“Most of the literary representations of the massacres in two Palestinian refugee camps don’t aim to hold a mirror to the three days of horror, which took place in 1982, between September 16 and 18.”
Palestine
‘A Poet Behind Bars’: A New Poem from Dareen Tatour
“See, prison is for lovers.”
The Afterlife of Ghassan Kanafani
“[A] Canadian teacher has been suspended for giving a speech in which she called the assassinated Palestinian writer a martyr.”
Palestinian-Chilean Novelist Lina Meruane: ‘Seeing Red’ and ‘Becoming Palestine’
“Palestine has always been a murmur in the background, a story I tell myself to rescue a shared origin from extinction.”
Bashar Murkus and the Making of Independent Palestinian Theater in Haifa
“This desire underlines a central challenge impeding the development of Palestinian theater in Israel – as it is, schools offer theater training almost entirely in Hebrew. “
Utopian and Dystopian Palestines: From Literature to Art and Back at the ‘Chapter 31’ Exhibition
“Chapter 31: A New Archaeology Of The Future” is a new exhibition that tips its hat to Emile Habibi’s pioneering text “The Secret Life of Saeed The Pessoptimist.”
‘Talking Forever’: A Poem for Dareen Tatour by Naomi Shihab Nye
“Dareen, trapped in her house for using the word “Resist” – she was there
and we were everywhere else. “
Update: Poet Dareen Tatour Released, Will Continue House Arrest at Home
“But after a prolonged drama in the Nazareth court the result was that Dareen was arrested and returned to prison. “
Small Win: Poet Dareen Tatour Will Serve House Arrest at Home in Reineh
“We wait final decision from the court and expect Dareen to be home by July 25. Solidarity yields results!”
New Poems by Dareen Tatour, Under House Arrest in Israel
They signed on my behalf
And turned me into
A file, forgotten
Like cigarette butts.
Make Noise & Beauty on July 28, a Day of Creativity for Ashraf Fayadh
“Let us be loud enough that he hears us.”
Is Sayed Kashua the Funniest Living: A) Israeli-Palestinian or B) Palestinian-Israeli Author?
Whether you read Sayed Kashua’s new “Native: Dispatches from Israeli-Palestinian Life” or Sayed Kashua’s new “Native: Dispatches from Palestinian-Israeli Life” depends on whether you buy books printed in the US or the UK. But don’t worry, they’re both equally funny.
