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WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums. The sounds arose [...]
By ROGER PULVERS
"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg. . . . Bombers and tanks and rockets and white phosphorus shells are that high, solid wall. The eggs are the unarmed civilians who are crushed and burned and shot by [...]
From theatre in a Bethlehem refugee camp to the Venice biennale, Palestinians are making art out of adversity - and doing it with grace, finds Ahdaf Soueif, organiser of the Palestine festival of literature
Leaning against padded walls in a darkened room we eavesdrop on an argument: "the elite think they can get independence without resistance [...]
The famous Iraqi poet, Abbas Jejan, welcomes Obama in his visit to the Middle East with his own style.
A must see video - a laugh for the day!
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
By Karin Friedemann
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayad has made a formal complaint to the Canadian government regarding the intention of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum to collaborate with the Israel Antiquities Authority to host "Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World" from June 27 to January 3, 2010.
Palestinian Archaeological Department Director-General Hamdan Taha explains, [...]
Israeli Armsdog-Millionaires Assault Bollywood
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel's armament development authority, has launched a promotional film that was dubbed "the most atrocious defense video of all time" by Wired, the popular technology magazine.
Let's say you're a defense-company marketing executive. And you want to make a splash at the Indian defense ministry's annual air show. Do [...]
Recommended by one of my blog readers, if you have couple of free hours today, it is a must see video. Otherwise bookmark it for you weekend.
Learn how money is made. Find out if the world is heading to economical disaster.
This video will try to answer so many questions, many of us asked themselves several [...]
We know,
all you could keep,
is an old key,
an old rusty key
and no door to open with,
because the door was left behind.
Behind the hills,
behind the walls,
there was your house,
once,
now owned by foreigner
dwelling in your land,
now made a foreign country
where foreigners feel
at home,
While you
your children,
and grand children
have to rot in foreign countries
where they say you [...]
Photo by: El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe
Now this is the most disgusting piece of news I've read today:
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - Officials in Old Saybrook have canceled performances by a Palestinian dance troupe after getting a complaint that it is offensive to Jews and Israel.
The decision involves planned performances at the town's elementary and middle [...]
I've been thinking a lot about Nadia's post about sexual violence and historical trauma. In the post, Nadia states:
Reading this article makes me think about the types of historical trauma we as Palestinians, and Arabs in general, are carrying around with us. When Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart speaks about sobbing uncontrollably after viewing a [...]
Tagged Culture, Guest Blogger, Human Rights, Opinion, SabbahI'm not going to compare religions here, everyone has his own sh*t.
Have you heard of "Israel's modesty buses"? In case you didn't, this is not a good story for those who care about women's right.
When on the bus, I tried to buck the system, moving my way towards the driver but was pushed back towards [...]
Palestinian-American poet and political activist Suheir Hammad.
She –author of three books, two-time winner of the Audre Lord Writing Award, and co-recipient of the 2005 Sister of Fire Award– is what you would call a "political poet." This longtime Brooklyn resident sees her poetry as news, containing the power to influence and illuminate the world. She [...]
Like Christians worldwide, the Nassar family is preparing for Easter this week. And like most of their neighbors, this year they will celebrate only once.
Go ahead and see the great Palestinian food recipes included and pass them around to your friends.
[Via: altmuslim.com - by Zahed Amanullah] Eleven year old Asmahan Mansour was ejected from a soccer game in Quebec for wearing a hijab, despite being allowed everywhere else she played.
In Gurinder Chadha’s 2002 film Bend it Like Beckham, the young, female, British Indian protagonist fought against the prejudice of her well-intentioned family to pursue her [...]
