The Take

An Oasis of Hope
How do people in Palestine cope with decades of occupation and colonization? As noted...

Palestine as Pawn: Land, Water, and the Cost of Occupation
At Dalia Association, the starting point for community impact is simple: Palestinians should control...

Palestine 4.0
On a random spring day, I stopped at the Atara checkpoint near the town...

Living Ecology as Liberation Practice
With a mutual yearning to map the land, ever since we met in 2012,...

Why I Refuse to Shrink: Belonging, Identity, and the Cost of Staying Whole
I was born a minority. I grew up with it in my bones. Being...

The Diaspora’s Duty to Save the Palestinian History: A Rumination
It’s hard to describe the feeling of longing for a place you’ve only been...

Learning Hebrew
Mother took charge of family affairs the moment father was arrested at the border....

Strategic Silence: Palestinian Women’s Voices
In the traditional landscape of media and leadership, women are often framed within a...

When a Degree Becomes an Obstacle
In the West Bank, education is not simply a personal choice, it is a...

The Polite Face of Inequality
A decade ago, I left my home and moved to Germany. I came from...

Reframing Subjectivity: When Research Looks Back at the Palestinian Researcher
Objectivity, in its traditional white, Western definition, is imagined as distance: emotional, political, and...

What Does It Mean to Be a Palestinian Woman?
Living as a Palestinian woman in this culture means existing in today’s oppressive environment...