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Culture, Literature and the Ar..
Culture, Literature and the Arts
Liana Badr
Letters from the Sea
(Everything here is reported by the young man who found the bottle.)This small light-emitting machine is currently still decoding the letters I extracted from the bottle I found floating in the sea a
Vol. 28 No. 3&4 2023
Michal Rubin
A rewrite
I kneel down to pick up one red anemone I thought was there the image of red gets buried in the downpour of grey dust Nothing is left but a rewrite of stor
Vol. 28 No. 3&4 2023
Almog Behar
Civil War
Who will read the poems about the civil war After the civil war ends? Who will feel the taste of blood on the tongue When the ink dries? Who will curse the foreigners after the ban
Vol. 28 No. 3&4 2023
Shahar-Mario Mordechai
The History of the Future
“The radio broadcasts news every hour/ the news anchors know everything: impossible/ it seems, that every single hour/ you may kill/ steal, cheat. And still/ this is how it is… (Adam Zagajew
Vol. 28 No. 3&4 2023
Rim Banna
Revelation of Love and Rebellion
Rim Banna (8 December 1966 – 24 March 2018) was a notable Palestinian singer, composer, arranger, and activist who was most known for her modern interpretations of traditional Palestinian songs and po
Vol. 27 No. 1 & 2 2022
Leah Goldberg
Illuminations
The title of the poem is in English also in the original Hebrew poem. In the poem Goldberg expresses her feelings as a stranger to the country, occurring also in some of her other poems, here demonstr
Vol. 27 No. 1 & 2 2022
Abdallah Radwan
The Fall
Your voice, sweet as the river’s, is asking, “Why do you circle around me, then leave?” I exclaim: “Here are your eyes, paving for my eyes a road to knowledge. Down with Knowl
Vol. 27 No. 1 & 2 2022
Lisa Suhair Majaj
Jerusalem Song
Your walls fold gently, a wingspan embracing the dreaming city.Your air drifts with the odor of incense, women’s voices floating upwards, a twist of prayer toward heaven’s ear.I ho
Vol. 27 No. 1 & 2 2022
Heidi Basch-Harod
The Power of Film to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence
Film employs the most powerful weapon that we as a human race have to protect ourselves against self-inflicted destruction. That weapon is empathy.
I want to tell you a story. It is a warm August evening in Southern California. You are sitting with me in a high-ceilinged art gallery at the southern end of a palm-tree lined Lincoln Boulevard in Ve
Vol. 26 No. 1&2 2021
Mai Sayigh
Elegy for Imm ‘Ali
Palestinian Poetry
Elegy for Imm ‘Ali1Don’t go away! Across the distances you kindle our fires, deliver joy, ignite our dreams Leaving was never your style; you were always about to arrive Now t
Vol. 25 No. 3&4 2020