Gaza
Calling the Tune
Protest chants over Gaza led by the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury have been whipped into a front-page controversy. Yet while the furore deflects from the realities of the Israeli military’s actions, the horror felt by artists and the public at the war represents a turning point.
The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai
Journalist Arwa Damon joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss being denied entry to Gaza, why some wars vanish from global attention, and the emotional toll of covering conflict.
Historicide in Gaza
Roman pots and Phoenician jewelry may be more glamorous than filing cabinets full of administrative papers, but the latter record the basic facts needed to understand a society. In Gaza, Israel has now destroyed these archives — the culmination of a long process curtailing the possibilities of Palestinian history.
The Israeli Drones Guarding Fortress Europe
Countries across the Mediterranean rely on Israeli-made drones to police their maritime borders. Those same drones are often battle-tested on the Palestinians in Gaza.
Lost in a Land That Was Once Ours
In a shared taxi ride across Gaza’s desolate landscape, Lujayn, a young Palestinian writer, witnesses eight decades of Palestinian loss and displacement recounted in a common experience of pain and dispossession.
The War of Narratives in Jordan
On April 15, Jordanian authorities announced the arrest of 16 individuals linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, accused of preparing rocket and drone attacks from within the country. The state’s narrative was assertive and unmistakable: This was not an external operation misdirected inward, nor an ideological protest gone too far. It…
Gaza and the Fall of Western Idealism
Acclaimed writer and journalist Omar El Akkad joins Faisal Al Yafai for a frank, difficult and moving discussion about the personal impact and wider implications of the war in Gaza.