Suja Sawafta

2 weeks ago | sensesofcinema.com | Suja Sawafta

Introduction Jean-Luc Godard once famously declared that his “soul (was) Palestinian.” This affinity was not the result of some misplaced kinship but the outcome of a deeper political commitment; an understanding that the Palestinian struggle for freedom and sovereignty was fundamentally part of the global, and much larger, struggle against imperialism, “like Vietnam or Cuba.” At various points in his career, Godard also declared that “Cinema is Dead.” Cinema first died through sonic output:...

Apr 9, 2024 | revue-ballast.fr | Suja Sawafta

10 avril 2024Traduction d’un article paru dans The BafflerLe 1er février 2022, Amnesty International publiait un rap­port dénon­çant une poli­tique d’a­par­theid menée par les auto­ri­tés israé­liennes à l’en­contre du peuple pales­ti­nien. À l’é­poque l’u­ti­li­sa­tion de ce terme a sus­ci­té une levée de bou­cliers ; il est aujourd’­hui lar­ge­ment mobi­li­sé par les orga­ni­sa­tions de défense des droits humains, y com­pris israé­liennes.

Mar 28, 2024 | modernismmodernity.org | Suja Sawafta |Samhita Sunya

HomeForumsClustersGlobal South Cinephilias Mar 25, 2024 By: Suja Sawafta and Samhita Sunya Volume 8, Cycle 3https://doi.org/10.26597/mod.0289Early in Samuel Shimon’s first-person autobiographical novel An Iraqi in Paris (‘Irāqī fī Bāris), the young author-narrator has left his hometown of Habbaniya, Iraq on the eve of Saddam Hussein’s military takeover of the country.

Nov 28, 2023 | en.vogue.me | Suja Sawafta

Ethical, artisanal, and Tunisian, Tūniq’s pieces gently journey from sheep to shop, made by hands that have honed their craft through generations. Hidden in the lush green suburbs of Tunisia’s capital, in an office with blush-toned walls and terrazzo floors, an emerging brand has developed a business strategy that packs a punch.

Aug 10, 2023 | middleeastmonitor.com | Suja Sawafta

Book Author(s) :Mai Al-NakibPublished Date :April 2023Publisher :Saqi Books Paperback :384 pages pagesISBN-13 :9798200858873In her debut novel, An Unlasting Home, Mai Al-Nakib exposes the challenges that often come with state formation and national identity. The title, borrowed from Irish writer James Joyce's novel,  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, speaks to the impermanence of home "under the eaves of men's houses," as Joyce puts it. The roof could easily collapse at any moment.