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.
In her book “Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies,” Heba Hayek shares the poignant logic of exile through fragmented stories of a girlhood.
Throughout her five decade long career, renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby has been known for her stunning abstract expressionist works, as well as her outspoken activism. Her latest project, Drawing the Kafr Qassem Massacre, raises the question of how Halaby addresses and locates politics in her work – and whether her Marxist understanding of politics is fast receding from an art world increasingly focused on questions of political efficacy.
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.
Ameen Nayfeh’s “200 Meters” is the rare Palestinian-made film that has been widely programmed at Jewish film festivals. The reviews from these screenings show the American Jewish community’s inability to see the Israeli occupation for the brutal human rights travesty it is, and an inability to see Palestinians as equals.
In his debut collection of poetry, “Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza,” Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha writes about everyday life Gaza: the siege, wars, poverty, and unemployment. Mondoweiss interviewed Abu Toha at his home in Gaza City about his collection and the stories behind his poems.
On the the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Rami Younis shares the city of Lyd’s past, present, and a possible alternative future.
This is Palestine, the land of martyrs
That embraces the fearless woman, Shireen Abu Akleh
Mitri Raheb exposes the West’s invention of “the persecution of Christians” as a justification for hegemonic intervention and colonization.