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FictionMay 30, 2023
The Lost Worlds of Anton Shammas’s “Arabesques”
A new translation of the 1988 novel documents not only the loss and exile created by the Nakba but also the loss and exile created by occupation.
Raja Shehadeh
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March 23, 2021
Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey
In Friendly Fire, the former Shin Bet director offers two narratives—one of the story that Israel tells the world, the other of the story Israel tries not to tell the world.
Raja Shehadeh
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July 1, 2019
The Use and Abuse of International Law in the Occupied Territories
Noura Erakat’s new book examines the legal arguments used to justify Israel’s occupation—and the legal arguments that might have been used to counter it.
Raja Shehadeh
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FictionFebruary 16, 2006
The Palestinian Patient
Gate of the Sun follows the odyssey of Palestinians driven to refugee camps in Lebanon by Israeli forces in 1948.
Raja Shehadeh
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Regions and CountriesJuly 2, 2003
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Regions and CountriesMay 1, 2003
Bird on a Wire
I didn’t have to wait long for Ziad, the plumber, to come to my house. It had been a year since the current Palestinian intifada broke out in September 2000, and unemployment was at record leve
Raja Shehadeh