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A scene featuring Karma, who plays the cello and dreams of studying law and politics to help her people. Courtesy Real Films

'Gaza' documentary tells of broken dreams and shattered lives

We talk to ‘Gaza’ directors about capturing the anxiety, fears and aspirations of people living in the city over a short, but deeply devastating time

October 21, 2019

Stills from Praneet Soi’s video essay ‘Yalla Yasmeen!’. Courtesy Praneet Soi

The London exhibition looking at Palestine, Kashmir and the issue of perception

We speak to Indian artist Praneet Soi who is looking at art from a different perspective in new show

October 15, 2019

Margaret Atwood at her launch event for her novel 'The Testaments'. William Parry

Margaret Atwood unveils 'The Testaments': 'The world is moving closer to Gilead, particularly the US'

Atwood unveiled her much-anticipated new novel at an event in London, saying she sent the idea of the sequel to her publishers following Donald Trump’s presidential victory

September 11, 2019

Peter Kennard on photographing the bleeding, and the 'bleeding obvious'

His new book 'Peter Kennard: Visual dissent' gathers decades of photomontage work championing human rights, economic justice, peace, freedom and environmentalism

August 26, 2019

'Sliman Mansour', Yaffa, 1979. Courtesy of the artist and Yvette and Mazen Qupty Collection.

Intimate Terrains: the exhibition that spans nearly nine decades of Palestinian art

The exhibition represents Palestinian artists from Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem, also Israel and many from the diaspora who are unable to visit Palestine

August 19, 2019

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan received an honorary degree from the University of Oxford last week. Photo: University of Oxford by Ian Wallman

From Faisalabad to Oxford: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan recognised with honorary degree

Pakistan's Qawwali superstar talks to us about the UAE, his many musical modes, as well as potential future collaborations

June 30, 2019

Arab member of Israel's Knesset Haneen Zoabi (C) speaks to the press after the court decision about Israels ban of Arab lawmaker Zoabi from election in Jerusalem on February 14, 2015. Getty

Haneen Zoabi on leaving Israeli politics after an intense decade of hate

Israel’s first female Palestinian politician speaks about the next election and why she is not running

April 7, 2019

Director Mike Leigh on set of his latest film ‘Peterloo’, a political commentary and his fourth period drama. Courtesy Amazon Studios

Always political: director Mike Leigh weighs in on Peterloo, Palestine and beyond

From Israel and apartheid to the UK Labour Party and anti-Semitism, the director gives us a piece of his mind

March 27, 2019

Esther Manito uses her caustic wit to expose racism . Courtesy Esther Manito

How Lebanese-British comedian Esther Manito uses her material to fight racism

Manito's new show isn't called 'Crusade' for nothing; she's on a mission to take back the word 'Arab', and all the misconceptions that go with it

March 19, 2019

Alaa Aljaleel with a displaced feline. Getty

The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo: the tale of a Syrian man who dedicated his life to cats

We uncover the story of Alaa Aljaleel, the electrician who saved both human and feline lives in Syria

March 10, 2019

Right, Jan Chalmers, founder of the Palestinian History Tapestry Project, and Jehan Alfarra, who helped select the works on display at the exhibition at the P21 Gallery in London. William Parry

London exhibition highlights Palestinian plight through tapestry

Palestinian History Tapestry, at P21 Gallery, celebrates Palestine’s past and communicates the people’s experiences through embroidery – a unifying part of their culture

December 17, 2018

Le Trio Joubran, from left, Wissam, Samir and Adnan, are inspired by late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Courtesy Steven Bryson & Stevie Lawrie

How poet Mahmoud Darwish inspired a rock collaboration of a lifetime

We speak to Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and Palestinian group Le Trio Joubran about how a serendipitous moment between the artists, involving poet Mahmoud Darwish, led to their collaboration

October 9, 2018

The ordinary grief Darwish wrote about more than three decades ago is still visceral in the lives of Palestinians and Palestinian citizens of Israel. Courtesy The Arab Centre for Information

Remembering Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish 10 years after his death

'They stay because they are afflicted with hope': the poet's words on the Palestinian resistance remain vital today

August 8, 2018

A mural by Jorit Agoch depicting Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian campaigner against Israel's occupation, on the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 29 July 2018. EPA

Ahed Tamimi’s face has launched a million clicks: the hefty price of expression in Palestine

One has to assume that the arrest over Jorit Argoch's Ahed Tamimi artwork is simply down to its subject matter: an attempt by the Israelis to curtail further exposure of what she has come to represent today – a symbol of Palestinian resistance and defiance

August 8, 2018

The Palestinian Museum was also honoured with an award. Courtesy Iwan Baan

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