Mariam Chehab finds some familiar scenes in the Sydney Film Festival screening of award-winning Chilean documentary ‘Tea Time’… Any movie that begins with intense close-ups of icing as it is spread on […]
60 years of Tea Time
In Palestine, how is ‘normal’ defined?
Ahlam Najjar writes to us from Palestine about the way that survival under occupation requires a redefining of what is considered ‘normal’… I entered Palestine with extensive knowledge of the dire situation […]
Three weddings and a zaffa
There comes a time in every young Arab’s life when a zaffa becomes a weekly event. In my case, my calendar seemed to fill up with periodic bursts of celebrations as soon […]
Remembrance is resistance
With the anniversary of the 1948 Nakba just passed, Sara Saleh reflects on how storytelling can be a form of resistance in the quest for the right of return to the Palestinian homeland. […]
Palestine: commemorating the catastrophe
