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Ramallah

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Palestinian Street's New Name is Rachel Corrie

    Ramallah, a city with a "Stars & Bucks" cafe and, now, a street named after Rachel Corrie.​Rachel Corrie has taken a new leap into the realm of official martyrdom--at least among Palestinians. Yesterday, officials in the West Bank town of Ramallah named a street after the Olympia native, who s ... More >>

  • Film

    May 27, 2009

    SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

    By Brian Miller and SW staff

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    SIFF Review: Laila's Birthday

    Toward the end of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi's tragicomedy about daily life in his West Bank hometown, the frustrated protagonist shakes his fists at the heavens and blames the 60-year Israeli occupation for his woes. That's the only direct polemic in Laila's Birthday, and this beguiling ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2006

    The Week's Club Listings

    Toward the end of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi's tragicomedy about daily life in his West Bank hometown, the frustrated protagonist shakes his fists at the heavens and blames the 60-year Israeli occupation for his woes. That's the only direct polemic in Laila's Birthday, and this beguiling ... More >>

  • Film

    February 18, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    Toward the end of Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi's tragicomedy about daily life in his West Bank hometown, the frustrated protagonist shakes his fists at the heavens and blames the 60-year Israeli occupation for his woes. That's the only direct polemic in Laila's Birthday, and this beguiling ... More >>

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    Behind the Bombs

    A volatile region is better understood through some valuable films.

  • Food

    August 13, 2003

    Beirut-Bombay Express

    Cedars plays the fusion card and takes the pot.

  • Arts

    May 7, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Marjorie Leet Ford, Raja Shehadeh, Jessica Shattuck, and Jonathan Schell.

  • Arts

    March 5, 2003

    Dubya Is for War

    A survey of the current literature of global conflict.

  • Film

    February 19, 2003

    Mr. Hulot's Intifada

    Absurdism captures the pain of occupation.

  • News

    April 24, 2002

    Update from the battlefields

    Dispatches from Nablus and Jenin.

  • News

    April 17, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    We received an extraordinary number of letters about last week's cover story on the crisis in the Middle East. Some are printed in the paper, and many more appear only on our Web site below. The letters are largely run in their entirety; any factual information they contain has n ... More >>

  • News

    April 3, 2002

    Who Said It?

    We received an extraordinary number of letters about last week's cover story on the crisis in the Middle East. Some are printed in the paper, and many more appear only on our Web site below. The letters are largely run in their entirety; any factual information they contain has n ... More >>

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