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Palestinian exiles: When home becomes a foreign land

While Palestinians living in the diaspora are physically separated from Palestine, those who remain in the homeland often feel a sense of psychological or spiritual alienation, not to mention an overwhelming dream to roam free.

Racists exploit BDS and Israel to advance their agendas of hatred

As recent motions in the German Bundestag and US Congress reveal, both the BDS and pro-Israel movements are exploited by racists as fig leafs to further their agendas. These racists must be exposed and challenged.

Podcast: Concrete canvas on the West Bank wall

By Khaled Diab Like the Berlin Wall and other political barriers, the Israeli wall has witnessed an explosion of protest art

Birth behind bars

A new Palestinian film fictionalises the plight of female Palestinian prisoners of conscience in Israel: from hunger-striking to child birth.

Starving the body to feed the cause

Hunger striking in prison taught Sulaiman Khatib a lot about his body, his mind and the importance of peaceful, non-violent activism.

Filmmakers shed light on reel life in Palestine

Filmmakers are moving away from the headline conflict to shed light on real life in Palestine as lived by actual Palestinians, both real and fictional.

Marching for Gaza and towards the third intifada

Does the largest Palestinian protest in recent memory, along with weeks of unrest, indicate that the long-expected next intifada is here?

The power of Palestinian literature to write wrongs

The power of Palestinian literature lies in its ability to make a word of difference, gradually shifting perceptions and, through them, reality.

Reimagining Palestine by inserting the human dimension

The outside world primarily see Palestinians as two-dimensional heroes or villains. A new generation of artists and writers is adding a vital third dimension, the human.