Tag: Palestinian

The tale of two Palestinian families: Nashashibi family and Husseini family

The Nashashibi family, a distinguished Palestinian family with roots tracing back to the fifteenth century, played a significant role in shaping the political landscape of Jerusalem. In contrast to their counterparts, the Hussseini family, who espoused militant views, the Nashashibis were known for ...

Half of the country thinks Jesus would vote for Trump. The other half thinks he was an indigenous Palestinian.

Recently at a MAGA event in Iowa a reporter asked the attendees who Jesus would have voted for. Spoiler alert: they said Trump. Over Christmas, congregations around the world happily spread Qatari-funded propaganda about Jesus being born in Gaza as an indigenous Palestinian, completely o...

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — The Essential Facts

People of the Jewish faith and their ancestors were amongst the earliest inhabitants of Canaan, the land that came to be known as Palestine and they have always been a significant part of the population. It is where the Jewish faith originated and was first established and in ancient times before...

The Struggle for Palestinian Liberation is Antiracism Work

As antiracist health scholars, practitioners, and advocates, our fundamental mission is to dismantle structural racism and actively challenge social injustices that undermine population health. We follow in the praxis of our predecessors who identify that the remedy to inequities in health...

“How Can I Care About Wolves When There’s a Genocide Going On?”: Or Conservationists Responsibility to Palestinian Liberation

On December 18, 2023, five gray wolves from Oregon were released in Grand County, Colorado — marking the first time since the 1940s that wolves have been reintroduced on state lands. As with any monumental event in conservation, in my Twitter sphere, I was attentive to the influx of tw...

Zionist Appropriation of Indigeneity: The Case for Assyrian-Palestinian Solidarity

In 1915, running from genocide, my great-grandparents Noina and Abraham abruptly left Urmia, Iran. Some know this as the Armenian genocide but Assyrians too were killed in mass, and they call it the Seyfo. My great-grandmother, 22, my age, was separated from her parents and never saw them again. Rum...

4 Things You Need to Know About Palestinian Dresses

What is the History of Palestinian Dresses? The origin of a Palestinian dress can be traced back to ancient times, with influences from Phoenician and other civilizations that inhabited the region. Traditional garments were typically loose-fitting and made from locally available materials, such a...

Threads Of Heritage: Celebrating Traditional Palestinian Clothing

The Palestinian thobe, dating back to the 11th century, is one of the most common and easily-identifiable pieces of Palestinian clothing. These traditional women’s dresses are hand-embroidered with various designs and colored thread, an old tradition that is still practiced today. The thobe...

Resources for Palestinian Arabic

Lughatuna is the best online dictionary for Arabic dialects. Their Levantine dictionary contains plenty of examples from Palestinian varieties, although it’s all mixed in with Jordanian, Syrian, and Lebanese. Of course, the varieties are close enough that it’s usually still helpful ...