Sami Hadawi: The Scholar Who Couldn't Go Home
The Jerusalem-born land expert who spent a century documenting Palestinian property, and most of it in exile, left behind records that historians and negotiators still rely on.
People & Books
Profiles of the scholars, writers and activists who shaped the conversation about the region, and reviews of their books.
Samia Nasir Khoury: A Palestinian Christian Voice from Birzeit
Educator, community leader and writer, Samia Nasir Khoury has spent a lifetime building institutions in Palestine and describing life under occupation to audiences abroad.
Rachelle Marshall and the High Cost of Occupation
A California writer and peace activist, Rachelle Marshall spent years chronicling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for American readers, returning again and again to one theme: what occupation costs everyone involved.
Stephen Sizer: The Vicar Who Took On Christian Zionism
An English parish priest became one of the best-known critics of Christian Zionism, and one of the most controversial.
For the Love of Blogging: How Jordan Built an Online Public Square
In the mid-2000s, a small circle of Jordanian bloggers created one of the Arab world's liveliest online communities, years before social media made such spaces commonplace.
Michael Jansen: Five Decades Reporting the Middle East
An American-born correspondent based in the region since the 1960s, Michael Jansen has chronicled wars, occupations and uprisings from Beirut to Baghdad for readers in Ireland, Jordan and the Gulf.
Emile Habiby's The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist
Half a century after it was published, Emile Habiby's darkly comic novel remains one of the sharpest portraits of life as a Palestinian inside Israel.
Review: Sharing the Land of Canaan by Mazin Qumsiyeh
A Palestinian scientist makes the case for one democratic state built on human rights. The argument has aged better than its critics expected.
Rev. Donald Wagner: An American Evangelical Critic of Christian Zionism
A Presbyterian minister and scholar, Donald Wagner spent decades urging American evangelicals to see Palestinian Christians, and Palestinians generally, as part of the story of the Holy Land.
Jerry Levin: From Hostage in Beirut to Peacemaker in Hebron
CNN's Beirut bureau chief was kidnapped by Hezbollah-linked militants in 1984. What he did after his escape surprised many who knew his story.
Maria Khoury: A Greek-American Voice from Taybeh
Writer, educator and village advocate, Maria Khoury has spent decades describing life in the West Bank's Christian village of Taybeh to readers around the world.
Jonathan Kuttab: A Palestinian Lawyer for Human Rights and Nonviolence
A co-founder of the human rights group Al-Haq, Jonathan Kuttab has spent a lifetime arguing for international law and nonviolence as the path to justice in Palestine.
Review: The Unfurling by Nimah Ismail Nawwab
A Saudi poet writing in English gives voice to women, faith and change in the kingdom, years before reform became official policy.