Reviews

What if Palestinians just disappeared?

Selma Dabbagh 9 July 2020

The inexplicable vanishing of a population is the premise of Ibtisam Azem’s disturbing novel. Read more about What if Palestinians just disappeared?

A century of complicity

Rod Such 22 June 2020

Zionism is incompatible with democracy. Read more about A century of complicity

When duty destroys morality

Selma Dabbagh 4 May 2020

Adania Shibli’s third novel is physically light but carries literary weight. Read more about When duty destroys morality

Cover of The Movement and the MIddle East book shows graphic of red fist

Divided we fall: How the US left cannot agree on Palestine

Rod Such 1 April 2020

Historical differences over Israel exceptionalism reverberate today. Read more about Divided we fall: How the US left cannot agree on Palestine

Savoring small morsels of beauty

Selma Dabbagh 24 March 2020

Gaza is the territorial center of Nayrouz Qarmout’s “The Sea Cloak & Other Stories.” Read more about Savoring small morsels of beauty

Everywhere displaced, everywhere watching

Selma Dabbagh 27 February 2020

Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven” is a delightful and absurd journey through exile and loss. Read more about Everywhere displaced, everywhere watching

Cover of Paradigm Lost book

Two-state obfuscation

Rod Such 17 February 2020

How Israel and its supporters ensured a one-state reality. Read more about Two-state obfuscation

Britain's poisoned legacy in Palestine

Rod Such 13 January 2020

How a strange brew of Zionism, colonialism and anti-Semitism led to denial of Palestinian self-determination. Read more about Britain's poisoned legacy in Palestine

Palestine's sci-fi future is today's repressive reality

Marguerite Dabaie 8 January 2020

Anthology of short stories imagines the Nakba in 2048. Read more about Palestine's sci-fi future is today's repressive reality

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