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WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ilan Pappe (Identity International)

December 28, 2020

In the latest episode of ‘Palestine Beyond Conflict’, a series of interviews conducted by Identity International, Professor Ilan Pappé discusses the evolution of Palestinian identity throughout the last century with Misbah Khan. Pappe is a […]

A Room of Their Own: Takeaways from ‘Mangrove’ and Palestine Writes Back

December 12, 2020

A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. Here she argues that a woman requires a room of her own and money if she is to […]

WATCH: ‘Palestinian: Beyond Conflict’ – Featuring Ramzy Baroud (Identity International)

December 3, 2020

Ramzy Baroud discusses the complexities of Palestinian identity in today’s world with Misbah Khan from Identity International, in Episode 1 of “Palestinian: Beyond Conflict”. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, author and internationally syndicated columnist, […]

What Does Israel Have against Palestinian Singer, Mohammed Assaf?

October 28, 2020

Why does Israel hate Palestinian singer, Mohammed Assaf? On October 16, Avi Dichter, Israeli Member of Parliament from the right-wing Likud Party, announced that Assaf’s special permit to enter the occupied Palestinian West Bank would […]

Israel to Prevent Artist Mohammed Assaf from Visiting Palestine

October 16, 2020

Israeli daily Maariv on Thursday quoted Avi Dichter, a member of the Israeli Knesset and former Minister of Internal Security, as saying that the Israeli authorities have decided to prevent Palestinian singer and Arab Idol […]

Footsteps – A Poem by Mu’in Bseiso

October 15, 2020

(Translated by May Jayyusi and Naomi Shihab Nye) Brother! If they should sharpen the sword on my neck, I would not kneel, even if their whips lashed my bloodied mouth If dawn is so close […]

Zionist War on Palestinian Festival in Rome is Ominous Sign of Things to Come

October 12, 2020

A Zionist-led war on a Palestinian cultural festival in Rome has exposed the fragility of the Italian political system when it comes to the conversation on Palestine and Israel. The sad truth is that, although […]

Palestinians Mourn Early Death of Artist Mohammad Joulani

October 4, 2020

The Palestinian Ministry of Culture has mourned Palestinian artist Mohammad Joulani who died on Friday at the age of 37, saying “his passing constitutes a loss for the Palestinian artistic and cultural scene.” Born in […]

Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse

September 23, 2020

Palestine can never be truly understood through numbers, because numbers are dehumanizing, impersonal, and, when necessary, can also be contrived to mean something else entirely. Numbers are not meant to tell the story of the […]

From Turtle Island to Palestine the Apocalypse is Ongoing

September 9, 2020

In The Future Home of the Living God (2017), Louise Erdrich (Ojibwe) writes of a dystopic future that might as easily be today. In Erdrich’s novel, Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted Ojibwe child of Minneapolis liberals, […]

The Power of Memory to Reclaim What was Lost

September 1, 2020

In the article “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? Both Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World (2020) and […]

How Israel Wages War on Palestinian History

August 21, 2020

When the Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri made a documentary about Jenin in 2002 – filming immediately after the Israeli army had completed rampaging through the West Bank city, leaving death and destruction in its wake […]

Israeli Forces Storm East Jerusalem Cultural Centers, Seize Documents

July 22, 2020

Israeli police today stormed two Palestinian-run cultural centers in the occupied city of Jerusalem and seized documents, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local sources reported that Israeli police and intelligence officers stormed the […]

Israeli Forces Seize Ancient Baptismal Font near Bethlehem (VIDEO)

July 20, 2020

Israeli forces seized on Monday a rare Byzantine-era baptismal font from Tuqu‘ town, near Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA photojournalist Oday Daibes posted a video showing Israeli soldiers escorting a forklift […]

Instagram Apologizes for Deleting Bella Hadid’s Post Celebrating Palestinian Identity

July 9, 2020

Instagram has apologized to supermodel Bella Hadid following her public criticism of the social media platform for deleting a post she shared showing her father’s place of birth as Palestine. After the Palestinian-American supermodel posted an […]

From Cultural Commodification to Annexation in Occupied Palestine and Indigenous North America

July 6, 2020

In October 2005, The Forward reported that Directors of Israel’s three most influential ministries met to decide how to enhance the country’s image abroad by moving the focus away from religion as well as glossing […]

Palestinian Artist Captures Fears of Israel’s Annexation

June 23, 2020

Amid the barren hills of the Jordan Valley, Palestinian artist Khadeeja Bisharat paints scenes of bulldozers and demolitions, a reflection of fears of what may happen to her isolated Bedouin community if Israel annexes land […]

Watch: Black Voices, Palestinian Voices (Palestine Chronicle TV)

June 5, 2020

“I was born a Black woman and now I am become a Palestinian against the relentless laughter of evil there is less and less living room and where are my loved ones?”, wrote famed African […]

Israel Prevents Restoration of Hebron’s Historic Ibrahimi Mosque

May 29, 2020

Israeli forces prevented the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) from carrying out restoration works in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied city of Hebron (Al-Khalil). Israeli forces on Thursday prevented HRC employees from continuing with the […]

Why Israel Fears the Nakba: How Memory Became Palestine’s Greatest Weapon

May 20, 2020

On May 15, thousands of Palestinians in Occupied Palestine and throughout the ‘shatat’, or diaspora, participated in the commemoration of Nakba Day, the one event that unites all Palestinians, regardless of their political differences or backgrounds. […]

‘Love in the Time of Corona’: Palestinian Musician Doc Jazz Releases Latest Album

April 11, 2020

Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s famous novel ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’, the talented singer-songwriter Doc Jazz has released his latest album “Love in the time of Corona”. He was nicknamed “Doctor Jazz” by […]

Readers’ Choice: ‘My Favorite Books on Palestine’ Written by Palestinians

March 18, 2020

A few days ago, we asked our readers on social media to share with us the title of their favorite books on Palestine, based on the following criteria: 1. Nominated books must be written by […]

‘Fire, fire!’: A Guide to the Music of Palestinian-Swedish Band Kofia

March 9, 2020

Since the Nakba, Palestinian art and culture have walked a fine line between maintaining tradition and absorbing other modes of expression. After leaving Palestine for Sweden during Israel’s colonizing war of 1967, Nazareth-born songwriter George […]

‘Where Do We Go from Here?’: On the Future of Arab Futurism

March 8, 2020

The title quote is taken from Martin Luther King’s Speech in 1967 on August 16, 1967, at the Eleventh Annual Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta. Summing up past achievements, he noted that the movement […]

‘Who has the Best Knafeh in Tel Aviv?’: Foodwashing the Occupation

February 27, 2020

As a central aspect of everyday life, food plays a prominent role in the manipulation of the Palestinian landscape and serves as an entry into the history, culture, and identity of not only cooks tied […]

Cultural Resistance Remains One of Greatest Tools in Palestinian Struggle for Liberation

February 18, 2020

When newly elected U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib took office on January 3, 2019, in Washington, D.C., she made history by wearing a traditional thobe (dress) that featured hand-stitched embroidery known as tatreez, a craft passed […]

Sahteen: Try One of these Five Palestinian Recipes Today (VIDEOS)

January 25, 2020

Food is a fundamental component of Palestinian society and culture, because of the historic bond with the land and its fruits.  So be part of Palestinian culture, even for a day, and try one of […]

Three Songs about Palestine to Help You through the Cold Weekend

January 18, 2020

Singing for and about Palestine is one of the most popular genres in Arab music. Below are samples of three Arab singers – a Palestinian, a Lebanese, and an Egyptian – who defined the hopes […]

Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of ‘Anti-Semitism’

January 3, 2020

At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of anti-Semitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw […]

Palestine: 2019 in Review, Speculations on 2020

December 30, 2019

To mark the end of the decade much has been written to sum up Palestine’s past year in review. Much of the news was not good, and as Ramzy Baroud notes in an article for […]

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