By Mark Perryman Following the death of Palestinian footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, UEFA tweeted sorrowfully: “Farewell to Suleiman al-Obeid, the ‘Palestinian Pelé’. A talent who gave hope to... Continue reading
‘Yes I think we [Welsh] rather love precipices, we go towards them, then withdraw… I think we all do, we Celts… …there was a second or two... Continue reading
By Nick Moss Fortress Wapping is the outcome of a research project by Sam Kemp, and his colleagues Dr Amil Mohanan and Izi Snowdon, into the 1986... Continue reading
By Razia Parveen In examining the powerful narratives of Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin and the anthology We Are Not Numbers, edited by Ahmed Alnouq and Pam... Continue reading
‘It feels a dark kind of summer, in which prejudice is dressed in fuchsia and the political class shrug their shoulders while the angry mob grows. We... Continue reading
A prosepoem by Maria de Stefano Monteleone is a small agricultural hilltop town in the region of Puglia in southern Italy. During WW2 most of its men... Continue reading
By Dennis Broe The Netflix series Marked begins with a bang, an armoured car robbery from the point of view of the female driver Babalwa who eludes... Continue reading
it is 1985 and you’re 19 at Wembley dogsdrinking Hofmeister from a brown plastic bottleafter a shift answering phones at the mini-cab officeand there’s a hurdle race... Continue reading
Symbol of Hope, by Sliman Mansour Yahia Lababidi presents the Introduction to his new book of poetry, Palestine Wail, together with a poem from the book INTRODUCTION:... Continue reading
A mosque destroyed in the Jabalia area of the Gaza Strip. Commons image by Jaber Jehad Badwan By Richard Penderyn Last year a letter I co-authored on... Continue reading