Palestine

In an office just a few minutes away from the city centre in Ramallah, Dr. Ayman Rabi scurries to submit a report on the latest efforts of the Palestine Hydrology Organization. As acting executive director and co-founder of the organization, Dr. Rabi reflects…

The 2020 foreign-language Oscar nominees will come from submissions from 93 countries, up from last year’s 87, and breaking the record 92 from 2017. A contender for the renamed Best International Feature must be a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 m…

Halloumi cheese grilled with preserves. Liza B. Zimmerman Countries like Turkey and Lebanon have long been making wine. Regions such as Persia: the current IranGeorgia and Armeniahave long also been historical cradles of wine making. Sadly, this sometime…

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said he is seeking "non-aggression" agreements with Gulf states, as the two sides have warmed up to each other against common foe Iran. The Israeli leader, who met Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al …

Demi Lovato recently visited Israel. Her 77 million Instagram followers know this because she posted about it several times Wednesday, including one photo-set of herself being baptized in the Jordan River. The caption read, “I am an American singer. I was rai…

Ali AbunimahActivism and BDS Beat4 October 2019 Activists in Austria disrupted a session of the Vienna city council on 26 September to protest tightening censorship of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As the video…

We’re living in a bizarre time. And by bizarre, I mean dumb. The era of outrage has given way to the era of pressured apology. Not long ago in America, the online and media atmosphere was extremely different. People did what they did, and mostly, nobody car…

Pro-Palestine activists are coming after Demi Lovato for pictures she posted from a sponsored trip the singer took to Israel. I am an American singer. I was raised Christian and have Jewish ancestors. When I was offered an amazing opportunity to visit the pl…

Demi Lovato recently posted about a "spiritual" trip she took to Israel, but some fans weren't happy with the lavish photos. Some have accused the singer of taking a political stance in the ongoing Isarel and Palestine conflict, which prompted her to turn off…

In May of 2018, I was walking home on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy when I stumbled across a JR shoot in progress. Always eager to have a world-famous artist take my picture, I got on the surprisingly short line and within ten minutes was standing in the back of …