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‘Are women too emotional to hold positions of leadership?’

Meet the Judge — In 2009, Kholoud Al-Faqih became the first female judge to be appointed to the Shari’a courts in Palestine’s West Bank. A new documentary shares her incredible story.

  • Film
  • Hannah Clugston

Beyond the conflict: inside Palestine’s DIY music scene

Going underground — Palestine Underground is a new, Boiler Room-produced film that examines the state’s flourishing nightlife culture.

  • Film
  • Hannah Clugston

Palestinian immigrants reflect on life outside of the country

Home away from home — In a new photography project, Palestinian artist Taysir Batniji meets families who have left their homeland behind to start a new life in the US.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Photos from this weekend's protest for Gaza in London

#EndTheSiege — With the death toll in Gaza rising as Palestinians continue to demand a right to return to their land, protestors take to the streets of London. Photographer Theo McInnes headed down to join them.

  • Activism
  • Theo McInnes

In banning its critics, Israel has proven not all Jews are welcome

From Where I Stand — Groups who criticise Israel have been banned from entering the country, a blacklist including Jewish-led organisations. Israel’s veneer of liberal democracy continues to slip, argues Alon Aviram. The religious nationalist state is abandoning a founding principle - the Jewish right of return - to silence dissent.

  • Opinion
  • Alon Aviram

Trump's Jerusalem speech will be painful, but the peace process was already dead

From Where I Stand — Most Palestinians already know the Middle East peace process is over. Trump's plans to move the US embassy to Jerusalem just confirms what we thought, writes Alia Al Ghussain.

  • Opinion
  • Alia Al Ghussain

The Palestinian director who earned a fatwa for her first film

Breaking taboos — Sex, drugs and womanhood: Maysaloun Hamoud’s new comedy, In Between, has sent shockwaves through the Middle East. Here, she explains why she felt compelled to shake up the system.

  • Film
  • Dominique Sisley

Hypepeace: The cult brand making streetwear political

Coming to London — The much-loved bootleg brand is opening its first pop-up shop in London this week, selling a new range of garments that highlight sociopolitical issues.

  • Culture
  • Alex Robert Ross

The reality of growing up as a young woman in the Gaza Strip

Meet the Gaza Girls — Stepping away from the violence and conflict, photographer and journalist Monique Jaques shifts her focus to the everyday lives of Palestinian girls.

  • Photography
  • Cristian Angeloni

The Palestinians forced to work on illegal Israeli settlements

Employing The Enemy — Employing the Enemy is a new book about the Palestinian men, women and children who work on and help build Israeli settlements in the West Bank: settlements deemed illegal by the international community.

  • Reportage
  • Matthew Vickery

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