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The world can criticise Kneecap, but they have started something

The controversy surrounding the Irish rap band has obscured deeper questions about power, conflict and resistance, but they won't go away, writes Toner Quinn.
Opinion and Analysis • 03 May

Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud on the literature of his homeland

Cúirt International Festival of Literature is 40 this year – and it's celebrating with a line-up led by Irish novelists Sally Rooney and Roddy Doyle and poet Paul Muldoon.
RTÉ Arena • 28 Mar

Choreographer Catherine Young responds to life in Palestine

Dance • 22 Nov 21

Sally Rooney refuses Israeli translation on political grounds

The Irish author Sally Rooney has said she has chosen not to sell the translation rights of her new book, Beautiful World, Where Are You, to an Israeli-based publishing house.
Books • 12 Oct 21

Reviewed: More Noble Than War by Nicholas Blincoe

Nicholas Blincoe follows his acclaimed book on Bethlehem with this compelling study of the place of soccer in Palestine which Damien O'Meara believes could have offered more on the game as passion and plain ordinary escapism.
Books • 03 Sep 19

Reviewed: Going Home by Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh follows his Palestinian Walks, albeit 12 years later, with Going Home, a walk through Ramallah over the course of one day, June 5, 2017, the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation.
Books • 27 Aug 19

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