This collection of essays analyses the 1993 agreement between the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat and the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It was published originally in...

Ever since Jewish migration to Palestine started between 1882 and 1903 as part of the Zionist project, conflict between Arabs and Zionists has been prevalent in discussions of literature...

Evoking the politics of the subaltern, “The Naqab Bedouins: a century of politics and resistance” (Columbia University Press, 2017) seeks to address previous gaps in the available literature regarding...

This slim volume of testimonies from Palestinians who experienced the Nakba emphasises several factors which are vital to the preservation of Palestinian memory. It counters Zionist myths about Palestine...

In this impeccable collection of writings, perceptions and understandings about Palestine and Palestinians reinforce the importance of authentic trajectories. “This is not a border: reportage and reflections from the...

“Historical disinformation, even of the most recent past, can do tremendous harm.” Ilan Pappé’s latest publication, “Ten Myths About Israel” (Verso Books, 2017), opens with an overview of the...

On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, Salma reads the young girl’s future in the dregs of a coffee cup. She realises that her daughter, Alia, will have an...

At the heart of any stable society is the law of the land, whereby its citizens adhere and follow the governance they are living in. Rebel Law shifts from...

“They asked me to follow my heart.” With a simple statement that rings only truth, Giles Duley embarked upon a photography project commissioned by the UNHRC titled “I Can...

It is a conflicting memoir, so Raja Shehadeh’s latest book “Where the line is drawn: Crossing the boundaries in occupied Palestine” (Profile Books, 2017) must be read with an...

In “Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994” (University of Chicago Press, 2017), Andy Clarno presents a different perspective on settler colonialism and how this plays into the...

Expectations of clarity with regard to the establishment of a purportedly “independent and viable Palestinian state” seem to have absconded permanently as the diplomatic catchphrase has become the only...

What do young Palestinians do while living under occupation? Dream, like other children. The circumstances, however, are not only different but unique in terms of isolation, the brutality of...

A shared heritage in art, as well as the influences, divergences and subsequent absorption of identity are prevalent in the intense work displayed in “Modern and Contemporary Arab Art...

Criticism of US and Israeli ideology, as well as emphasis upon a one-state possibility, form the foundations of “Countering the Palestinian Nakba: one state for all” (Noor Publishing, 2017)....

Björn Brenner has contributed invaluable research through his book “Gaza under Hamas: from Islamist democracy to Islamist governance” (2017). Apart from establishing the centrality of Hamas rule to a...