Akrat – A Luxury Arab Jewelry Brand

AKRAT BREIF Akrat, a luxury jewelry brand that takes its inspiration from the Eastern civilization, calligraphy designs highlighting poetry and love expressions. This brand designed by the jewelry designer, Enas Younis. Enas won the award “the best Arab jewelry designer for the year 2020” where the ceremony was held in London in December 2020. Akrat

Is it fair?

By Shahd Mahnavi Is it fair? Tell me now, is it fair? With all the advancements in technology and evolving mentality, laws claiming to uplift humanity, yet my people remain trapped in the year 1948, when the occupation began, stuck in a broken Time Machine, constantly traveling back to oppression and injustice. Tell me, how

I am what I am

I am what I am, my roots, the truth, I proudly stand. Arabic flows from my tongue,I am who I am, my identity unsung. I cannot conceal my mother tongue,I learnt different ones. English, Farsi I speak. In my veins, Palestine runs deep, accept me as I am, let prejudice sleep. My name is Shahd,

The Ember of Time

Is it the ember of  time that’s forcibly melted in us? or the trick of mirrors between reality and imagination? With my both hands I feel your absence… exactly the same I feel my body You once said “I will vanish behind the curtains of dreams” At that time…we didn’ believe you.. and we mocked you

When will the Targeting of Innocent Palestinian Civilians Striving for Success and Freedom stop!?

By Heba Melhem Since the founding of Israel back in 1948, the Palestinian people have endured beyond words suffering. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from their lands, villages, and cities, and thousands of innocent civilians were martyred due to continuous bombardment and military attacks. Many Palestinian families live under difficult conditions in

Book Review: 48 Palestinian – Short Stories

Foreword by Professor Jamal Assadi The book, 48 Palestinian Short Stories by Husam Issa Ramadan is not just a collection of translated stories by Palestinian writers. It represents a significant effort by Husam Ramadan and others involved in its production. The number “48” holds special significance as the year when Palestinians lost their homeland and