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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

Labour of Love: Palestinian history through embroidery

The Palestinian Museum’s latest exhibition speaks volumes about life in Palestine

May 15, 2018
Yacoub Odeh's birthplace Lifta with new Israeli developments on the edge of town's lands. Before 1948 Lifta had 3,000 residents, says Mr Odeh. William Parry for The National

Nakba generations: preserving the past, present and future

For Palestinians Yacoub Odeh and Huda Imam, the Nakba — 70 years later — remains a catastrophe engraved in their minds

May 14, 2018
The Palestinian Museum will celebrate two years in May 2018. Iwan Baan / The Palestinian Museum

Art under occupation: The challenges facing Palestinian artists and cultural institutions

After two years, we ask if the Palestinian Museum and other artistic centres can ever connect a population under siege

April 19, 2018
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is brought to a courtroom inside the Ofer military prison near Jerusalem on December 28, 2017. Mahmoud Illean, File / AP

Jailed Palestinian teenager 'may be brave but she is one of many'

Ahed Tamimi, who faces charges of assault, incitement and stone-throwing, will face an Israeli military court next week

January 30, 2018
A Banksy satirical take on security checks around Palestine. Courtesy PicturesonWalls

O come, all ye faithful ... Banksy in Bethlehem, 10 years on

Graffiti artist Banksy’s The Walled Off Hotel has attracted tourists to the West Bank and raised awareness of the Palestinian cause using street art, but is it also exploitative?

December 24, 2017
A crowd of Arab demonstrators protests on the arrival of the Shaw Commission in Jaffa, one demonstrator holding up a sign reading "Down with the Balfour Declaration." Corbis via Getty Images

The Balfour effect: British Palestinians on the UK's role in their dispossession

As Britain marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, we talk to British Palestinians about how imperial policy of partition and settlement has shaped their views of their country and the Middle East

November 2, 2017