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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

As Palestinian embroidery appears in contemporary fashion, artists and educators are navigating the balance between innovation and preservation

|ByKORAL SAEED
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

One familiar melody on a Jerusalem street became a reminder that music can open doors where conversation alone often cannot

|BySHIFRA JACOBS
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

A former Khmer Rouge child soldier speaks to the Magazine about his time in the Cambodian communist organization, and how many Palestinian groups use similar methods of indoctrination.

|ByALEX WINSTON

La communauté arabe : questions d’identité

Un nouveau projet de loi controversé fait, pour la première fois, la distinction entre la population musulmane et chrétienne. L’avis à chaud des intéressés

JUNE 2, 2014ByJOANNA PARASZCZUK
Un palestinien lit un Coran devant le Dome du Rocher

Pittsburgh art show cancelled after Israelis withdraw to 'protect the Palestinian artists'

Palestinian artists originally planned to withdraw because joint Israeli-Palestinian show was referred to as a collaboration.

JUNE 2, 2014ByJTA
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WATCH: Gazan child recites violent Nakba poem

As part of a Gazan children's show for Nakba Day, a very young girl recites a violent poem called "The Bullet."

MAY 22, 2014ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Zahra Zaed recites "The Bullet" on a Gazan kids show.

Testing the boundaries of art and conflict

How an art organization founded by an Israeli entrepreneur, an Israeli economist and a Jewish American museum director is helping to support Palestinian artists.

MAY 15, 2014ByYARDENA SCHWARTZ
‘The Wedding Night’ by Dina Mattar.