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‘Everyone should be alarmed’: Berlin police ban Palestinian demo for prisoners
A year after police in the German capital banned all Nakba Day protests, Palestinian activists have again been barred from assembling.
By
Hebh Jamal
May 4, 2023
‘What is this place I long for?’ A Palestinian musician’s healing journey
Rasha Nahas speaks to +972 about opening emotional wounds on her new Arabic album, the 'disarming' power of music, and navigating her identity between Haifa and Berlin.
By
Vera Sajrawi
February 2, 2023
In Berlin, a fight for Palestinian identity — and a place to call home
Berlin's Palestinian community, many of whom are refugees twice over, are striving to carve out a space in a country ambivalent about their presence.
By
Hebh Jamal
February 14, 2022
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PODCAST: The role of fiction in Palestinian liberation
Palestinian-American author and educator Sahar Mustafah talks about the responsibility of representing her community to a mainstream audience, the grief of immigration, and writing as a critical tool of emancipation.
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
November 12, 2021
Palestinian-Americans are turning the tide of US policy
Overcoming distance and fragmentation, a new generation of diaspora Palestinians is dismantling Israel's monopoly over the U.S. conversation.
By
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
September 16, 2021
Quarantine Diary: Part One
The coronavirus may be an equal threat to all, but it is far from affecting all communities equally. This is the first installment of personal stories on how the pandemic is impacting people across Israel-Palestine.
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April 9, 2020
My Palestinian sitty embodies the humanity Israel tries to deny us
My grandmother is not just a beacon of warmth and love. Not just my first best friend. She is a survivor. She is the compass that points to justice. By Nooran Alhamdan My grandmother was my first best friend. As soon as I’d be dropped off at her house, almost daily, the hotheaded and spoiled…
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August 20, 2019
Three generations after the Nakba, still struggling to define home
For Madlaine Ahmad, born and raised in Doha to Palestinian parents with Jordanian citizenship, the answer to ‘where are you from?’ is never simple, and always seems to be wrong. By Madlaine Ahmad I changed my Facebook profile picture the other day. It was a photo of a fair woman covered in gold and henna.…
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October 26, 2018
Women rule the stage at DC’s Palestinian film and arts festival
For the first time in its seven-year run, the annual DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival brings live performances to the stage, highlighting the role of women in storytelling. By Christa Blackmon In an age of increased reliance on digital media, and when diaspora identities are being formed through the lenses of cameras, live oral performances remain a vital tool…
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October 31, 2017
Palestinians aren’t counting on Trump or Clinton for their liberation
Americans will still have a long way to go before they can decide what their country represents. Once they do, Palestinians can begin to care again about what happens in Washington. As a Palestinian contributor to +972, I have been struggling these past weeks with how to write about the US presidential election. Part of…
By
Samer Badawi
October 31, 2016
50 years of the PLO: Where to now?
The organization’s face has changed significantly since 1964, most dramatically in the past 20 years since Oslo. The PLO must find a way to include the diaspora, empower grass roots activism and keep alive its founding spirit as a national liberation movement. By Samer Badawi Take one look at the website of the Palestine Poster…
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Samer Badawi
June 7, 2014
True Palestinian reconciliation must include refugees
By ensuring that the diaspora’s rights are fully represented in the Palestinian liberation struggle, Palestinians can draw upon the combined financial and human resources of that worldwide community to finally shed the manacles of Oslo. By Samer Badawi Last week’s unexpected détente between the would-be “governments” of Fatah and Hamas raises more questions than it…
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Samer Badawi
April 28, 2014
Resource: Surveying Palestinian identity in the homeland and diaspora
A new survey by the BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, a non-profit organization that works to defend and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees, attempts to understand how youth of Palestinian heritage (third or fourth generation of displaced Palestinians) identify with their ancestry. BADIL conducted a survey focusing on identity and social ties among Palestinian…
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July 3, 2013
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