Palestinian people

August 7, 2023

Vered Lev Kenaan’s Letter from Israel

Dear Friends, I would like to share with you the following news: Yesterday a special protest event was held in Tel Aviv – the death procession in which thousands of Arab and Jews participated...

Middle East / Palestinian people / Uncategorized / Unnatural Disaster / Writing

March 27, 2020

Mahmood Darwish: Opening Pages of “Memory of Forgetfulness”

Getting up on the first morning after we started shelter-in-place here in New York, I went as always straight to the kitchen to start the ritual of making coffee — & immediately thought that...

Israel / Man-made Disaster / Palestine / Palestinian people

May 18, 2018

Uri Avnery: The Day of Shame

May 19, 2018 ON BLOODY MONDAY this week, when the number of Palestinian killed and wounded was rising by the hour, I asked myself: what would I have done if I had been a...

Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people / Poetry

May 3, 2018

Palestinian Poet Dareen Tatour Convicted of Incitement, Supporting Terror for Poem and Facebook Posts

via Arab List (in English) & by MLYNXQUALEY on MAY 3, 2018• ( 0 ) Palestinian poet and Dareen Tatour was surrounded by supporters on Thursday, May 3 as the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court found her guilty of...

Gaza Strip / Israel / Man-made Disaster / Palestinian people

April 13, 2018

Uri Avnery: Eyeless in Gaza

April 14, 2018 WRITE DOWN: I, Uri Avnery, soldier number 44410 of the Israel army, hereby dissociate myself from the army sharpshooters who murder unarmed demonstrators along the Gaza Strip, and from their commanders,...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Iraq / Israel / Mashreq / Palestinian people

March 27, 2018

Women’s Nonfiction on Political Detention: From Iraq to Palestine

via Arabic Literature (in English) & MLYNXQUALEY on MARCH 27, 2018 • ( 0 ) “Keep still, the stories will come to you if you listen” By Nora Parr Photo by Amal Eqeiq Between...

Arab Culture / Colonialism / Human rights / Israel / Middle East / Palestinian people

March 23, 2018

Uri Avnery: Son of a Dog

24.3.18 THE CLOSER Mahmoud Abbas gets to the end of his reign, the more extreme his language becomes. Recently he spoke about Donald Trump and uttered the words “May your house be destroyed”. In...

Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people

December 23, 2017

Uri Avnery: Cry, Beloved Country

December 23, 2017 ANYONE PROPOSING the death penalty is either a complete fool, an incorrigible cynic or mentally disturbed – or all of these. There is no effective therapy for any of these defects....

Arab Culture / Israel / Literature / Mashreq / Middle East / Palestine / Palestinian people / Poetry / Translation

September 18, 2017

35 Years Later: Memory and Violence in Literary Sabras and Shatilas

via MLYNXQUALEY & the always excellent Arabi Literature (in English): on SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 • ( 0 ) It’s now been thirty-five years since the Sabra and Shatila massacres in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps. It...

Gaza Strip / Islamic Fundamentalists / Israel / Palestinian people

July 8, 2017

Uri Avnery: Eyeless in Gaza

July 8, 2017 I HAVE a unique confession to make: I like Gaza. Yes, I like this far-away corner of Palestine, the narrow strip on the way to Egypt, in which two million human...