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September, 2010

Editorial

28-09-10
In the Final Analysis… What does the Middle East do to us? Rana Bose

  (An editorial essay on the Middle East)  What is it that we do here in Montreal or anywhere else  Read more…
Eman Haram, “Erase the Oblivion,” 2006.

Art

28-09-10
Against Erasures : Memory and Loss in the Art of Emily Jacir and Eman Haram Najat Rahman

  Printed originally by Viewpoints, The State of the Arts in the Middle East: Volume IV, The Middle East Institute,  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
Tunes from a Palestinian Symphony Dr. Samia Costandi

  I am walking the streets of Ras Beirut where I grew up, where my parents’ home still exists in  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
Israeli Apartheid? Michael Neumann

  Israel is losing the propaganda war.   Mainstream newspapers now provide ample reason to conclude that Israel oppresses the Palestinians  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
Palestinians: descent into Hell — a personal reflection Jooneed Khan

  Rezeq Faraj and the “Descent into Hell” It was when I read Palestine: le refus de disparaître, the 2005  Read more…
In Hebron, the struggle against ethnic cleansing is brutal. Ex-Israeli soldiers who served in Hebron formed Breaking the Silence (see http://www.shovrimshtika.org/index_e.asp) now take people on tours of Hebron. Shaduah Street from left to right: Jewish settlement, Israeli soldier, cleansed Shaduah Street, photo of street from several years ago, empty shops, graffiti of the terrorist Jewish Defence League.

Photo Essay

28-09-10
Palestine is flowering in resistance Scott Weinstein

       Hundreds of Palestinians and Israelis demonstrate weekly against Jewish settlements in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem.    Over the last  Read more…
The children at the community center snapping away with my camera

Commentary

28-09-10
My summer at camp Rola Harmouche

   Why? Asked many family and friends in Lebanon when I told them that I was volunteering at the Shatila  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
In Bil’in and in Palestine the Resistance Clearly Shows Mary Ellen Davis

  Bil’in, situated to the west of Ramallah, is a village typical of the eastern Mediterranean from many points of  Read more…
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Interview

28-09-10
This Place They Dried From The Sea: An Interview with Kamal Aljafari Nasrin Himada

  Kamal AlJafari’s Port of Memory (2010) is situated in the port of Jaffa. The film explores the formation of  Read more…
Ilustrado cover

Book Review

28-09-10
Ilustrado Maya Khankhoje

  Ilustrado. By Miguel Syjuco, Hamish Hamilton Canada, an imprint of Penguin Group, 308 pp.,  Toronto 2010. Miguel Syjuco (pronounced  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
Palestine and Israel: Reflections on the Genesis of Social Activism Joy Moore

    A colleague of mine suggested that I contribute an article on my interest in the question of Palestinian rights  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
The Challenges and Benefits of Dialogue Ronit Milo

  Media coverage of the peace talks presently underway in Washington is generally pessimistic about the prospects of success. It  Read more…

Commentary

28-09-10
Dialogue is a Precondition to Negotiations Deena Roskies

  One party asks for more than he is willing to settle for. The other party offers less than he  Read more…

Poetry

28-09-10
Settlements Ehab Lotayef

  Intro: Speaking in Montreal, David Shulman, an Israeli activist, described the luxurious, yet windowless, houses of the illegal Jewish  Read more…
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Book Review

28-09-10
Canada and Israel- Building Apartheid Montreal Serai

  Canada and Israel – Building Apartheid by Yves Engler, a co-publication of Fernwood Publishing and RED Publishing, ISBN: 9781552663554,  Publication Date:  Read more…

Poetry

28-09-10
4 poems Louise Carson

  In Gaza breast milk for two years a well-spaced brother organic baby food furniture safety-checked growth carefully plotted then  Read more…

Short Story

28-09-10
Off a Main Subir Das

  In a café somewhere a light switch clicked behind a blue paint-chipped door. The bright light which crept out  Read more…

Poetry

28-09-10
“Howl to the Dying of the Moon” Prospero Saiz

[from my Iraq suite, “Howl to the Dying of the Moon”] * A lean desert wolf howls… A child is  Read more…

Interview

28-09-10
An interview with Stefan Jacques, Montreal-based director of Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza Maria Worton

    In January 2009 Caryl Churchill penned the play Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza in response to  Read more…
I am a japanese writer book cover

Book Review

28-09-10
I am a Japanese Writer Maya Khankhoje

  I am a Japanese Writer. By Dany Laferrière. Translation by David Homel. Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.   I am  Read more…

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