Palestine
Journey to Jerusalem
After our spiritual journey to the Old City and West Bank, the realities of life caught up to us.
11 October 2023
Falastin
News from Gaza rips the heart open/ Idlib is burning too
10 October 2023
7 nonfiction books to understand the question of Palestine
We highlight seven nonfictional books that allow us to understand the history and discourse around the struggle better.
10 October 2023
War still rages on
We might never know how it feels when your whole existence is denied or the loss of homeland, but we can get a little glimpse of their suffering.
9 October 2023
Israel-Arab normalisation has not eliminated the resistance
The Palestinian question had been the thorn in the side of Arab states that wished to forge economic, military and political alliances with Israel.
9 October 2023
Israel defence minister orders 'complete siege' on Gaza
'We are putting a complete siege on Gaza... No electricity, no food, no water, no gas -- it's all closed'
9 October 2023
Latest photos from Gaza and Israel
The spiraling violence threatens to start a major new war in the Middle East.
9 October 2023
In Russia and Israel, national derangement runs wild
Whenever a country’s social contract unravels, conditions become ripe for rumours and absurdities to circulate.
4 September 2023
UEFA probes Maccabi's CL match in Malta after 'Palestine' chant
On Tuesday night, with the visitors two goals up, tensions rose as Maccabi fans launched flares onto the pitch in the Centenary Stadium in Ta' Qali in Malta in response to the Maltese supporters' chants
12 July 2023
Bethlehem: When Will the Peace of Christmas Come Home?
The fact that a Palestinian Christian like me, or a Christian living in a nearby Arab country, cannot simply come to Bethlehem for Christmas should be unacceptable to everyone
24 December 2022
In the aftermath of the Palestinian catastrophe—'Minor Detail' by Adania Shibli (trans. Elisabeth Jaquette)
This book is an essential read to understand the extent of the erasure of Palestinian history after the Nakba and life under tyranny in its cities.
7 September 2022
1,200 Palestinians face risk of forced removal in West Bank
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court.
12 June 2022
How to be a hypocrite: Courtesy of the West
When 12 members of Charlie Hebdo were shot dead for their alleged blasphemous depiction of Prophet Muhammad, the freedom-loving
22 May 2022
On Edward Said: Different shades of an intellectual
Edward Said is one of only a handful of intellectuals who can truly be said to have educated and influenced multiple generations on the Palestinian cause and the different prisms of thought through which we now look at literature, art, and history. In many ways, we are the heirs of the man who popularised the term, “Orientalism”; a man who championed the voices and struggles of the Global South in the Anglo-American sphere.
7 January 2021
Israel's election and the Palestinians' future
Looking at the outcome of the recent election in Israel, the only thing that concerns us is what it implies for the already fading hope
15 April 2019
Dhaka worried over Trump's Golan Heights decision
Bangladesh has expressed deep concern over the recent announcement of the US's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
27 March 2019
Time to speak up for Palestine
On March 20, 2019, the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the
25 March 2019
Palestine new champions
Favourites Palestine became the newly crowned champions of the 5th Bangabandhu Gold Cup following a 4-3 win on penalties over 10-man Tajikistan in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
12 October 2018
UN schools for Palestinians defy funding cuts, open on time
United Nations schools for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are starting the new school year on time, despite the US decision to cancel funding to the international body's Palestinian relief agency.
4 September 2018
Palestinian teen says no regrets after release from Israeli prison
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi says she was deeply changed by her eight-month sentence in an Israeli jail for slapping two soldiers, but does not regret any of her actions.
31 July 2018