Palestine

anchor Urban design proposal for Souks of Beirut in Lebanon by Michael Sorkin Studio, 1994. Image: Michael Sorkin Studio, via failedarchitecture.com. Michael advocated for collective, neighbourly, and walkable cities, while also practising architecture and urban design in ways that embraced these same principles. Even so, his shrewd wit always recognized…

Plus, how work can hold off despair. Photo courtesy of the artist. On this week’s episode of Working, Rumaan Alam spoke with author-illustrator Maira Kalman, whose most recent publication is an illustrated edition of Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. They discussed the art of collaboration, how she juggles…

Writers from Tunisia, Palestine, Iraq, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States are among those honored today by the world’s most lucrative awards program for Arabic literature. At the 2019 Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners’ ceremony at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Image: SZBA By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The man is accused of trying to recruit people to launch terrorist attacks in Israel An Israeli man has been indicted on charges of spying for Iran and preparing terrorist attacks. Shin Bet, the country's internal security service, said the man had been in…

Submitted by the Event OrganizerA presentation of Orde Wingate’s fighting in Palestine. He “taught us everything we know.” (Moshe Dayan, IDF Chief of Staff). Streams live on Facebook starting at 8pm on Thursday, April 9, 2020. Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be…

Salam Khashan’s shifts at the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza can exceed 24 hours. “When I am in the ER, and I call for a bed because I have, for example, a patient with hypoglycemia who needs to be admitted, they usually answer that we don't have a bed,” the…

Hotels are places normally associated with pleasure, relaxation and luxury - weddings, parties, holidays - or more mundane activities like business trips and conferences. They are omnipresent and ordinary, but when circumstances are extraordinary, as they are in the middle of the current COVID-19 crisis, hotels have to adapt quickly…

The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry has had 10,000 coronavirus test kits and ventilators delivered from China, according to Wafa news agency.The chief of the PA’s General Intelligence Service Majed Faraj arranged for the shipment to arrive from China to contain the spread of the virus in their territory.“Before these test…

Glasgow, United Kingdom - Jeremy Corbyn's chequered leadership of the British Labour Party has officially come to an end after Keir Starmer was elected to replace him following a protracted four-month contest. Corbyn, a staunch socialist who presided over Labour for nearly five years, stood down in the aftermath of…

( Middle East Monitor ) – Within the next few days, Palestinian prisoners held by Israel may be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, causing major unrest in the prisons. This is the reality facing prison staff and their prisoners at a time when governments around the world and international organisations…