Vera Sajrawi

Vera Sajrawi is a Palestinian journalist from Haifa, and a former editor at +972 Magazine.

Recent Articles

A Palestinian man accused of taking part in a lynching during a 2021 riot in Akka, at a court hearing in Haifa, July 28, 2022. (Flash90)

When Israel’s courts become ‘instruments of revenge’ against Palestinian citizens

The outcome of two recent murder cases — one of a Jewish-Israeli, the other a Palestinian — has reaffirmed the shallow liberties of second-class citizenship.

By Vera Sajrawi November 19, 2025

Palestinian photojournalist Mo’ath Amarnih upon his release from nine months of administrative detention in Israeli prison. (Courtesy)

In Israel’s prisons, skin diseases are a method of punishment

Prison authorities are allowing scabies to spread by restricting Palestinian inmates’ water supply and depriving them of clean clothes and medical care.

By Vera Sajrawi September 25, 2024

+972 editor Vera Sajrawi stands in front of the well in the depopulated village of Al-Sajara. (Maria Zreik)

‘Your grandparents couldn’t return to Al-Sajara. But I know they died hoping’

Little remains of the village from which +972 editor Vera Sajrawi’s grandparents were uprooted in 1948. Living out the rest of their lives close by as internal refugees, they yearned for what was taken from them.

By Vera Sajrawi September 22, 2023

Adnan Barq and Faten Elwan speaking at the launch event of Fikra Magazine at the Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, West Bank, August 2, 2023. (Courtesy of Fikra)

Nurturing a new home for Palestinian literature

From photos of Gaza postage stamps to fictional stories about Shakira, Fikra magazine aims to be a creative, uncensored platform for writers and artists.

By Vera Sajrawi September 6, 2023

A discussion held during the Jerusalem Arab Film Festival at Yabous Cultural Center, occupied East Jerusalem. (Samir Shareef)

At local festivals, Palestinian cinema steps out of its comfort zone

Two film festivals in Haifa and Jerusalem showcased an appetite for a Palestinian cinema scene that is thriving despite many obstacles.

By Vera Sajrawi August 16, 2023

Maya Odeh. (Anan Odeh)

The yoga teacher guiding Palestinians to reclaim their bodies

Maya Odeh craved a yoga space that would understand her experience as a Palestinian woman living under Israeli apartheid. So she created it.

By Vera Sajrawi July 18, 2023

A Palestinian man inspects the damage caused by an Israeli military assault on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, July 5, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Amid Jenin destruction, Palestinians mobilize with acts of solidarity

Palestinians opened their homes, donated supplies, and volunteered to clean up for families after Israel’s invasion of Jenin refugee camp.

By Vera Sajrawi July 13, 2023

An Israeli military jeep seen in front of the Jenin refugee camp during a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in the city, July 4, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Shut out and under fire, Palestinian journalists struggle to cover Jenin assault

After Israeli snipers fire directly at Palestinian camera crews, journalists fear entering the refugee camp on the second day of Israel's invasion.

By Vera Sajrawi July 4, 2023

Smoke rises as Israel launches a major aerial and ground assault in the West Bank city of Jenin, July 3, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

‘They want to punish Jenin refugee camp as revenge’

The Freedom Theatre's Ahmed Tobasi describes the devastating scenes from an ongoing Israeli invasion evoking the darkest days of the Second Intifada.

By Vera Sajrawi July 3, 2023

Baladna youth activists. (Maria Zreiq)

The Palestinian group building power through youth

Baladna head Nidaa Nassar explains how the Haifa-based NGO is raising a generation of Palestinians to overcome their fragmentation and erasure.

By Vera Sajrawi June 21, 2023