“‘What is this madness?’”
A letter from Gaza. 7 JULY—I received a note the other day that I think it is imperative my readers see for the shocking realities it describes. The email message arrived from Mazin Qumsiyeh. Some of you may recognize Mazin’s…
“Chongqing, global and invisible.”
The West’s ‘wall of ognorance.’ Guy Mettan, the prominent Swiss journalist, returns to The Floutist’s pages with this very fine piece on Chongqing, written after a recent visit. We like it for its exploration of China’s aspirations as these are manifest…
“Death to the genocide machine.”
The most criminal army in the world. The following is dedicated to the memory of Malak Musleh, Gaza’s youngest female boxer, and the twenty-nine other people killed along with her when the I.D.F. bombed a seaside cafe yesterday. Al-Baqa Cafeteria…
“Missiles overhead.”
As the West Bank watches the Zionists’ wars. 26 JUNE—Two weeks ago, on Tuesday, 10 June, videos arrived from the West Bank in quick succession, announced by an alarming series of pings. They were sent by Qadir al–Thaer, my friend…
“‘We cherish life.’”
From Palestine to Americans: A letter. 22 June—Cultures throughout West Asia have a tradition whereby a man may ascend to a revered position within his community due to his spirit of benevolence. Such a man assumes no political position or…
“West Bank impunities.”
The starvation siege has begun. 14 JUNE—What follows is a series of alerts on settler and I.O.F. violence that arrived by text beginning in the second week of May. In photographs and videos, they document incidents near the villages of…
“Demolitions.”
Destruction and self-destruction. In the following update, Qadir al–Thaer—whose previous reporting appears here and here—reports on the recent demolition of a large residential building in the Palestinian community of Beit Ummar. The town of 18,000 inhabitants is located eleven kilometers north of the…
“Liberal delusions.”
20 January 2025. (Screenshot, PBS.) Two images, their truth. In reality, only the fragment carries the mark of authenticity. — Brecht. 22 APRIL—Peter Dimock, the avant-garde novelist (A Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family, George Anderson, Daybook from Sheep Meadow) and an old…
“Poisoning ‘the Holy Land.’”
I met Adnan al–Abayyat last November in Kisan, his rural village in the Bethlehem Governorate. Kisan is 11 km southeast of the city of Bethlehem—as the indigenous hooded crow flies. It is a rather longer distance—27.5 km—on the dangerous and…
“‘Our lives are worth nothing.’”
A letter from Occupied Palestine. In a dream,I saw myself flying a kite.And I was like the kite—free.But when I woke up to fly it,one of us wasn’t free.—Sabeel 3 APRIL—A text arrived from a friend two weeks ago today,…
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