Solidarity through music. That is what the new song “Palestinian-South African Ballad of Love” is all about.

Palestinians cannot rely on the international community, we need civil society to act. The way forward for our struggle is resistance on the ground supported by international solidarity through Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.

Complicated themes of exile, marginalization, death, and history recur throughout (post)colonial fiction. It is no surprise that Palestinian students in Gaza connect with them on a personal level.

The Mariyamiya songs aim to collect folkloric Palestinian songs and document the Palestinian desire to be free from the ravages of occupation, apartheid, and settler-colonialism. They are part and parcel of the collective memory of the people of Palestine.

Movements like BDS are the only force capable of counteracting the massive power imbalance between the Palestinians and their Israeli oppressors.

Listen to “On Your Own (Lewahdak),” a song by Haidar Eid based on the poem by Egyptian-Canadian activist Ehab Lotayef.

July 8, 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani, a towering figure in Palestinian cultural and political life. Haidar Eid writes that Kanfani’s fiction remains essential because it is characterized by a realism that moves us towards a new perception and understanding of art, revolution, and, of course, Palestine.

Yara Hawari’s “The Stone House” is a story of unending Palestinian trauma rooted in the Nakba. However, it is also an expose of steadfastness, resistance, and I dare say – hope.

Activists in Gaza rework a classic Palestinian resistance song from the first intifada to fit the BDS movement today.

Palestinians know too well what Zionism means, after living with the deadly consequences of this racist ideology.