In this episode, we talk through some literary news from Algeria and France, discuss two big translations out this fall from towering authors, as well as a new favorite by Maya Abu al-Hayyat. Then we turn to Read Palestine Week and the new collection focused on writers in Gaza, And Still We Write, before a discussion on refusing to work with Israeli publishe ... Show More
Apr 23
Unlocking Palestine: Sara Yasin on editing The Key
The Key is a new online publication dedicated to covering Palestine as “the core issue at the heart of the modern world.” We’re joined by its editor-in-chief, Sara Yasin, former managing editor of the LA Times. The Key is an outgrowth of PalFest, an annual traveling literature f ... Show More
1h 15m
Apr 2025
#65 Raeda Taha: Between Struggle & Art, A Palestinian Voice I رائدة طه:بين النضال والفن، صوت فلسطيني
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, Ricardo Karam meets with Raeda Taha, a Palestinian director and writer who was born in Jerusalem and is the daughter of Palestinian activist Ali Taha.Raeda talks to us about the impact of the Palestinian struggle on her life and shares her journe ... Show More
40m 52s
Oct 2023
#27 Human shields and made up laws: Palestine v. Modern Colonialism -Abdelghany Sayed
The Palestinians are trapped. Not just by a powerful, US-backed military, but by international institutions and an international legal framework that stacks the deck in favor of supposedly moral state armies, and against the weaker peoples that are occupied and oppressed by them ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 2023
The story of Palestine: Episode 4 of 4:
It is the finale of this series, telling about years of the Gazan epic, from 2000 until the 7th of October 2023. From the second intifada through the 16 year unprecedented inhumane siege against international laws. The story of Rachel Corrie, the American activist martyred in de ... Show More
45m 29s
رواية ذكريات من منزل الأمواتأو بيت الموتى أو مذكرات من البيت الميتفيودور دوستويفسكيلقي هذا الكتاب إقبالا شديدا وأصاب نجاحا عظيما. وقد نشر في ظروف مواتية كما قال أحد معاصريه, فإن روحا من التسامح والتساهل كانت تسيطر يومئذ على الرقابة, فظهرت كتب ما كان يتخيل أحد أن تظهر قبل بضع سني ... Show More