Alcalay’s angry poem apologizing for the U.S. media whitewashing the Gaza conflict is inspired by an Iraqi poet lamenting what Hussein did to Iraq.
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Apologies for Press Handling of Gaza
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Palestinian Poet Compared to Hitler
Israel’s rightwing defense minister recently compared Palestine’s national poet to Hitler. A close look at a poem by Mahoud Darwish helps us understand why.
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Finding a Place Where Hate Won’t Grow
In charged Israeli-Palestinian and Christian-Muslim relations, Naomi Shihab Nye is looking at how to move past the suffering and hate.
