Young Palestinian violinists to play at London Proms
31 July 2013
The London classical music festival is the Palestine Strings’ highest-profile performance yet.
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Palestinian novelist Sahar Khalifeh awarded Moroccan literary prize
1 July 2013
Khalifeh was awarded the Mohamed Zafzaf Prize for Arabic Literature in a ceremony at the Asilah Cultural Festival in Morocco.
Palestinian writers denied UK visas
21 June 2013
Two leading Palestinian writers from Gaza have been prevented from speaking at the Shubbak festival of contemporary Arab art in London.
Iraqi artist offers nostalgic view of Jaffa
21 June 2013
London show by Nedim Kufi includes historical images of 1930s Palestinian city.
Palestinian poet, translator win prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize
14 June 2013
Ghassan Zaqtan was nearly prevented from receiving award when Canada initially refused to issue him visa.
Imagining Palestine through PalFest
2 June 2013
The Palestine Festival of Literature was very much about feeling and thinking deeply about Palestine, about ourselves, and surroundings in the context of home from a literary rather than a rigid political eye.
Video: Rare public hip-hop performance in Gaza City
31 May 2013
Hip-hop is not new to Gaza, but in recent years public performances have been nonexistent. But last week Gaza rappers Revolution Makers and Antara broke that silence with a rare public performance at the Palestine Festival of Literature.
Hany Abu-Assad's "Omar" awarded at Cannes festival
28 May 2013
Condom Lead by Gaza-born twins Tarzan and Arab also selected for short film competition.
WATCH: Remi Kanazi's new poem, "Nakba," about his grandmother's expulsion in 1948
15 May 2013
Remi Kanazi’s intimate poem honors his grandmother, who was forcibly displaced from her home in Palestine during the 1948 Nakba.
"When I Saw You," "Detroit Unleaded" and more at Houston Palestine Film Fest
8 May 2013
The seventh annual Houston Palestine Film Fest launches this Friday.