Cactus: An Incomplete Taxonomy of Stolen Palestinian Time
Mexicans eat cactus with gusto. Indigenous to what is now called Mexico, cactus is easy to throw a handful of green slivered cactus paddles into a molé or to scramble with your eggs in the morning. Make it into a salad, covered with crumbled white cheese. That’s how my mother’s family eats it. Cactus also […]
A Bridge to Burn: The Palestinian Intellectual and the Struggle for Liberation
‘Gaza Writes Back,’ edited by Refaat Alareer, is an anthology of stories from young Gazan writers, reflecting on life under siege and the 2008-2009 “Operation Cast Lead.” Published by Just World Books in 2014. “I am an academic. Probably the toughest thing I have at home is an Expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, […]
Counter-mapping: Using Open-Source Data as a Tool Against the Occupation in Palestine
On October 25, 2023, videos poured out in Al Saraya, Gaza, that displayed a large cloud of smoke drifting into the skies, as a result of an Israeli airstrike. Bomb clouds are architecture in gaseous form: they consist of many aspects of what was once a building–cement, concrete, metal, wood, and more. They occupy the […]