Reviews

Critical thinking on cultural boycott

Marguerite Dabaie 11 December 2017

Artists who have engaged with boycott movements give their insight and words of caution. Read more about Critical thinking on cultural boycott

How Israel wins the media war

Rod Such 25 October 2017

What John Lyons learned from his years as Jerusalem correspondent for The Australian. Read more about How Israel wins the media war

"Cold violence" in Palestine

Tom Sperlinger 5 October 2017

PalFest anthology bears witness to the everyday brutality of Israel’s occupation. Read more about "Cold violence" in Palestine

Visualizing a feeling

Marguerite Dabaie 2 October 2017

Iasmin Omar Ata’s graphic novel “Mis(h)adra” is inspired by their own experience with epilepsy. Read more about Visualizing a feeling

Poetry steeped in sarcasm and politics

Sarah Irving 19 September 2017

“Prince of Poets” star Tamim Al-Barghouti’s first collection of work translated into English. Read more about Poetry steeped in sarcasm and politics

Cover of The Biggest Prison on Earth illustrated with photo of young girl wearing pink dress standing between heavily armed soldiers

Why the occupation is no accident

Rod Such 18 September 2017

Israeli plans for West Bank settlements began as early as 1963, according to historian Ilan Pappe. Read more about Why the occupation is no accident

Cover of The Rise of the Arab American Left book

The Arab American radicals who paved way for BDS

Rod Such 5 September 2017

Shared outrage over dispossession of Palestine galvanized a movement. Read more about The Arab American radicals who paved way for BDS

Finding a voice under occupation

Fouad Moughrabi 28 August 2017

Palestinian children describe their lives in their own words. Read more about Finding a voice under occupation

Two-page spread from Diaspora Boy book shows close-up of Diaspora Boy face on one page, and full Israel Man and Diaspora Boy comic on the other page

Satire as grotesque as the hypocrisy it skewers

Marguerite Dabaie 23 August 2017

Comics artist Eli Valley blasts the Zionist construct of the “real” Jew. Read more about Satire as grotesque as the hypocrisy it skewers

Cover of The Only Language They Understand book

A half-century of pointless peace talks

Tom Sperlinger 21 August 2017

Gentle nudging of Israel by its allies won’t change its brutal course. Read more about A half-century of pointless peace talks