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January 22, 2014

Film Review: When I Saw You

It’s hard to recreate the 1960s with only a quarter of the budget you intended to shoot on. But that’s exactly what Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir did to film...

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January 22, 2014

Film Review: Gaza Calling

The Tedious Occupation of Bureaucracy Six years ago Palestinian director Nahed Awwad, her husband and their four-week-old daughter were on the way to Germany from their home in the...

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January 22, 2014

Theatre Review: The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution

The most disturbing part of Caryl Churchill’s The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution is the relevance its main themes have today. Set in a psychiatric hospital at...

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January 22, 2014

Palestinians’ right to memory should prevail over Israeli “independence” celebrations

A brief article on Forbes emphasising Israel’s significant increase in tourism has been linked to the forthcoming 65th anniversary of “the birth of the nation”. For Palestinians, the commemoration...

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January 22, 2014

Film Review: Apples of the Golan

One villager cuts open an apple and presents to the camera the fruit before him. Inside, in a neat circle, are five pips – one for each point of...

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January 22, 2014

Film Review: Infiltrators

The cameraman passes a microphone through a gap in the separation wall and a hand from the other side finds just enough space to take it; for one mother...

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January 22, 2014

Film Review: Though I Know the River is Dry

Qalandia, “I hate the word,” says the protagonist as he walks through the familiar metal grille that protects the crossing between the West Bank and Jerusalem in the occupied...

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January 22, 2014

Film Review: When the Boys Return

Nadar Khallaf lays out colourful cards in the centre of the circle and asks each of the 12 young men surrounding him to pick two of them. A member...

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January 22, 2014

In Egypt, socially conscious music festivals flourish

“It’s kind of strange, but okay. You can’t help but dance- in an awkward fashion- but it was well worth it,” music lover Yahya Karali commented on a recent...

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January 22, 2014

Bringing a taste of Egypt to London: Koshari Street, a street food experience

In 2011, it was handed out to keep protestors in Tahrir Square going as they demonstrated against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year rule; since 1950 Abou Tarek’s...

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