Palestine," Arab-American filmmaker Jackie Salloum said after a 6 August nighttime screening in the Shatila refugee camp of her documentary, Slingshot Hip Hop. "I hope people living in Beirut come to see the film," Salloum said anxiously before a previous screening on 5 August in the Burj al-Barajne refugee camp.
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Book review: "Thinking Palestine"
Raymond Deane, The Electronic Intifada, 6 August 2008
Because its contributors -- sociologists, historians, legal experts and cultural critics -- work from within an activist perspective, the new volume Thinking Palestine should be read closely by serious pro-Palestinian activists wishing to sharpen their conceptual tools in the ceaseless battle against Zionist propaganda. Raymond Deane reviews for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
The Nakbah Project: A nightmare of shattered lives
Jane Frere, The Electronic Intifada, 1 August 2008
My journey began, unexpectedly, in a Nazi concentration camp, Majdenek, outside what was once a Jewish town called Lublin. During my last visit, I was moved by a group of visitors who had probably lost relatives there. They planted small Israeli flags on the ground outside. I was confused by this image, pondering how that blue and white flag has become so blood-drenched since its creation. I began to wonder about the next stage in the tragic history of that period -- the creation of Israel and its consequences. Jane Frere writes about the motivation behind her exhibition Return of the Soul. [MORE]
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