To walk Palestine
To walk Palestine Expanding a shrinking country 10.09.14 Mashallah Team Ramallah I walk because my country is small, and getting smaller, shrinking and vanishing. It’s getting fragmented,...
View ArticleCinema Filistin
Cinema Filistin Visual Sunday 21.09.14 Julius Matuschik Bethlehem Ramallah At the end of 2012, German photographer Julius Matuschik set out in search of traces of Palestinian cinema culture...
View ArticleBuilding in Palestine
Building in Palestine A personal account 29.05.15 Conor Sreenan Ramallah Palestine is in the air; warm at first and then chilling at night. Chirping and barking from towns and cities. An energy,...
View ArticleI fear to forget
Every victim of a violent crime fears to remember. Every victim of a violent crime wants to forget. But in Palestine, I, ‘we’ fear to forget. I fear to forget the 7owwara checkpoint, that cold winter...
View ArticleWelcome to Qarawa
At the end of a winding road in the characteristically arid valleys of the West Bank, we finally locate a red sign next to a detour, announcing the entry into Zone A. There, you do not fail to lose...
View ArticleBienvenue à Qarawa
Après une route sinueuse dans les vallées arides caractéristiques de la Cisjordanie – où nous ne manquons pas de nous perdre une ou deux fois car seules les villes israéliennes, les colonies et...
View ArticleLand day graphics
Yesterday was not only the last Saturday in March and the birthday of MC Hammer and Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, but also Land Day – a day to commemorate the events of that day in 1976, when Israeli...
View ArticleCelebrating Filasteen
From lettuce, apricots and local bear to handicraft, music and contemporary art, Palestine has a festival scene that celebrates life’s more beautiful sides on many occasions throughout the year. This...
View ArticleHunger strike
From our long-time contributor, writer and poet Tala Abu Rahmeh, a poem for those who are on hunger strike in Palestine. The strike was started over a month ago, on April 17, involving some 1,600...
View ArticleArt as a sanctuary
Malak Matar. On first glimpsing the painting, you would be forgiven for considering it yet another artist’s umpteenth attempt to recreate the iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Upon peering more...
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