Wieland Hoban / 12 Sep 2022
A Palestinian Education
Farkha Festival Diary
Following a welcome ceremony on the evening of our arrival, the 27th annual Farkah Festival began.(...)
Middle East
John Foster / 29 Jul 2022
The Antisemitism Party
Labour and the Forde Report
The Forde Report represents a new stage of the malaise afflicting the Labour Party.(...)
The Battleground / 13 Jun 2022
End of An Era
The Battleground’s Summer Books List
“No more blood.” The graffiti has been there for as long as I can remember.(...)
Joel Schalit / 10 Jan 2022
Asylum From Germany
The Coronavirus Shakes
They asked what the purpose of our visit was. “We’re fleeing Germany,” I said, as I handed over our Israeli and American passports. “My wife and I want to apply for asylum.”(...)
Joel Schalit / 27 Sep 2021
Israel in Germany
When the Press Fails
It was a typically cringe-worthy piece of German journalism.(...)
John Foster / 10 Sep 2021
Born to Lose
America in Afghanistan
When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 14 Jul 2021
Disorienting the Middle East
Medieval Femme, by Fatima Al Qadiri
On her spacious and subtle new album Medieval Femme, Fatima Al Qadiri returns to London’s Hyperdub label to ask forceful questions about the relationship between margin and centre.(...)
Joel Schalit / 09 Jul 2021
Everything is Field Recording
Learning From the BBC
Women were screaming. Gunfire echoed in the distance. A British accented voice drifted in and out, periodically commenting on the upheaval.(...)
