Listen: Eleven-year-old Gaza musician plays qanun
Gaza City 24 February 2015
Firas al-Shirafi was admitted to the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music when he was five. Read more about Listen: Eleven-year-old Gaza musician plays qanun
Arts and culture
Rebel songs to rap: the history of Palestine's music
22 December 2014
Three new books help dispel many Western myths about music and culture in the Middle East. Read more about Rebel songs to rap: the history of Palestine's music
Telling Gaza's story with brutal honesty
28 October 2014
Historian Jean-Pierre Filiu displays genuine concern for the plight of Palestine’s refugees. Read more about Telling Gaza's story with brutal honesty
"I draw for Gaza": the defiant art of Haneen Nofal
14 October 2014
Depicting characters that were both proud and weary, the 23-year-old captured the mood during Israel’s summertime offensive. Read more about "I draw for Gaza": the defiant art of Haneen Nofal
"Museum without borders" to open in Palestine
30 September 2014
Palestinian Museum is being built in the occupied West Bank but aims to reach beyond the Israeli-controlled borders. Read more about "Museum without borders" to open in Palestine
Linking Gaza and Auschwitz, British poet builds "defense against the dark"
24 September 2014
Ruth Padel avoids the clumsiness that often characterizes attempts to compare Israel and Nazi Germany. Read more about Linking Gaza and Auschwitz, British poet builds "defense against the dark"
New book reveals top-secret collusion between Israel, US during twenty years of “peace talks”
29 August 2014
The author effectively dismisses the Palestinian right of return as a fundamental human right central to their struggle and to a just peace. Read more about New book reveals top-secret collusion between Israel, US during twenty years of “peace talks”
Gaza, from the diaspora -- part two
Cairo 14 August 2014
Today in Jabaliya, Khan Younis, in Rafah and Shujaiya … Read more about Gaza, from the diaspora -- part two
Violent threats made against Canadian exhibition on oppression of Palestine and First Nations
San Francisco 3 June 2014
Churches who helped take aboriginal children away from their parents proved reluctant to cooperate with the Victoria show. Read more about Violent threats made against Canadian exhibition on oppression of Palestine and First Nations
Collaborating with Mahmoud Darwish without his consent
23 May 2014
A new book of poetry makes demands of the celebrated late Palestinian poet. Read more about Collaborating with Mahmoud Darwish without his consent