Palestinians Living in the Diaspora By Ingrid Jaradat Gassner

Sixty years ago, prior to the establishment of Israel and the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) in 1948, the overwhelming majority of the Palestinian people were living in their homeland Palestine. Today the Palestinian popul more

Palestinians in Britain By Ghada Karmi

The British Palestinian community constitutes one of the most important of the Palestinian diaspora. This is not because of its size, which is not accurately known as we will see below, but because of its prominence in the profess more

The Antidote to Exile Is Personal Self-Improvement By Rami G. Khouri

Having been born in New York in October 1948, I have experienced exile from Palestine as a normal life condition, but over the years I have found it to be more of a physical and political than a psychological condition. Ironically more

Palestinians in the Gulf By Rana Sadik

At this point in time, I have spent half my life as a Palestinian in the Gulf and the other half as a “Palestinian” in the Gulf. What’s the difference between Palestinian and “Palestinian?” more

From Jersey to Dheisheh: A Love Story By Maysoon Zayid

Author Mourid Barghouti once wrote that Palestine “is not the golden map hanging on a golden chain adorning the throats of women in exile.” I mean, think about it; do Canadian chicks wear the shape of Canada on their necks? Wh more