– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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Palestine Center Condemns Attack on Aid Boats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yousef Munayyer ymunayyer@palestinecenter.org (202) 338-1290 WASHINGTON, D.C. (1 June 2010) – The Palestine Center condemns in the strongest terms the killing of civilian activists aboard aid boats destined for blockaded Gaza at the hands of Israeli commandos which took place Sunday evening. The aid … Read more
Palestine Center Book Review No. 5 (19 May 2010) Each month, we will be conducting a review of a recent book that deals with issues relating to Palestine and/or the Israel/Palestine conflict. Books that are chosen for review can be academic or non-academic, historical or fictional. Next month we will be reviewing The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship with … Read more
This exhibition showcases photographs of Lebanon taken 50 years apart. His father Elias Hakim’s B&W photos document the young Hakim family’s emigration from Lebanon to the US in 1956. Najib’s color photos explore the country upon his return in 2006 after the latest war with Israel.
As’ad Ghanem’s study on the Palestinian national movement in the period after the Oslo Accords is an important argument that has implications not only on the future of the Palestinian movement, but also for those engaging this movement strategically,
Ellen O’Grady exhibits drawings from Palestine from her forthcoming book What Ham Saw.
Susan Abulhawa’s masterful writing is delightful to read. She writes with an element of metaphor, undoubtedly owing its origins to the Arabic language, which brings color and feeling to every page of this novel.
Charara’s exhibit “Hueman” features paintings and sculpture in his signature “cartoon” imagery, using whimsy and a cacophony of colors to comment on our common humanity, injustice, the immigrant experience and much more. Enjoy video of Lena Seikaly performing “Love You Madly” from the opening of Adnan Charara’s “Hueman” exhibition at the Jerusalem Fund Gallery on 5 March 2010.
The Jerusalem Fund Dedicates Palestine Diabetes Institute in Al-Bireh, Palestine FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Yousef Munayyer ymunayyer@thejerusalemfund.org (202) 338-1958 WASHINGTON, D.C. (26 February 2010) – Today, The Jerusalem Fund and its partners, the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Foundation and Physicians for Peace, officially dedicated the Palestine Diabetes Institute in Al-Bireh, Palestine. Moving from … Read more
Sacco sketches the gruesome details of massacre in only the way images can describe, leaving an indelible mark on the memory of the reader that words alone could not accomplish.
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