Palestine Month
-
To Wander Is to Return: Lina Makoul’s Path Through Music and Belonging
Lina Makoul reminds us that art is how we document reality — and sometimes, it speaks louder than history ever will.
-
When Words Become Witness: How a Child’s Plea Became a Global Prayer
Where Zeina Azzam reaches for words, Ahmed Muhanna reaches for his brush: from one word, from one brushstroke, emerges a movement. A mirror of humanity.
-
The Story Behind I’ll Tell You When I’m Home: Healing, Loss, and Palestinian Resilience
Hala Alyan’s emotional memoir is shaped by miscarriage, exile, resilience, and the enduring power of storytelling to hold grief and hope together.
-
Reclaiming the Narrative: Larissa Sansour’s Manifesto on Palestinian Artistic Freedom
The London-based artist explains how Palestinian creators are seizing control of their stories through unexpected genres—from sci-fi to Western comedy—refusing the limited forms they’re “allowed” to use.
-
Designing Memory: Jewellery Inspired by Ancestral Patterns
Amid trauma and uncertainty, bead work becomes a lifeline, grounding an artist as she honours Palestinian women and the stories that breathe through the Tatreez patterns shaping her work.
-
Every Stitch an Act of Resistance – The Female Artisans of Jenin
With their land under siege and their lives under constant threat, a small community of women artisans defies occupation in Gaza one stitch at a time. Supported by the non-profit organisation Child’s Cup Full and…
-
From Memory to Colour: Through Their Hands and Eyes, Palestine Breathes
When words fail to express feelings, artists are here to defend, resist and remember what matters most. Meet Beesan Arafat and Halima Aziz – two inspiring women transforming memories into resistance.
-
Harvest and Hope: Jenan Matari on Land and Legacy
Jenan Matari is an award-winning Palestinian storyteller, author, and producer, amplifying Indigenous Palestinian voices and weaving narratives of existence and survival into advocacy.
-
Painting Palestine: Dana Barqawi’s Visual Resistance
For Dana Barqawi, creativity begins with archaeology. What began as a childhood expression has evolved into something more urgent: visual defiance against colonial erasure.
-
The Art of Many Hands: Haya Zaru on Sculpting Memory, Resistance, and Belonging
Haya Zaru is a Palestinian designer with a legacy that hums quietly: in the clatter of metal, the rhythm of ritual, and the language of memory passed from one pair of hands to another.
neunmagazine.com 