We must focus on the present as conditions in Gaza worsen daily, but a clear strategy and political vision are crucial to inspire people around the world as to what is possible.

Before the genocide in Gaza, Haidar Eid performed a rendition of Ahmad Fouad Negm’s “If the Sun Sinks,” a poem that beautifully mirrors the contradiction Palestinians now face between the ongoing horror and the hope for liberation.

Saadi Mdoukh and the thousands of young men whose lives were cut short wanted a better life. But woe unto us, because they were not allowed to live a normal life.

I was born in the Nuseirat refugee camp and it made me who I am. The Nuseirat massacre will not be the last in Gaza, but like all massacres committed by colonialists, it will be a signpost in our long walk to freedom that will not be forgotten.

On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, “Returning to Zarnouqa” tells a story of generational displacement, genocide, and the inevitability of Return.

The more resistance that the colonized shows, the more brutal the colonizer becomes. Genocidal Israel is now walking in the footsteps of all other settler colonies on their deathbed.

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.