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"Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer "A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times Forgotten is a search for …

Winner of the Moore Prize 2020 In Going Home, Orwell Prize winning author Raja Shehadeh travels Ramallah and records the changing face of the city. Walking along the streets he …

Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile. He describes with precision and fervour the events that led to …

Sherko Bekas vokste opp i Sulaymaniya, nord-øst i Irak. Han omtales gjerne som sorgens og motstandens dikter i kurdisk litteratur. Hans poesi ble oppfattet som en trussel for …

The perimeter around the occupied Gaza Strip is formed by a sophisticated system of fences, forts and surveillance technologies. With each Israeli incursion, a military no-go area, …

For outside observers, current events in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank are seldom related to the collective memory of ordinary Palestinians. But for Palestinians themselves, the …

Winner of the Observer Food Monthly Cookbook of the Year 2013.Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi are the men behind the bestselling Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. Their chain of …

‘An enthralling guide to one of the world’s great cities – that blends history and insights into the present day from one of the most astute commentators on the …

Almost forty years after its foundation, Hezbollah remains an enigma. Is it an Islamist terrorist group dedicated to destroying Israel or the first Arab national resistance ever to …

Hun har alltid lengtet etter noe mer, men hva om veien hun har valgt krever mer enn hun er villig til å ofre? Tredje bok i serien «Veien til Jerusalem». Aya, datteren til …