Suad Amiry’s new novel takes us into the intimate lives of its Palestinian protagonists before 1948, offering a fresh take on the Nakba’s tumultuous events and the decades that followed it.
Fida Jiriyis’s memoir is the product of her unique and multilayered experience of the different fragments of Palestinian existence — as an exile, in the diaspora, as a Palestinian citizen inside Israel, and in Occupied Palestine.
The book offers more than just a personal glimpse into each of these very distinct realities. It viscerally evokes the flavor of each modality, each moment, wedding the historical facts to the writer’s own impassioned feelings and unfettered impressions.
Through recounting his own spectacular life, Dr. Shawki Harb’s memoir, “A Surgeon Under Israeli Occupation,” depicts Palestinian reality from the British Mandate to today.
While the Netflix film has elicited hysteria from Israel apologists, the events of “Farha” are not only historically accurate, but actually mild in comparison to other Zionist atrocities in 1948.
Suad Amiry’s “Mother of Strangers” is an important book that tells the story of Jaffa and the Nakba. Through sharing the trauma, grief, and creative resilience of the Palestinian people the book also shows why so many embrace the Palestinian cause.
As part of our monthly poetry series BEIT, Hasheemah Afaneh asks, “For how long will the trees continue to be watered?”
As part of our monthly poetry series BEIT, Mosab Abu Toha reflects on the legacy of the Palestinian harvest.
Widely regarded as the most blessed time of the year, Palestinian families in Gaza wait all year for the olive harvest season.
A controversy at the University of Washington over donor efforts to stifle scholarly work critical of Israel raises serious questions about the role of money and academia.
Artist Steve Sabella’s new book, “Palestine Unsettled,” liberates the image of Palestine from the confines of the mainstream media and Israeli propaganda. “I wanted to invite or lead audiences on a journey through Palestine that defies and revises their expectations,” he explains.