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.
Palestinians are on the receiving end of a racist Western onslaught, but we cannot compromise on the right to self-determination and liberation.
Palestinians are evidently not entitled to the same rights as other people. This is the only Western standard that has been applied in the last hundred years.
It is an established fact that Israel is an apartheid state. The questions then are – how to dismantle it and what comes next?