PalFest

Cover of Pay No Heed to the Rockets book shows boy playing guitar while sitting on rubble of bombed-out building

Palestinian writers revealed

Selma Dabbagh 8 May 2018

A contemporary portrait of a people who continue to resist both occupation and simple categorization. Read more about Palestinian writers revealed

Video: Debunking Trump's claims about "reality" in Jerusalem

Ali Abunimah 8 December 2017

Israel will keep trying to erase the city’s Palestinian identity, but its people are resisting. Read more about Video: Debunking Trump's claims about "reality" in Jerusalem

"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

Seen from waist up, Mahmoud Darwish gestures with his hands as he stands behind a podium on a stage

Welcome: A letter from Mahmoud Darwish

Mahmoud Darwish 17 July 2017

“This war that Israel wages against us is not a war to defend its existence, but a war to obliterate ours.” Read more about Welcome: A letter from Mahmoud Darwish

To Israel, being "from Gaza" is a crime

Ahmed Masoud 6 June 2016

Israel denied me access to my own country. Read more about To Israel, being "from Gaza" is a crime

Billionaire donor using British Council to combat Israel boycott

Hilary Aked 14 March 2016

How a UK government-funded program is working to counter movement in support of Palestinian rights. Read more about Billionaire donor using British Council to combat Israel boycott

Henning Mankell wanted to destroy the monster of Israeli apartheid

Sarah Irving 6 October 2015

Swedish crime novelist and free Gaza campaigner dies at 67. Read more about Henning Mankell wanted to destroy the monster of Israeli apartheid

Smuggling books across the border: PalFest 2015

Leila Abdelrazaq 10 June 2015

Artist and Baddawi author Leila Abdelrazaq on Palestine’s literary festival. Read more about Smuggling books across the border: PalFest 2015

Literary journal "Wasafiri" launches Palestine special edition

Sarah Irving 18 December 2014

“Lawyer with a soul” Raja Shehadeh contributes essay on the importance of “vision.” Read more about Literary journal "Wasafiri" launches Palestine special edition

Video: Authors confront Israel’s “Kafkaesque” restrictions in Jerusalem

Ali Abunimah 5 May 2014

“One gets the impression that there’s nothing accidental about the way these checkpoints work on you, work on your spirit. These are well thought out. They’re intended to humiliate, they’re intended to dehumanize.” Read more about Video: Authors confront Israel’s “Kafkaesque” restrictions in Jerusalem