In a speech at the closing event of 2014’s New Story Leadership program, Nisreen Zaqout gives voice to her home and family. Read more about "Gaza possesses the dignity of my entire nation" 

Canadian rock star has a long history of defending agricultural workers in North America. Read more about Gaza farmers urge Neil Young not to play Tel Aviv 

A satirical solution to the Palestinian refugee crisis. Read more about Conflict resolution: the game show!  

“Many of us are only recently detained, and our hearts are filled with joy when we meet prisoners who we have heard stories about for decades, whose pictures we have held high countless times.” Read more about “We derive our energy to persist from you,” Hassan Karajah writes from Israeli prison  

Mom breaks down the UN bid, in case you needed an analogy for this monumental, historic moment. Read more about What is an observer state, anyway? A quick lesson on the statehood bid 

Protest and statement by Palestinian youth in Lebanon against Abbas’ statements on the right of return Read more about Palestinian youth in Lebanon: Abbas must apologize to refugees 

I never thought of myself as a teacher, and when my mother used to suggest the profession to me as a kid, I would flinch. But lately, that’s exactly who I am finding myself becoming – not just as an answer to our obsession with the “what do you do?” question, but as a general identification of how I see myself. Read more about From Shatila to Ramallah: an introduction