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One Candidate’s Race for Office and Against the Disenfranchisement of Arab-Americans—‘Brooklyn Inshallah’, dir. Ahmed Mansour, 2018

A chronicle of a city council nomination campaign reveals complex truths about diversity, belonging and 9/11's traumatic heritage in Bay Ridge, one of NYC's most prominent Arab-American enclaves

April 23rd, 2020|Country: Palestine, USA|

The Sheltering Power of Art and Pedagogy in Occupied Palestine—‘Hurdle’, dir. Michael Rowley, 2019

An intimate documentary about two men who seek freedom from Israeli occupation through creativity and kinship unfolds into an antidote to toxic masculinity

January 19th, 2020|Country: Palestine, USA|

Film: The Reports on Sarah and Saleem, dir. Muayad Alayan, 2018

An affair between two married people, an Israeli and a Palestinian, attracts the attention of security services of both countries: a fascinating study of power, class and politics in a relationship

September 12th, 2019|Country: Palestine|

Film: Screwdriver, dir. Bassam Jarbawi, 2018

A relentless study of PTSD through the eyes of a man who returns to Ramallah after 15 years in Israeli prison, which ultimately becomes a metaphor for Palestine's postcolonial future

July 18th, 2019|Country: Palestine, Qatar, USA|

Book: Tom Sleigh, The Land Between Two Rivers, 2018

February 3rd, 2019|Country: Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, USA, Wales|

Food: Knafeh and Brussels Sprouts at Tanoreen, Brooklyn, NY

November 21st, 2018|Country: Palestine|

Book: Marcello di Cintio, Pay No Heed to the Rockets, 2018

September 13th, 2018|Country: Canada, Palestine|

Book: Hala Alyan, Salt Houses, 2017

May 7th, 2018|Country: Palestine|