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In an address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature (2008), John Berger gives a moving reading of Ghassan Khanafani's "Letter from Gaza".
Crossposted at PULSE & Peoples Geography
The infiltration of Hebron began in the wake of the 1967 war when followers of the extremist and very violent rabbi Moshe Levinger took over the Park Hotel in the centre of the city. The Israeli government claimed there was nothing it could do to stop them when, in fact, Levinger and his followers were [...]
Tagged HebronEarlier this year an extensive advertorial was published in The New York Times by author Jürgen Todenhöfer, based on his book Why Do You Kill Zaid?
The author has also made sections of the book freely available online (http://www.whydoyoukillzaid.com/en/mainmenu/home.html — in German, English, Arabic and Persian) and is donating all of the royalties to finance medical [...]
Jones, a wealthy financier, had on many occasion in the good old days - when trains were flourishing and coaches were the last word in technological luxury - crossed the continent by Pullman. He was well known and well served and was accustomed to every convenience, particularly when dining. Imagine his exasperation, then, when it [...]
Tagged allegory, conflict resolution, Middle EastArtist Peter Kennard meets members of a new generation of artistic dissenters in a movement spearheaded by artist Banksy, whose art has featured in Occupied Palestine as well as his native UK.
Art attack
by Peter Kennard | New Statesman | 17 January 2008 (cross-posted at peoplesgeography.com)
Banksy attracts the press attention, but around him is an increasingly [...]
I was very moved by this profoundly affecting piece from Franklin Lamb. He not only offers excellent reflection of this timely marker of the 25th anniversary of the terrible massacre of Palestinians at Sabra-Shatilla in Lebanon, but generously and courageously shares his personal experience. For him, this was a political massacre compounded by the very [...]
Tagged Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Sabra, Shatila, Terrorism, War CrimesThanks as well as a hat tip to the great ladies at Jordan Journals for making this article available. (Unless you have a print subscription to the Jordan Times, this article is not freely available online, the only other site that has it requires subscription). Cross-posted at Reclaiming Space at http://peoplesgeography.com by Ann El [...]
Tagged Guest Blogger, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace, USA
