Remi Kanazi's poetry of struggle
11 July 2011
Alexander Billet profiles Palestinian-American spoken word poet Remi Kanazi and his new book of poems, Poetic Injustice. Read more about Remi Kanazi's poetry of struggle
Art, Music & Culture
Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth
Balata refugee camp 6 July 2011
The Yaffa Community Center, named after the city of Jaffa in present-day Israel, was established in 1996 by a group of Palestinian intellectuals. It was established to teach the next generation of Palestinians about their culture, history and the Palestinian political struggle. Read more about Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth
Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall
5 July 2011
The Bidna Capoeira project aims to help children cope with trauma by learning capoeira, an age-old Afro-Brazilian martial art. Read more about Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall
Student-built racing car shows Gaza ingenuity
Khan Younis 29 June 2011
In the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, a team of vocational college students, with the help of two mechanical engineers, built a racing car — the first of its kind in the besieged coastal territory. Read more about Student-built racing car shows Gaza ingenuity
Endemic pro-Israel bias in UK TV coverage, new book finds
25 June 2011
Those regularly subjected to BBC and ITV news won’t exactly find the conclusion of More Bad News From Israel surprising but the importance of detailed documentary evidence like this book provides cannot be overstated. Read more about Endemic pro-Israel bias in UK TV coverage, new book finds
Salaita skewers liberalism in "Israel's Dead Soul"
10 June 2011
Steven Salaita is an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech who has written several books on the failure of liberal civil rights discourse to counter anti-Arab racism, particularly in the United States. In his new book, Israel’s Dead Soul, he evaluates the potential complicity between enlightened ideals and their opposite. Read more about Salaita skewers liberalism in "Israel's Dead Soul"
"Shifting Sands" anthology a hit and miss
27 May 2011
Published by Whole World Press and edited by Osie Gabriel Adelfang, Shifting Sands is a collection of essays, prose and one poem by Jewish activists and writers. Asa Winstanley reviews for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about "Shifting Sands" anthology a hit and miss
Lebanese civil war explodes on screen in "Incendies"
24 May 2011
The Academy Award-nominated Incendies, by Quebecois filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, unforgettably portrays the Lebanese civil war as an operatic Greek tragedy. Read more about Lebanese civil war explodes on screen in "Incendies"
Around the world, film festivals put focus on Palestine
20 May 2011
As Palestinians across the world commemorated the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba — the forced expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland in 1947-48 — activists in North America and the UK launched another season of local film festivals that illustrate and emphasize the Palestinian experience. Read more about Around the world, film festivals put focus on Palestine
Music as resistance inside the Ramallah bubble
Ramallah 16 May 2011
In the occupied West Bank, dissident voices questioning the Palestinian Authority’s increasingly authoritarian rule have become rare. But a young musician in Ramallah refuses to hold his tongue. Read more about Music as resistance inside the Ramallah bubble