Rebecca Gould

Oct 9, 2024 | newarab.com | Rebecca Gould

When Edward Said published The Question of Palestine in 1979, he broke an unstated taboo in mainstream North American culture against writing from a Palestinian point of view. Said had just published Orientalism, the book which made his reputation as a literary critic the previous year. At that point in history, no major public intellectual had clarified "the Palestinian interpretation of the Palestinian experience" in English, as Said described his own goals for this book.

Jul 29, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Rebecca Gould

Sorry, Kamala Harris. Flag burning is a noble American tradition Kamala Harris' outrage at the burning of the US flag outside Congress betrays a weak knowledge of US antiwar and leftist culture, writes Rebecca Ruth Gould. In the film Alam (2022) by Palestinian director Firas Khoury, a group of high school friends living in a small village in the Galilee prepare to hoist the Palestinian flag on the roof of their school.

Jul 29, 2024 | newarab.com | Rebecca Gould

In the film (2022) by Palestinian director Firas Khoury, a group of high school friends living in a small village in the Galilee prepare to hoist the Palestinian flag on the roof of their school. The night before this big event, two of the main characters trade stories about their lives and dreams. One of the students tells his friend about his father who died fighting for the Palestinian cause.

Jul 18, 2024 | medium.com | Rebecca Gould

The English language lacks an adequate vocabulary to capture the joys of co-creation. To make creation collaborative, it has to draw from mundane Latin prefixes. Even "collaboration" is a double-edged sword. It can refer to working as a double agent or some other morally compromising activity. When Kayvan Tahmasebian and I wanted to capture the nature of our working together, we had to leave English behind.

Jun 17, 2024 | medium.com | Rebecca Gould

The Republic of Georgia is not well known as a hub for feminism. I have experienced its patriarchal tendencies firsthand. Yet many of the filmmakers who have produced the most brilliant films during the past several years in this small country have been women and non-binary individuals.