Memories of the Nakba

i wrote this just before leaving. i had thought it was only going out in the print edition. am well chuffed getting published by adbusters!

i recently read the book "the taqwacores" - ok, as much of it as google books would let me read - about a fictitious american islamic punk rock scene. the book was instrumental, apparently, in the genre being made reality - a handful of "taqwacore" bands have sprouted in the united states - the khominas, al-thawra, tagg taqwacore syndicate, ( Read more... )

International solidarity activists in Dundee from Robert Stewart on Vimeo.

Trees Die Standing is a zine of on-the-ground writing from the most beautiful place in the world, Palestine!


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Goodbyes were a drawn-out ritual, week-long procession from Nablus to Al-Quds, inching me forwards to meet the terms of what al-authoritiez declared I must leave behind in the interests of Jewish state security. The spiraling tail end, a long bus trip with soldiers & tourists through contemplative mountains of the Negev on the eastern border, ( Read more... )

Summer: The figs are bruise pink ( Read more... )

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You’re afflicted, like me, with a bird’s journey ( Read more... )

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