Palestinian culture

Tatreez reborn: Young designers give Palestinian embroidery new life

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

Nomai Hadba wears trousers from his 2025 menswear collection, which incorporates traditional Palestinian Tatreez into contemporary fashion.Premium
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

 Remains of destroyed buildings in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, are pictured through the Egypt-Gaza border, in Rafah, Egypt, July 4, 2024.

‘Traders in our blood’: Gazan pleads to be saved from Hamas ‘before the Jews’


Young Palestinian Musician Aims To Change Tune Of Arab Society

With hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, Jerusalem-based Bashar Murad challenges gender stereotypes

Bashar Murad in a studio (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

Declassified US document: PA schools teaching hate

Maps erase Israel, math problems involve Palestinian causality figures, and militaristic images are found in PA textbooks being used in UN schools, report states.

A teacher shows a Palestinian schoolgirl how to use a new laptop at a United Nations school in Gaza, April 29, 2010.

PA ministry removes photo of officials with Israeli drinks

Many Israeli products are popular among Palestinians, including many PA ministries and institutions.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas (C)  at a meeting for the Central Council of the PLO, in Ramallah, March 4, 2015

Palestinians voice outrage over Rawabi song festival amid Gaza deaths

Thousands of Palestinians converged on Rawabi last Saturday to attend the “Rawabi Extreme” festival, which was held under the auspices of the Palestinian branch of the XL Energy Drink Company.

Palestinian protesters wave their national flag as they gather during a demonstration at the Israel-Gaza border, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 10, 2018

PA expels 20 families from clan in Yatta after deadly gun battle

Traditional law and forms of justice still hold sway in many Palestinian communities.

Yatta, Hebron

Encountering Peace: A question of honor

The enmity and fear that have deepened with the conflict have dehumanized the way that Israelis and Palestinians view each other. Almost no human contacts exist between them.

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian assailant Hamza Zamarah, during his funeral in Halhoul, in the West Bank February 17, 2018.

New app locates Palestinian trails for cyclists and hikers

The 'Rihleh' app highlights natural hiking and cycling trails across Jerusalem, featuring notable sites in Palestinian history.

Cyclists ride bicycles near the Dead Sea

PA arrests activist in Hebron

The PA security forces arrested Issa Amro after he criticized the PA on Facebook.

 Issa Amro -  a well-known Palestinian activist from Hebron

'Wajib' to be Palestinian Oscars entry

The film, set in the Christian-Arab city of Nazareth, will be entered in the foreign language category.

Scene from 'Wajib'

Israeli scouts movement launches trek to spur Arab-Jewish dialogue

The cross-country trek is launched after weeks of violent unrest between Arabs and Jews with the goal of creating a constructive dialogue.

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