Al Qaws

Broadcasting towers at Ramallah, sometime between 1934-39. (photo: The American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem
Radio Ramallah: The cultural bridge that was
Between 1949-1967 there was a radio station that united West Bank Palestinians and Jerusalem Jews. It wasn’t interested in propaganda or demagogy, only playing the most popular Western and Arabic music. A brief history of Radio Ramallah and the legacy it leaves behind.  By Niros* Last Saturday night, while walking on Tel Aviv’s Ha’aliya Street,…
By Cafe Gibraltar October 21, 2013
Palestinians in Israel reject Pride Week but offer alternatives
Due to the influx of gay tourists who arrived in Tel Aviv for Pride Week, we can say with some certainty that more Belgians and Danes marched in the Gay Pride Parade than Palestinian citizens of Israel. That’s not just because of the understandable need for the gay Arab population to maintain a low profile.…
By Yuval Ben-Ami June 11, 2012
US queer activists slam Israel ‘pinkwashing,’ endorse boycott call
A group of American academics and artists who identify as part of the LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer) community recently released an open letter and petition endorsing the Palestinian call for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel. The group, which included filmmaker Barbara Hammer, famous for her avantgarde lesbian feminist cinema, was just on…
By Mairav Zonszein January 31, 2012
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