‘I will never forget this moment’ — Two decades on from the Second Intifada, artist Raed Khatab remembers the bullet wound that left him unable to dance for two months, and how culture remains both a target of Israeli repression – and a source of Palestinian resilience.
Written by: Raed Khatab
#ActionsNotWords — Last night a group of Jewish activists projected images onto the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, calling for action on Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Here, they explain why they did it.
Written by: Mia Rafalowicz-Campbell
2020’s breakout author — The author’s powerful debut novel, You Exist Too Much, follows the story of a bisexual Palestinian-American with a penchant for unattainable women.
Written by: Kate Wyver
A view from Palestine — For Palestinians living under occupation, a widespread COVID-19 outbreak would be catastrophic. So how are they keeping it under control?
Written by: Rasha Kaloti
Life in Battir — Photographer Pauline Beugnies visits Battir: one of the last Palestinian villages that is not yet cut off from Jerusalem by the separation wall.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Meet the Judge — In 2009, Kholoud Al-Faqih became the first female judge to be appointed to the Shari’a courts in Palestine’s West Bank. A new documentary shares her incredible story.
Written by: Hannah Clugston
Going underground — Palestine Underground is a new, Boiler Room-produced film that examines the state’s flourishing nightlife culture.
Written by: Hannah Clugston
Home away from home — In a new photography project, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji meets families who have left their homeland behind to start a new life in the US.
Written by: Miss Rosen
#EndTheSiege — With the death toll in Gaza rising as Palestinians continue to demand a right to return to their land, protestors take to the streets of London. Photographer Theo McInnes headed down to join them.
Written by: Theo McInnes
From Where I Stand — Groups who criticise Israel have been banned from entering the country, a blacklist including Jewish-led organisations. Israel’s veneer of liberal democracy continues to slip, argues Alon Aviram. The religious nationalist state is abandoning a founding principle - the Jewish right of return - to silence dissent.
Written by: Alon Aviram