The Take

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

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...

To be a Palestinian Today
IIn a sunny humble classroom at the National Pedagogical University in Bogotá, Colombia where...

Beyond Victimhood
I’ve spent my life asking a simple yet complex question: Who am I? Growing...

Living Resistance in Israeli Academia
I still remember the moment they walked in. Two colleagues stepped into my office,...

“I Wish He Had Killed Me Instead”
When I saw he was going to shoot, with many of my family behind...

Between Rafah and Tel al-Turmus, a River of Blood That Has Not Yet Dried
I remember my father in our old house in the al-Shaboura camp, lying on...