Expendable Lives
Yousef Munayyer: Last week, after a period of relatively negligible rocket fire from Gaza, Israel struck Gaza in response to attacks from Sinai (that’s Egypt). Provoked, militants in Gaza responded with rockets.
Gaza
Spring 2012
Palestinian arts are flourishing this spring. Among the winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012, awarded at Art Dubai in March, is Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji.
Violence, Nonviolence and the Palestinian National Movement
Dr. Wendy Pearlman shows that the reasoning behind the use of violent and nonviolent methods in nationalist movements lies very much in the movements themselves.
This Duck Is an Apartheid Duck
Yousef Munayyer: Apartheid. This word conjures up specific images and ideas: Mandela, Sharpeville, De Klerk, pariah status, divestment and perhaps most importantly, South Africa. Thus, discourse about Israel’s status as an Apartheid state devolves into discussions about the similarities and differences between Israel and South Africa.
Hamas: From Resistance to Government
Italian journalist Paola Caridi presents her book newly released in the United States. Hamas: From Resistance to Government is a comprehensive history of the Palestinian Islamist movement.
BDS for Palestinian Rights: The Legacy of Mandela and Dr. King
Omar Barghouti, an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights, presents the BDS movement and its legacy.
American Friends of UNRWA
This project will support UNRWA’s Gaza Emergency Program, which provides the poorest and most vulnerable Palestine refugees in Gaza with essential humanitarian assistance, most notably through life-sustaining food aid.
MÉDITERRANÉE SOLIDARITÉ
The training aims to give the basic techniques in joinery, to open a joiner’s workshop and to hire a young adult.
Threads of Identity: Preserving Palestinian Costume and Heritage
One of the leading authorities on Palestinian costume, Widad Kamel Kawar offers a beautifully photographed compendium of rarely seen examples of Palestinian garments and jewelry and a valuable history of Palestine through interviews with the women who made them.
