Canada's Zionist lobby exposed in new book
9 March 2012
The Canadian government’s close relationship with the Israel lobby is the topic of a new book on academic freedom. Read more about Canada's Zionist lobby exposed in new book
9 March 2012
The Canadian government’s close relationship with the Israel lobby is the topic of a new book on academic freedom. Read more about Canada's Zionist lobby exposed in new book
Nazareth 5 March 2012
Katie Ramandan’s collection of photos currently on exhibition in Nazareth explores the meaning of home and the boundaries between private and public space. Read more about Stealing a moment in a stolen land: the photography of Katie Ramadan
2 March 2012
Anti-Zionist scholar, writer and longtime activist Tikva Honig-Parnass’s new book False Prophets of Peace: Liberal Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine critically analyzes Israel’s left. Read more about New book deconstructs myth that the Zionist left wants peace
Gaza City 28 February 2012
Sarah, Abdelaziz and Anda have found a welcome distraction from Palestine’s troubles: music. They and 120 other girls and boys are enrolled in the Gaza Music School, a program of the A.M. Qattan Foundation launched in 2008. Read more about Rebuilt Gaza Music School hopes to reach more children
Bethlehem 25 February 2012
A new multidisciplinary project examines how Israeli settlements, a burgeoning neoliberal economy and loss of traditional heritage is quickly transforming Palestine’s landscapes and public spaces. Read more about Transformation of Palestinian landscape focus of Designing Civic Encounter project
Ramallah 23 February 2012
Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues. Read more about Radio station aims to empower Palestinian women
Jerusalem 20 February 2012
Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem can once again go to the movies, now that Al Quds Cinema has reopened its doors after being closed for 25 years. Read more about East Jerusalem cinema reopens after 25 years
21 February 2012
Trita Parsi’s A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran is an exhaustive account of what happened to Obama’s campaign pledge towards Iran, particularly after the Israeli government and its lobby in the United States challenged the very notion of diplomacy. Read more about Israel lobby's machinations on Iran probed in new book
9 February 2012
In Selma Dabbagh’s debut novel Out of It, 27-year-old twin misfits Iman and Rashid Mujahed try to find belonging in a contemporary Gaza groaning under Israeli siege and air strikes, and street battles between competing political factions. Read more about Debut novel unflinchingly portrays Palestinian divisions
6 February 2012
Poet Lisa Suheir Majaj writes exquisitely of the profound personal and collective loss that defines Palestinian history in her book, Geographies of Light. Read more about "Words flower from fragile bodies": the poignant poetry of Lisa Suheir Majaj