Category Archives: Palestinian art & culture

In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 9: When the World Stood Still, They Kept Walking

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 13/02/2025 (The air is thick with dust and sorrow. Buildings reduced to skeletons, streets littered with rubble and broken dreams. But amidst the ruin, there is movement. A weary donkey, ribs showing, hooves cracked, carries a wounded child … Continue reading →

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In Solidarity with Palestinian Women this International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Admin

Ghiwa Nakat March 8, 2024  As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, I cannot help but think of the women and girls in Gaza recognizing the brutal reality they constantly face. While progress toward gender equality is celebrated across the … Continue reading →

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Listen

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Admin

Mansoor Toorani, 7/03/25

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Israeli war on women in Gaza

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Admin
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Artists for Palestine UK

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 26/02/25 800+ programme-makers condemn censorship and racism after BBC pulls Gaza documentary February 26, 2025 Gary Lineker, Khalid Abdalla, Anita Rani, and Miriam Margolyes have joined over 800 film, TV, and media workers in condemning censorship and racism … Continue reading →

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 8 : Amal’s Unfinished Lullaby

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Admin

S.T. Salah, 12/02/2025 (The night is heavy with smoke and sorrow. The Nur Shams refugee camp is in ruins—walls shattered, streets littered with rubble. Handala, the eternal 10-year-old with his back turned to the world, stands at the edge of … Continue reading →

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Get The Facts About Palestine Correct

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Admin
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Ramadan in Gaza: ‘We used to adorn our street, now everything around us is bleak’

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Admin

Displaced families prepare to spend holy month in Rafah amid food shortages and fear of attack Aseel Mousa in Gaza and Jason Burke in Jerusalem Sun 10 Mar 2024 Seventy days after they were forced to leave their house in the southern Gaza … Continue reading →

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Gaza Orchestra ‘ya nasim alreeh’

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Admin
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 7: Mo’ath Amarnih: A Palestinian Hostage Who Survived Israeli Torture

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 09/02/2025 (Scene: A quiet, moonlit night in a devastated Palestinian street. Mo’ath Amarnih, newly released from an Israeli prison, sits on a crumbling wall. His face is gaunt, his body frail, and his prosthetic eye reflects the dim … Continue reading →

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Palestinian Keffiyeh: A National Symbol and Proud

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Admin

A distinctly Palestinian black-and-white chequered piece of cloth, the keffiyeh is described by some as the nation’s unofficial flag. Long synonymous with the Palestinian cause, the simple square-metre fabric, traditionally folded diagonally into a triangle and worn draped over the … Continue reading →

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Hamadeh’s art gallery

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Admin
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In Handala’s Playground: Season 1, Episode 6: Hind Rajab: A Child’s Cry in the Silence of Genocide

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 08/02/2025 (A dim, endless expanse. Silence, heavy as stone. A small girl, no older than six, stands alone. Her dress is stained with dust and something darker. Her curls, once neatly tied, are tangled. Her wide eyes search … Continue reading →

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