News & opinions from a Palestinian-American
living & working in Ramallah/Al-Bireh, Palestine
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Can’t figure out those Palestinians? Maybe this short film by Dr. Rona Sela, an Israeli curator, researcher of visual history and culture, and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, can help. Rona found stolen and ‘imprisoned’ photos and film footage in the Israeli military archives. The film features Khadijeh Habashneh and Sabri Jiryis.
![Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation [Recommended]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/KingdomofOlivesandAsh-708468-1.jpg)
Proud to have contributed in several ways to this book project. Actually, it’s much more than a book project as you will see by who the authors are and what their riveting stories reveal.
“The tallest man in Ramallah offered to give us a tour of his cage. We would not even have to leave our table at Rukab’s Ice Cream, on Rukab Street; all he needed to do was reach into his pocket…” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon roams the West Bank with Sam Bahour. This essay was first published on Literary Hub before appearing in the writers’ compendium, “Kingdom of Olives and Ash” (2017).
![Palestinian refugees are Israel’s Achilles heel [Book Review]](https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/the-war-of-return-adi-schwartz-einat-wilf.png)