Photo of the Week: The diverse faces of resistance
Photo credit: Rami Maalouf Date taken: 1997 Location: Palestine A Palestinian woman challenges Israeli soldiers ordering men to raise their arms or face arrest. The photograph suggests that the woman...
View ArticleRepudiation of the West does not define Islam
Guest contribution by Deanna Othman On May 1, Foreign Policy magazine published a piece by Yair Shamir with the headline “Our Shared Islamist Enemy: From Boston to Israel, radicals are attempting to...
View ArticleCheckpoint story: Spitting sunflower seed shells
Here’s a funny story I heard yesterday evening as I and a group of friends shared our experiences traveling through borders and checkpoints in Palestine. A man and his family patiently waited in a car...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: Grabbing the occupation by the shoulders
Photo credit: Yotam Ronen Date taken: March 30, 2014 Location: Old City, Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestine A Palestinian protestor stands up to an Israeli border police officer during a Land Day...
View ArticleIn Gaza, the blood of the dead will not go in vain
Guest contribution by Manar Mohammad It occurs to me that as I am typing this, a bomb is falling on Gaza. More will have fallen by the time I type the last period in this piece. I have never lived in...
View ArticlePhoto of the Week: The First Intifada turns 27
Photo credit: Jeffrey L. Rotman Date taken: March 1, 1988 Location: ‘Anata, West Bank, Palestine Three stone-throwing Palestinian youth flash ‘victory’ signs through the broken windows of a house that...
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