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January 23, 2014

Iranian man goes 60 years without a bath

An Iranian man has broken the world record for the number of years spent without bathing. He spent the last 60 years without a bath. The Iranian News Agency...

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January 23, 2014

Final Words on Sharon by Miko Peled

I never understood how people could rejoice at the news of a person’s death. I happened to be in the UK when Margaret Thatcher died so I witnessed the...

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January 23, 2014

Flag of paradox

All my life, the flag of Palestine has been ingrained deeply into my brain. From news reports that my father used to consume incessantly to the many protests I...

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January 23, 2014

DCI-Palestine emphasises torture of Palestinian minors in Israeli jails

Children incarcerated in Israeli jails continue to face systematic abuse at the hands of Israel’s military. According to Defence for Children International Palestine, Israeli soldiers are responsible for violence...

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January 23, 2014

Israeli settler violence mirrors the large-scale aggression implicit in land grabbing

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the entrance of a mosque in the village of Deir Istiya, in the occupied West Bank, was set on fire. The walls...

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January 23, 2014

Cairo Year One: Nermine Hammam at The Mosaic Rooms, London

At first glance Nermine Hammam’s work looks like beautiful Japanese prints hung on the lower floor of The Mosaic Rooms, a renovated Victorian townhouse that is now an art...

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January 23, 2014

Remembering Egypt and Palestine with Reem Kelani at the Ealing Jazz Festival

“Many people ask me, how come you like jazz and you’re an Arab? And I tell them it’s because I’m an Arab” Reem teases, laughing at her own joke....

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January 23, 2014

Freedom of expression comes in many shapes and sizes, but who decides the boundaries of art in Tunisia?

The protests in Tunisia in 2010 may have swept away former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and 23 years of autocratic rule, but they have replaced him with a...

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January 23, 2014

Palestinian artists invited to present their work across the bridge that both connects and separates them from Jordan

The River has two Banks: A Curatorial Project across Ramallah, Palestine and Amman, Jordan from September to the end of October 2012 The King Hussein Bridge that links Jordan...

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January 23, 2014

Judith Butler wins Theodor Adorno Prize despite opponents

This week the City of Frankfurt chose to award American Jewish philosopher and Berkeley Professor Judith Butler with the 2012 Theodor Adorno Prize, an award that acknowledges superb contributions...

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