Arts and culture
The Electronic Intifada speaks to people involved in a project to export Palestinian handicrafts to Dutch buyers. Read more about Palestinian-Dutch “Disarming Design” project inspired by artwork in captivity
Historic village of Battir faces damage, an official Israeli body has warned. Read more about Even Israeli agency warns of wall's damage to Battir, historic West Bank village
In Ramallah, Running is a set of visual and written thoughts, questions and responses about the city of Ramallah. Read more about Artists, writers respond to "vile city" of Ramallah in new book
An exhibition at Amman’s Darat al Funun explores varying responses to decades of conflict in the Middle East, in which the Palestinian people have often played an involuntary and tragic role. Read more about Exhibition review: when lemons have more freedom than humans
A collection of photographs charts the personal and political journey of Tom Hurndall, a British photography student and activist shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in 2003. Read more about A life brutally cut short: new book collects Tom Hurndall's photos of Palestine
A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape. Read more about Blair aide evades political reality in walking guide to West Bank
For years, PalFest has been trying to break Israel’s cultural siege on the Gaza Strip. Read more about "Art is a hammer to shape reality": PalFest breaks the siege of Gaza
Unearthed photographs shed new light on the British army’s Mandate of Palestine which paved the way for Zionist colonization. Read more about Interview: racism of Britain's rulers in Palestine explored in major new exhibition
Subversion, an exhibition at Manchester’s Cornerhouse gallery, shows that young Palestinian artists are at the cutting edge of contemporary Arab art. Read more about Palestinian artists take on identity and politics with humor in "Subversion" exhibition
A Child’s View from Gaza, a collection of artwork by children in Gaza that was censored by a US art museum last year, is currently touring across Canada. Read more about Censored Gaza children's art now touring Canada
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