Alex Shams

Palestine Reporting

Armenians in Palestine face uncertain future

April 24, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Al Jazeera. The community is under threat, residents say, amid problems with Israeli policy and economic malaise. Church officials say the number of Armenians in Palestine has

Israel Palestine Reporting

Armenians in Palestine mark 100 years since Genocide

April 23, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on April 23, 2015. JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Armenian community of the Holy Land this week marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of

India Reporting

Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric

April 14, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on April 14, 2015. An Iranian visitor can’t help but notice the Zoroastrian symbols that dominate old Mumbai. In the historic Fort District toward

Palestine Reporting

Palestinian village imprisoned in holy shrine of Nabi Samuel

February 12, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on February 12, 2015. NABI SAMUEL (Ma’an) — The tomb of the Biblical prophet Samuel is blessed with a stunning view over Jerusalem from

Israel Palestine Reporting

After police killings, anger simmers in Negev Bedouin villages

February 5, 2015 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Feb. 5, 2015. BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — The killing of two Bedouin youths in southern Israel by police over the last week has shocked the

Academic Work Palestine Reporting

Palestinian Shared Worlds of Meaning, between George and Reuben

September 29, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ajam Media Collective on September 29, 2014. Ajam Media Collective recently worked with THE STATE, a Dubai-based publishing practice, to make a ‘zine. We provided the words and

Palestine Reporting

Amid destruction, ordinary Gazans open homes, churches to displaced

August 13, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on August 13, 2014. The first day the bombs began to fall on Gaza, Refqa al-Hamallawy called a meeting in her office at the

Palestine Reporting

Palestinian Christians receive the Holy Fire in Bethlehem

April 19, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on April 19, 2014. Thousands of Palestinian Christians marched in cities and villages across the Holy Land on Saturday to receive the holy fire

Palestine Reporting

Designing the ‘Ceremonial Uniform’ for the Palestinian Authority: An Interview with Omar Joseph Nasser-Khoury

March 27, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 27, 2014. “The Ceremonial Vniform” opened to the public at Birzeit University Museum on March 20. Created by Palestinian artist Omar Joseph

Academic Work Iran Israel Opinion

Next Year in Tehran

February 20, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Inquiry on Feb. 20, 2014. An Iranian intellectual’s trip to Israel in the 1960s revealed the strange appeal of secular republicanism to religious ethno-supremacists In March

Armenians in Palestine face uncertain future

Armenians in Palestine mark 100 years since Genocide

Parsi Mumbai: The Legacy of Zoroastrianism in India’s Urban Fabric

Palestinian village imprisoned in holy shrine of Nabi Samuel

After police killings, anger simmers in Negev Bedouin villages

Palestinian Shared Worlds of Meaning, between George and Reuben

Amid destruction, ordinary Gazans open homes, churches to displaced

Palestinian Christians receive the Holy Fire in Bethlehem

Designing the ‘Ceremonial Uniform’ for the Palestinian Authority: An Interview with Omar Joseph Nasser-Khoury

Next Year in Tehran

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