The Huffington Post, February 2, 2010 Maan News Agency, February 2, 2010 Despite police plans to end the demonstration with force, more than 300 Palestinians, internationals, and Israeli activists gathered in Sheikh Jarrah on Friday afternoon to protest the evictions of Palestinian families from their homes. Armed with only drums and handwritten signs that read …
The Electronic Intifada, October 29, 2009 Recently, Israel announced that it would import palm fronds from the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The move came at the behest of Minister of Religious Services, Yakov Margi, who feared that a shortage of palm fronds and a local monopoly on the item would send …
Waiting for Taha: review of Adina Hoffman’s My Happiness Bears no Relation to Happiness: a poet’s life in the Palestinian Century The Jerusalem Post, June 5, 2009 The story begins with an unlikely friendship between a Jewish American woman who has come to call Jerusalem home and a Palestinian poet, old enough to be …
Humans, not headlines Common Ground News Service, May 14, 2009 Daily News Egypt, May 18, 2009 Kuwait Times, May 20, 2008 The news is in: Israel’s press status has now been downgraded to “partly free” by Freedom House, the organisation dedicated to promoting democracy and civil liberties around the world. It is a disheartening …
Where there’s smoke: review of A.B. Yehoshua’s novel Friendly Fire The Jerusalem Post, December 12, 2008 While perusing the bowing bookshelves of a dinner party host recently, I noticed a large A.B. Yehoshua collection. “Looks like someone’s a Yehoshua fan,” I remarked. The hostess laughed, “Not exactly.” She explained the books once belonged to …
Burgeoning Beirut bourgeois The Jerusalem Post, November 28, 2008 (published under a pen name to protect the identity of the interviewees) It’s Friday night and we’re piled into a SUV, headed toward Gemmayze – the uber-hip district of the moment in Beirut where young people go to party. My host sits in the passenger seat, …