Category Archives: Palestinian art & culture

Israel’s Genocide Confirmed

No genocide has been so confessed,So documented, so manifest.No crime so broadcast to the world,As lives erased, as flags unfurled.The victims speak, their voices raw,The proof is written in the law—Displacement, death, the endless siege,A land consumed by war’s disease.The … Continue reading

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Palestinian Innovations: Building a Future Against All Odds

By Phalapoem editor, 4/12/2024 In the face of immense challenges, Palestinians have demonstrated extraordinary ingenuity and creativity across various fields. From technology and medicine to art and culture, Palestinian innovations reflect a blend of resourcefulness, resilience, and an unyielding spirit. … Continue reading

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Lama visits her house in Gaza

The aspiring journalist who’s gathered a social media following covering Israel’s war on Gaza, Lama Abu Jamous shares her first visit to her destroyed house after she had been displaced.

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Ending complicity and genocide

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A Unified Palestinian Vision or the Birth of a New Political Reality??

Lawyer Salah Ali Moussa, 31/03/24 The Palestinian leaders and a number of writers and thinkers tended to call for the necessity of building a unified strategy to confront the aggression and the danger of the stage. Some believe that this … Continue reading

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UN Experts Appalled by Reported Human Rights Violations against Palestinian Women and Girls

19 February 2024 GENEVA (19 February 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations to which Palestinian women and girls continue to be subjected in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Palestinian … Continue reading

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If you find yourself alone

Mahmoud Darwish If you find yourself alone, tell yourself: Exile has altered its features… Wasn’t Abu Tammam afflicted before you when he met himself: ‘You are not you and home is not home…’ Things carry your patriotic feelings for you: … Continue reading

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Couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-DahdouhAl Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh.

Photograph: Steffen Roth/The Guardian After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just the start of his … Continue reading

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In Handala’s playground, season 1, episode 4. 

Starvation  and Resilience S.T. Salah [Scene: A makeshift shelter in Gaza. Widad sits on the floor, cradling a photo of her deceased baby Ahmed. Handala stands nearby, his back turned to her, but his presence is palpable.] Widad: [Choking back … Continue reading

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First Recognize Palestinian Humanity 

  Dr. James J. Zogby President of Arab American Institute  Guys in white shirts and ties in Washington and their counterparts in Israel are sitting around tables making plans for what they want to see after Israel ends its genocidal assault … Continue reading

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