PalFest an ‘Attack on Arabic’?
Yesterday’s PalFest wrap-up in Al Jazeera, penned by Sousan Hammad, provides sharp criticism for this and other literary events in the region. Her main criticism is that core PalFest events—as […]
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PalFest Wraps Up With Personal Readings
PalFest wrapped up yesterday with a final event at the African Community Society in Jerusalem. I haven’t seen video or tweets about the event, but each participant was set to […]
PalFest Day 2: Palestine Like a Humor-writing Masterclass
In his Day 2 blog on the PalFest website, author William Sutcliffe writes about his reading, given in a Turkish bath, and about what being in Palestine has taught him […]
Suad Amiry on the Difficulties of Literary Journalism in Palestine
PalFest—the annual Palestinian Festival of Literature—begins tonight in Jerusalem. The night before its kickoff, Ramallah-based author Suad Amiry talked in Cairo about her new nonfiction book, Nothing to Lose But […]
Ahdaf Soueif on the Origins of PalFest
The Palestinian Festival of Literature kicks off May 1 at the Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem; it will continue through May 6, and makes its way through Nablus, Jenin, Bethlehem, […]