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Palestine Square is the Institute for Palestine Studies' online English publication. The English blog was founded in 2015 and is managed separately from the Arabic blog and IPS' academic projects. We feature news, analysis, narrative, perspectives, and arts and culture pieces on Palestinian affairs. The blog has contributed a uniquely Palestinian voice to the public discourse on issues facing Palestine and Palestinians throughout the world. Our contributors and readers come from diverse backgrounds, many of whom look to share their stories or learn from coverage and commentary that is often overlooked in mainstream media outlets.

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$Palestinians walk on the beach during sunset on the last day of 2024 in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on 31 December 2024. Photo by Omar Ashtawy\ apaimages$

Asem Alnabih

Believe Me, We Are A Beautiful People

First, I apologize to my community for feeling the need to explain these simple truths about us.

April 18 2025 – English

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Steve France

Barber’s "No Way but Forward" Recounts Gaza Family Stories for the Soul

April 10 2025 – English

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MARCH 31: Palestinian children living in Jabalia refugee camp play games among the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on March 31, 2025. Palestinians in Gaza are trying to keep the atmosphere of the Eid al-Fitr holiday alive despite the ongoing Israeli attacks. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa /Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dalia Abu Ramadan

Eid Came to Gaza Dressed in Black

April 08 2025 – English

A Palestinian woman waits to cross into Gaza from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, on Nov. 24, 2023. (Photo by Mohamed Asad/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Jenna Martin

Gaza Families Struggle to Survive in Egypt After Displacement Last Year

April 02 2025 – English

Palestine Oranges for Britain. A porter carrying a basket full of oranges on his back - Source: : Institute for Palestine Studies--Library Archives and Special Collections

Aziz Yafi

The Land of Rebellious Oranges

March 30 2025 – English

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian girl, dressed in new clothes, sits amid the rubble of a destroyed building as she celebrate the Eid al-Adha in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on the first day of the Muslim holiday marking the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, on June 16, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Ghada Abu Muaileq

Shrouds Instead of Eid Clothes

March 28 2025 – English

Men inspect their home following an Israeli airstrike in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

George Yancy, Muhammad Ali Khalidi

“A Supremacist Ideology Underlies Israeli Policy”: An Interview with Muhammad Ali Khalidi

March 28 2025 – English

Anna Rajagopal, Abdullah Ghali

Dr. Abdullah Ghali Recounts Healthcare Under Siege During Gaza Mission Last Year

March 26 2025 – English

Altered image combining posted (from IMDB) and still images of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah courtesy of filmmakers.

Ruwan Teodros

'A State of Passion' Review: Gaza Through Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah’s Eyes

March 26 2025 – English

Press on Palestine

$October 15, 2023, Undisclosed, Israel: Undisclosed (Israel), 15/10/2023.- Israeli soldiers ride an armoured personnel carrier (APC) at an area along the border with Gaza, southern Israel, 15 October 2023. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) on 14 October announced they are increasing readiness and preparing to 'implement a wide range of operational offensive plans', including combined and coordinated strikes by land, sea and air. Israel has called for the evacuation of all civilians of northern Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion. More than 1,300 Israelis have been killed and over 3,200 others injured, according to the IDF, after the Islamist movement Hamas launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October. More than 2,300 Palestinians have been killed and over 9,000 others injured in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes, the Palestinian health ministry said. (Credit Image: © Abir Sultan/EFE via ZUMA Press\ APAimages$

Sarah O'Neal

October '24: Western Media Praises Israeli Cyberterrorism, Women Soldiers

December 16 2024 – English

$Palestinians performed funeral prayers after the bodies of those killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp were brought to al-Awda hospital for burial, in Gaza City, Gaza on December 11, 2024. Photo by Saed Abu Nabhan\ apaimages$