Reviews

Darkness and desire

Michael Pritchard 8 November 2019

Huzama Habayeb’s raw and violent novel Velvet is a compulsive read. Read more about Darkness and desire

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Bad news for Jeremy Corbyn

Asa Winstanley 31 October 2019

New book chronicles four-year negative media campaign over “anti-Semitism.” Read more about Bad news for Jeremy Corbyn

A law unto itself

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub 22 October 2019

Noura Erakat’s book on Palestine and international law poses fundamental challenge to Palestinian leadership. Read more about A law unto itself

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Religiously inspired colonial nationalism feeds Israel’s wars

Rod Such 14 August 2019

“Thirst for strength” is one driver of Israeli ethnonationalist expansionism. Read more about Religiously inspired colonial nationalism feeds Israel’s wars

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How US foreign policy spawned terror and Trump

Rod Such 20 May 2019

“Symbiotic relationship” between US hardliners and jihadists fuels Middle East chaos and right-wing extremism. Read more about How US foreign policy spawned terror and Trump

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Racism on the rails

Rod Such 26 February 2019

Canada’s Bombardier is assisting a railway project which steals Palestinian land. Read more about Racism on the rails

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An invigorating visit to the Palestine Underground

Riri Hylton 24 January 2019

How Palestinian DJs and producers are subverting Israeli barriers. Read more about An invigorating visit to the Palestine Underground

How Black Power spread support for Palestine

Rod Such 15 January 2019

Solidarity with Palestine outlived the radical groups that first embraced it. Read more about How Black Power spread support for Palestine

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Outsourcing the occupation

Rod Such 29 November 2018

The Palestinian Authority has acted as a subcontractor for Israel. Read more about Outsourcing the occupation

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Stuck between duty and decay

Selma Dabbagh 9 October 2018

An errand between a father and son becomes a truthful look at Nazareth and its people in Annemarie Jacir’s Wajib. Read more about Stuck between duty and decay