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The literary homeland of Palestine
ATEF ALSHAER surveys the rich tradition of Palestinian literature from Ottoman times, through the tragic dispossession of 1948 to the present day
Mahmud Darwish poem Mural on a stone at the Neve Shalom cemetery in Jerusalem: “O Death, wait until I pack my bag: my toothbrush, my soap, my shaver, aftershave and clothing. how is the weather there? Is it changing in the white eternity, or whether it stay the same in winter as in autumn? Will one book enough there, to pass the non-time, or should I need an entire library? And how to speak there? Common colloquial or classical Arabic? Wait, death, Until I regain my clarity of mind in the spring.”
[Dr Avishai Teicher/CC]
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
MARTIN GRAHAM welcomes a statistical analysis of how much tax the super-rich pay, and foresees that the demand will flush out their agents
RICHARD WORTH relishes the fleeting moment and sense of flow of the late, great saxophonist
DENNIS BROE notes the thin, unfunny and apolitical quality of the gruel dished up by the US networks and studios for mass consumption
BARBARA BOSWELL remembers South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026)
WHEN a society experiences oppression and trauma, literature helps its people by giving them a voice and reinforcing their identity. It gives the trauma those people have suffered a universal resonance.
So it is for Palestinians, whose literature — particularly that of resistance — plays this role.
Indeed, Palestinian writers have been noted for articulating their pain and suffering, but also for their contribution to bringing hope and aesthetic enrichment through literature.
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