Intimate strangers in a splintering world
Multiculturalism is enriching and as easy as child’s play. But as the winds of intolerance blow harder, it may become a liability for my son and his generation.
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Israel’s Wizard of Oz on the anarchy of Jewish civilisation
By Khaled Diab Israeli novelist Amos Oz believes that Jewish civilisation is founded on dissent and non-conformity, but how true
Read moreنصف يوم مع “آخِر” يهودي عربي
بقلم خالد دياب يعتقد ساسون سومخ، الشاعر والكاتب وصديق الأديب المصري الراحل نجيب محفوظ، ان الأدب يتسامى على السياسة الخميس
Read moreHalf a day with the “last Arab Jew”
Sasson Somekh, critic and friend of the late Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, believes literature transcends politics and can bridge cultures.
Read moreركوب حافلة المدرسة معاً في القدس
بوجود تفاعل محدود بين الإسرائيليين والفلسطينيين كيف يمكننا منع الأصوات المتطرّفة من الكلام
Read moreCan peace be as simple as child’s play?
Palestinian and Israeli children are victims of the conflict they have inherited. So can joint schools help them learn to live together?
Read moreRiding the school bus together in Jerusalem
Bilingual Hebrew-Arabic schooling has the potential to build bridges between Palestinians and Israelis. So why aren’t there more of them?
Read moreMalta’s mash of civilisations
Malta’s complex heritage is living proof that cultures mash more than civilisations clash.
Read moreWhat a queer language
From ‘gay girls’ to ‘shagging flies’, the changing meaning of English words causes no end of confusion.
Read moreLanguage: the food of understanding
Learning Arabic is tough but it can open you up to a whole new world of cultural experiences and opportunities, not to mention build understanding.
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