Salvatore had black hair until it turned white
Always had masses of it, until the medicine took it all
He had eyes as clear as a lightning bolt in a darkening sky
And always a curious gaze upon the world that he loved
He truly loved the world and the simple gifts it gave
It gave him music and his [...]
Israeli TV has a show called Eretz Nehederet that some say is "satirical". Recently, I stumbled upon this "spoof" of hip-hop performers, and while most of the rap trappings were there, judging by the text, it doesn't seem like this video says anything more than the basic Israeli hasbara and the things Israelis generally say in [...]
I Place my palms to the East
where my people seek peace
And freedom from police control, checkpoints and patrols
Domination from another nation
We used to be brothers like Cain
Now they got us living under occupation the pain
Is just a feeling I can't possibly explain
But the population of Palestine could probably paint
A proper picture of their predicament to [...]
To those who do not know what it means to welcome the Syrian - Lebanese – Arab icon Duraid Laham in Gaza, I will try to come as close as can be to the shadows of this gigantic human figure. Duraid was chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations but long before that he was [...]
British author Michael Palin at the Second Annual Palestine Festival of Literature
WRITTEN BY BRENDA HEARD: When Right Succumbs to Might
“The only democracy in the Middle East.” It has become a cliché amongst supporters of Israel, a phrase as common with parliamentarians as it is with propagandists. These supporters excuse themselves from turning a blind eye [...]
(in the picture, Stateless Nation by Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti)
On 5 June there will be a Symposium that accompanies the events, lasting until 30 September. In the Symposium, issues to be discussed will focus on art in the time of perpetual crisis, the role artists play in civil society as activist and as [...]
SEE THE TRAILER OF JOHN HALAKA'S FILM ON PTT TV!
Born and raised in the village of Tarsheha in the Galilee, Rana Bishara is a Palestinian Visual Artist whose creative practice includes sculpture, installation work and performance art. Her artwork functions simultaneously as an elegy to the Palestinian Nakba (the Arabic term for The Great Disaster [...]
A poem to think about on this day when many around the world reflect about the meaning of Divinity and Resurrection from Death. In a world where the life of an innocent child is no longer sacred, nothing in the world is. Poet, playwright and human rights advocate asks us what a life is worth in this world that is God Forsaken, where young men boast of their killing 'finesse' and men and women are killed for a symbol that is bereft of meaning. This poem was found by Adib S Kawar, who translated it into Arabic. It was also translated into Hebrew by human rights advocate and family therapist Avigail Abarbanel. Mary Rizzo translated it into Italian, other languages are on the way at www.tlaxcala.es
See this video written by a Palestinian child and recited by another one. It is heartbreaking to know that the innocence of these children and all their joy is destroyed by the evilness of military occupation. Let's not let this child or any child die, of sadness, hunger or any other reason. Let's Free Palestine, Free Children and Free ourselves now before it is too late.
My friends at the Italian-Palestinian youth group "Wael Zuaiter" shared this incredible new creative initiative that was partly organised by the Italian NGO "Vento di Terra" (http://www.ventoditerra.org/). It's the first Web TV program from the refugee camp of Qalandia and these kids ready to share pieces of their daily experiences with us. Armed with one camera (and [...]
