Where is She?

Batool Abu Akleen, a teenage poet from Gaza, last posted on October 23. Her social media handles went silent after that

"I Use Art to Convey What Cannot be Expressed in Words"

Artists expressing solidarity with Palestine are struggling to find space on mainstream platforms

"Gaza is our Home"

Researcher, writer and translator Yousef Aljamal highlights the human impact of the political situation through his mother’s and sister's stories

"I Let my Art be a Testament to my Political Identity"

Heba Haji is a Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist settled in Kuwait. She traces her ancestry to Palestine through the words of her grandparents

"I am Ready to Die, Here in Gaza"

She is a 21-year-old student in Gaza. She has survived many Israeli military attacks. The Israeli army assassinated two of her uncles and two of her cousins. This is her story

"We Need More Medicines"

Chris Hook has been working with Médecins Sans Frontieres MSF)/Doctors Without Borders since 2015. He was recently the Head of Medical Teams in Gaza and describes what it’s like to do care work in a city under siege

"I Spent A Day in an Israeli Prison"

Italian artist Jorit painted a mural of Palestinian activist Ahed Tamim! while visting Jerusalem. He was jailed for it, and he Is banned from entering Israel for ten years

Occupation Stories

A collection of plays by Palestinian theatre groups about the daily lives of people in wartime in their homeland'

Static Frames of Turbulence

The flair and flourish of Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman

Palestine Outside Gaza: TWO EXPERIENCES

Irrespective of how the current situation plays out, the Palestinian spirit is too deeply entrenched to be defeated

UNHOLY WAR

Violence destroys the conscience and renders us captive to the reptilian mind within

"Resistance is at the Core of Our Identity"

Rifat Kassis, a Christian Palestinian human rights activist, author, and speaker, who is presently living in the West Bank, feels Israel is paving the road for another Nakba

The Olive Tree

Artist and writer Ghia Haddad on Palestinian children and hope

"Like Seeds, We will Continue"

Reem Anbar, a Palestinian oud player and a music therapist from Gaza, has been telling stories about her land and the ongoing war through her performances across Europe

'We are Packing for Exile ... or Death'

In the first week of December, the Aljazzar family was preparing for its forced emigration from Gaza. They didn't know what to pack in their small backpacks

"I See a Circle of Light"

Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan's poems sing of losing the war and living for love

'Even Before the War, Life Was Very Hard'

Cartoonist and visual artist Mohammad Sabaaneh was imprisoned in an Israeli prison for six months because his art depicts how Palestinians suffer Israeli atrocities daily

"Women of Gaza Are Holding On, But For How Long?"

What is happening in Gaza now is a backward step in every way for the feminist movement, says Farah Barqawi, a Palestinian feminist, performer and poet, pursuing an MFA degree in non-fiction creative writing in Brooklyn

'The Nakba Has Not Ended Yet'

Palestinian artist Ahmed ElKhalidi, who lives in Adelaide, uses his art to make people aorund him become more aware of the Palestinian issue

'My Death Should Not be Passing News'

A promising novelist and an engineer, Noor Aldeen Hajjaj, wrote this piece barely one month before he was killed in Israeli bombing on December 3 in Gaza

"No, it Did Not Begin on October 7"

Khaled Abuqare says as an activist, it has been difficult to put the Palestinian perspective on the table because in the initial weeks of the war, the focus was on the Israeli perspective

Steadfast in Exile

A Palestinian lawyer returns to Ramallah only to become an 'internal exile'

Jewish-Muslim Relations: A Journey Through Legends, Time and Faith

Before the 20th century, Jewish history books were replete with accounts of the generosity of Muslim rulers who had granted them religious and social freedoms and saved them from the savageries of the West

Visually Speaking

A clutch of Palestinian films masterfully use the visual motifs of the West Bank barriers and Israeli checkpoints to capture the cruelties of war

"We Want Bread Back into Our Lives"

Hind Khoudary, who is associated with the World Food Programme in Gaza, recounts hard days in the Gaza Strip during and after the brief humanitarian pause

'The Olive Tree Does Not Cry or Laugh'

Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish’s works are seeped in the sights and sounds and sorrows of his beloved homeland. Placed under house arrest in his youth for his political activism and poetry, Mahmoud spent 26 years of his life in exile, between Paris and Beirut. Palestinian cities and villages, lakes and rivers, orange trees and olive groves, garlic and wheat and bread—pivotal symbols of Palestinian culture and history found a place in the poet in exile’s writing. He explored the themes of belonging and displacement, identity and alienation, giving a powerful and passionate voice to the Palestinian struggle. “My homeland is not a suitcase,” he declared. Calling all Palestinians to resist occupation and colonisation, he wrote, “This land promises wheat and stars…We are its wound, but a wound that fights.”

"Who Will be Killed Next?"

Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish lost three of his daughters when Israel bombed his house in Gaza. He is now a voice for peace and freedom

"No Help Was In Sight"

Zak used to work in a mall close to Al Shati refugee camp before he and his family fled to escape Israeli attacks

"My Daughters are Frightened"

Nour Harazeen, a journalist, left Gaza along with her family a few weeks ago. Her five-year-old twin daughters are bewildered by the devastation they see all around

"Why Do They Bomb Us?"

Four-year-old Salma often wakes up late at night crying violently. She stares at the smoke of the bombing until it fades away and asks. \"People died?\"