Next Week: Palestine Festival of Literature’s ‘How Empires End’
Palestine Festival of Literature is organizing an event next Wednesday “to hear from crucial voices about the ongoing war on Gaza and what we can do to stop it.” The […]
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PalFest 2011 Announces Lineup of ‘Festival Where Everyone Performs’
Earlier this week, organizers announced the literary lineup of the fourth annual Palestine Festival of Literature, popularly known as PalFest.
The traveling festival is set to run from April 15-20, stopping at locations in Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jenin, Ramallah, and elsewhere.
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 […]
PalFest Wrap-up Event: The Video
Seven and a half minutes from the closing night.
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 […]
PalFest Day One: Detained 6 Hours at the Border, but Show Goes On
According to the PalFest Facebook group, “The PalFest group was detained for six hours at the border. But now they’re through and the show will begin!” And indeed it did. […]
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