Elias Jahshan

1 month ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Elias Jahshan

Book Club: The New Arab speaks to Mohammed El-Kurd about his new book which seeks to break down the ‘perfect victim’ myth in Palestine in the face of propaganda When the Gaza genocide started, one of the first things Mohammed El-Kurd noticed was Palestinians and allies once again falling into a loop of auditioning for the world’s empathy.

1 month ago | newarab.com | Elias Jahshan |Mohammed El-Kurd

When the Gaza genocide started, one of the first things Mohammed El-Kurd noticed was Palestinians and allies once again falling into a loop of auditioning for the world's empathy. A sense of déjà-vu prompted the acclaimed poet and activist to put his thoughts to paper, marking the foundations of what would eventually become Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal, El-Kurd's second book since his 2021 poetry collection .

2 months ago | attitude.co.uk | Elias Jahshan

When Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed started writing his memoir Le Coran et La Chair (The Koran and the Flesh), he initially only had one reader in mind: himself. “I still remember the first time I took a piece of paper and started writing my thoughts down,” he recalls. “I was at work. I took a break, and I started writing. It was at first a few words, which became a few pages, and then chapters of what became my book.

Oct 27, 2023 | raseef22.net | Elias Jahshan

Ever since Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Tourism Ministry and Strategic Affairs Ministry jointly launched the “Brand Israel” initiative in 2005, LGBTQI+ rights, culture and identities have been key elements of Israel’s global marketing and nation-branding. This can be seen every year around Tel Aviv Pride, the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival, Israel’s involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest, or for any other events that pertain to the LGBTQI+ community – both direct and indirect.

Oct 3, 2023 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Elias Jahshan

Book Club: Poet, activist, organiser and now author Sara M Salah is a woman of many talents. Speaking to The New Arab, Sara talks about the inspiration behind her debut novel 'Songs for the Dead and the Living' and how multiplicities come into play. Sara M Saleh didn’t initially think her first novel would become a coming-of-age tale played out across generations from Palestine and Lebanon to Australia.