THE LEVANT: ZONE OF CULTURE OR CONFLICT? By SAMIR EL-YOUSSEF The following essay is an adaptation of the November 2012 talk that I delivered at Boston College, under the auspices of the Heinz Bluhm Memorial Lectures Series in European … Continue reading
Writing for Peace! BY SAMIR EL-YOUSSEF Last week, and only one day before the start of the new war in Gaza, I gave the following talk in Milwaukee. The event was organised by The Sam and Helen Stahl Centre for Jewish … Continue reading
Being Palestinian Being Israeli By Ayman Sikseck Last year, as a likely declaration of an independent Palestinian state drew near, Arabs born in Israel faced again the complex questions regarding their personal and national history. It made me think back of my own childhood; growing … Continue reading
Meeting Etgar By Samir El-Youssef Keret and El-Youssef in 2005. (Credit: Lisa Goldman) It was eleven years ago, and I’d love to say that it feels as if it were only yesterday. But a whole history of terrible … Continue reading
Sayed Kashua the lonely bridge builder By Samir El-Youssef Sayed Kashua (Credit: The New York Times) Once upon a time, back in 2005, a group of Arab and Israeli writers met on the Israeli-Jordanian border with the … Continue reading