Loud & Clear
Peace over Coffee
They didn’t speak the same language. In fact, they did not even share one....
The Science of Asymmetry, and What It Reveals About Women
Women are often described as “fifty percent” of the world. The number sounds precise,...
How Do Women in Gaza Resist?
It is a contentious question that surfaces every eighth of March, followed by a...
Community Strategies Confronting Organized Crime Targeting Palestinian Citizens of Israel
IntroductionOrganized crime has become one of the most pressing challenges facing the Arab Palestinian...
How Women Can Guarantee that Capitalism and Patriarchy Will Not Return in the Future?
The fact that the proportion of women around the world has been around 50%...
You’re Asleep
You’re asleep. Dreaming, perhaps. Through the kaleidoscopic dream, intertwined in it, you hear male...
Who Are the Palestinians?*
*An extract from the author’s book Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: an encyclopaedia...
The Mukhtar and I: A Day with My Grandfather in the Old City
If someone in a pub asked me to describe my family’s story in one...
Shukri Who? Naming, Unnaming, and the Politics of Identity
I am half-Palestinian, half-Egyptian, not by choice, but by Nakba. If it weren’t for...
The Keffiyeh as Accessory; the Palestinian as Décor
In recent years, the Palestinian cause has shifted from a living, liberatory struggle into...
A Heart Swell
Every time I come back to Ramallah after a work-related trip or a vacation,...
Falastini Spirit: Between Distance and Defiance
Almost a month ago, Scene48 invited me to write for their bulletin Falastini Spirit....