IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Videos
Founded in 1994, Taybeh Brewing Company is the first microbrewery in the Middle East—and it’s in Palestine. Despite operating under the brutal conditions of Israel’s occupation, Taybeh produces seven different types of beer, some of which will be used to toast Palestinian freedom someday soon.
about 5 days ago
Palestinian-American Profiles
Born in Philadelphia to Palestinian immigrants who moved to the United States in 1967, Susan Muaddi Darraj has always loved books. She describes herself as a quiet child who found a lot of herself through reading.
about 6 days ago
Video Stories
Have a holly, jolly, Tanoreen Christmas! We profile the Palestinian-American Bishara family and their delicious Brooklyn restaurant, Tanoreen, as they take us inside their annual Christmas bash featuring home-cooked kibbeh and roasted lamb, Arabic music and shisha.
on December 18, 2019
Palestinian-American Profiles
“Being Palestinian has everything to do with what we do.” Rita Lahoud and Sandra Bahhur, a special education teacher and a registered nurse respectively, are sisters who are accustomed to helping others.
on November 6, 2019
Palestinian Profiles
Young software engineers like Mohammed Mortaga will be educated by Gaza Sky Geeks and considered for rigorous internships and even full-time jobs with Jordan-based Optimum Partners.
on August 6, 2019
Palestinian Profiles
Through “We Were and We Are Still Here,” one of the largest scale visual documentation projects sharing individual Palestinian stories, Tarek Bakri helps Palestinians in the diaspora return to their land, many for the first time, then shares the stories online.
on May 14, 2019
Stories
"Award-winning Palestinian-Irish playwright Hannah Khalil’s play Scenes from 71* Years – running in San Francisco from April 5-May 5 – offers a journey through everyday Palestinian lives under the grip of occupation from 1948 until the present."
on April 5, 2019
Op-Eds & Analysis
Vivien Sansour founded The Palestinian Heirloom Library in hopes to revive plants threatened by occupation, climate change, and agribusiness.
on March 21, 2019
Videos
Israeli society continues its downward spiral into extremism. Disciples of Meir Kahane, the racist Israeli-American rabbi and militant, may be poised to enter the next Israeli government alongside Benjamin Netanyahu. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League, an FBI-classified terrorist group that violently attacked Arab-Americans, and called for the forced expulsion of all Palestinians.
on February 26, 2019