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when the shia invaded lebanon
Image via Wikipedia When a Palestinian school child in Abu Dhabi is asked what the difference is between Israelis and Jews, and he replies that, while the Jew is somewhat of a Muslim, the Israeli...
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Infinite Requiem: An Old Piece
… of all the Palestine-inspired fare, no gesture in the direction of the ongoing Intifada could have hit the nail on the head with greater precision than the Swiss filmmaker Richard Dino’s Genet à...
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Banipal piece
The bus is more than half empty when I get on… An old woman in black scuttles down the aisle to my right; before I’ve had a chance to see her face, two glossy pamphlets are in my lap. They are manuals...
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A testimony from the siege
The Gaza Spring . At the time I had Islamist tendencies. I was still a schoolboy when the inqilab happened in 2007. (Thus spoke Amin, which is not his name: 22, author, activist, affiliate of Fateh,...
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The menace of resistance
A long time ago — it must have been 2000 — I was briefly in trouble at work for apparently belittling the achievement of Hezbollah against Israel in an article I had written. The censure came from a...
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Nukhba? Who the fuck is Nukhba?
Egyptian intellectuals and the revolution Egypt has had Islamists and “revolutionaries”. So who are the nukhba or elite routinely denigrated as a “minority” that “looks down on the People”? Educated...
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When Suicide Is Permissible
As the IDF begins its withdrawal from the scene of the crime, Hamas is poised to harvest the political yield An Israeli reservist prays July 18 near the Gaza border by Sderot, Israel. Source: CNN On...
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Killed: Postcards from Palestine by Carol Sansour
. Killed by the silence Killed by the lies Killed waiting Killed wanting Killed fighting Killed negotiating Killed hungry Killed cold Killed lonely Killed in a group Killed in the light...
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A testimony from the siege
The Gaza Spring . At the time I had Islamist tendencies. I was still a schoolboy when the inqilab happened in 2007. (Thus spoke Amin, which is not his name: 22, author, activist, affiliate of Fateh,...
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Nukhba? Who the fuck is Nukhba?
Egyptian intellectuals and the revolution Egypt has had Islamists and “revolutionaries”. So who are the nukhba or elite routinely denigrated as a “minority” that “looks down on the People”? Educated...
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A Thousand and One Pebbles: Introduction to “Tajdeed”
On his last visit to Cairo, the German translator Hartmut Fähndrich was despondent about the lack of interest in contemporary Arabic writing, and he offered this interesting explanation of Western...
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Seth Messinger: Laâbi, Maghreb, Anfas
Source: diptykblog.com Olivia C. Harrison and Teresa Villa-Ignacio’s Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics, published by Stanford University Press this...
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Carol Sansour: In the Time of the Apricots (The Complete Text)
Christopher Anderson, Greek Orthodox service in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, 2007. (1) Way in Traffic lights Posters Separation wall Jacir Palace Amal Butchery Azza Camp Bread United...
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Carol Sansour: Qadaa wa Qadar
The Palestinians today are drowned in a world of predestination. It looks and feels like the fight to defend their issues is not a choice they have made, but rather a call they have followed blindly....
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Tam Hussein: The Knockout Outside Time
Tam Hussein reviews All the Battles, Maan Abu Taleb’s remarkable debut in Robin Moger’s translation, published by Hoopoe Fiction earlier this year Source: mearsonlineauctions.com There are things All...
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Bethlehem, 2002: A Diary by Carol Sansour
Chris Steele-Perkins, Kabul, 1994. Source: magnumphotos.com Nadim wakes up We play for a while Then go downstairs to feed him We find sido Tony already there Anxious going around waiting for someone to...
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Mahmoud Almunirawi: Nine Images from an Ongoing Project
So. Avelaval. My leaves have drifted from me. All. But one clings still. I’ll bear it on me. To remind me of. Lff! So soft this morning, ours. Yes. Carry me along, taddy, like you done through the toy...
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