There is no ordinary life during extraordinary violence

Attending the funeral of every person killed in Gaza would take three years of non-stop processions. Islamic practices dictate that we must clean and bury the dead without delay to grant them dignity in death. But how can we do that when the majority of our kin are already buried and decomposing under the rubble? Even the civil registry cannot keep up; 50,000 Palestinians are gone, uncounted for and unspoken. And beyond the names, the whole worlds they carried are destroyed. How can we remember what we never had the chance to know?

Letter from the editor: The Encampment Edition

This Palestine in America Encampment Edition is not just a record of protest. It is a chronicle of memory, of struggle, of defiance. It is a gathering of voices that are often forgotten or misrepresented, of voices that still insist on being heard in a world bent on silencing them. It is also a love letter to Palestine, to the people who risked everything to say her name, and to the kind of journalism that dares to stand beside them.

Watermelon Pictures Launches new Streaming Platform Amplifying the Voices of Underrepresented communities

Hamza Ali Co-Founded Watermelon Pictures with his brother Badie Ali as a subsidiary label under MPI Media which their father and uncle founded in 1976 to amplify marginalized voices with a focus on Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims. The brothers then launched Watermelon +, a streaming service, on May 8th and is available to subscribers worldwide.

Farah Nabulsi's debut feature film "The Teacher" is headed to U.S. theaters

Farah Nabulsi’s debut feature film delves into the ugly realities Palestinians are subjected to. Life in Palestine seems so simple from afar, yet she redirects her audience’s attention to the complexities in these communities, taking viewers on a rollercoaster of emotions from grief to love, which embody Palestinian resilience in everyday characters like a teacher and his students.