Palestinian culture

Female Gazan PLC candidate to 'Post': I want a say in the decisions shaping my life - interview

In an interview with the Post, Hiyam Taha explained why she is seeking to enter politics and how she hopes to improve the future of the Palestinian people.

Palestinian women look from a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, before the strike was carried out late on Thursday at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, May 29, 2026.
Nomai Hadba wears trousers from his 2025 menswear collection, which incorporates traditional Palestinian Tatreez into contemporary fashion.PremiumPremium

Tatreez reborn: Palestinian embroidery finds new life in contemporary Israeli fashion

Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. A shared song on a Jerusalem street can offer a rare moment of connection in a city where identity and politics so often shape encounters between strangers. PremiumPremium

Singing together across the divide: What a Jerusalem chorus taught me - comment

A child wears a Hamas head banner after Friday prayers in Gaza City.

Indoctrinating innocents: From the Khmer Rouge to Hamas, the art of child indoctrination


Beduin drama Sand Storm wins 'Israeli Oscar' in an event marred by controversy

In the past, the ministers have confined their remarks to praise for the achievements of Israeli filmmakers. Regev broke decisively with this tradition.

Minister Miri Regev

‘Outrageous’

Most Israelis and Jews might claim that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to Judea and Samaria, and they certainly have a right to believe so.

A CONSTRUCTION site in the West Bank settlement of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem [File]

US-Palestinian comedian brings laughter to Ramallah

Absurdities of life in territories give me new material every day, Amer Zahr says

AMERICAN-PALESTINIAN COMEDIAN Amer Zahr performs at the Movenpick Hotel in Ramallah on Sunday.

First green school arrives in Palestinian town

“We want to have a proactive, on-the-ground impact in terms of providing the means to help Palestinians understand the problems of climate change.”

Students in classroom at Aqqaba Secondary Girls' School.

Inside the bedroom, Palestinian artist explores sexual taboos

The artist explained that she is not trying to offend anyone by exploring sexuality so publicly, but rather looking to fracture social taboos on issues rarely discussed in Palestinian society.

‘INTIMATE SPACE XII,’ by Rana Samara. At first glance, many do not understand that Samara’s paintings depict intimate spaces. ‘You need to read the statement to understand,’ she said.

Gunmen kill two PA police officers in Nablus

The deadly clash comes more than a month after another firefight between PA security services and gunmen in Nablus’s old city, which left two other officers dead.

Palestinian Authority police officers stand guard in the West Bank [File]

Liberman summons Army Radio director over program on Palestinian poet

Mahmoud Darwish, who died in 2008, is considered a Palestinian national poet and his works often reflect anti-Israeli sentiments.

(left to right) Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Darwish & George Habash in Syria circa 1980

A toast to Beit Sahour

Rafat Houary opens a brewery in the West Bank’s beer capital.

RAFAT HOUARY shows off his Wise Men Choice spiced ales brewed in Beit Sahour.

A Proper Response to Terror

The Jerusalem Post

Some right-wing pipe dreams

We do not even seem able to reach an agreement among ourselves as to what should be done about the three Balad MKs who have crossed almost every conceivable red line. So what would we do with 30, 40, 50 or even 60 Palestinian MKs, who at best have Fatah leanings, and at worst Hamas ones?

PALESTINIAN SCHOOL girls walk past Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint at a entrance to the village of Beit Einun near Hebron