Noting that the goal was also to create a solid foundation of archival, cultural, and educational content through which new knowledge about Palestine can be produced and shared, Persekian said anyone interested in Palestinian culture would be able to ...

Khaled Hourani says that the institution is an important addition to Palestinian culture. A spokeswoman for Larissa Sansour says: “Much of the work of Palestinian artists attempt in one way or another to record and archive Palestinian history, and this ...

Ben-Gurion formed a special committee of experts in history, geology, and Torah study, and assigned them the task of distorting Palestinian culture and substituting the name of Palestinian cities with Jewish names. Thus Tel al-Rabi' became Tel Aviv, Al ...

“I want foreigners to know Palestinian culture, our culture. And I want Palestinians to take [steadfastness] from it. This is your home. Be proud of the land, of the homeland,” explained Rafat Jamil, director of tours and a guide at the Rozana ...

The imposed boundaries by the occupation are completely ignored by the festival organisers, Soueif asserted to Ahram Online, adding "The festival, like Palestinian culture ignores imposed boundaries." For Soueif, the PalFest is working in a cumulative ...

... some of the drawers were filled to the gills with documents and letters from the U.S. Information Agency that exposed the American government's attempts to undermine a Jewish presence and to help the Palestinian Authority create a “Palestinian ...

“We loved doing it because it's part of the Palestinian culture, which we are all, of course, proud of.” Israeli forces captured Habeeb on 20 May 2007 and sentenced her to two-and-a-half years. Like many detainees from the Gaza Strip, she was captured ...

It is a celebration of the steadfastness of Palestinian culture and resistance in the face of continued occupation and denial of rights. Interfaith Perspectives on Palestine brought members of the three Abrahamic faiths to discuss their personal ...