‘My dream was to be a woman…. A woman in every sense of the word.’ Scheherazade’s Diary, a film shown last Friday in Sydney as part of the Arab Film Festival, is a […]
Scheherazade’s Diary: the Baabda chapter
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The Engagement Illusion
During Ramadan, and in response to the bombing of Gaza, US President Barack Obama spoke at the annual White House Iftar. He called for both sides to come back to the negotiation […]
Gaza Fundraising Dinner
Sana helwa: a letter from the editors
Dear Reader, Sajjeling was launched in July 2013 to facilitate a space where all Arab-Australians could share their stories and their interlocking histories. Like Abraham Lincoln, we envisaged a space ‘of the […]
Graves and graveness: journey to Palestine
My father and I sat in transit in Abu Dhabi airport, embedding various phone numbers and addresses from our West Bank itinerary into my iPhone. Coolly, calmly, I converted the numbers into […]
