– Benay Blend earned her doctorate in American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her scholarly works include Douglas Vakoch and Sam Mickey, Eds. (2017), “’Neither Homeland Nor Exile are Words’: ‘Situated Knowledge’ in the Works of Palestinian and Native American Writers”. She contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.
By Benay Blend Both Israel and North America share similar rhetoric that justifies their origins. Infused with biblical references to “salvation, redemption, and destiny,” settlers in both countries believed that they had reached the Promised […]
By Benay Blend On October 25, 2013, Angela Davis delivered a speech at Birbeck University in London. Entitled “Closures and Continuities,” her talk drew from a freedom song that was popular in the American South […]
By Benay Blend While Palestinians are undergoing genocide, it seems incongruous to write about the region’s cuisine. Nevertheless, by way of passing down recipes to the next generation, Palestinians have maintained their foodways through acts […]
By Benay Blend History repeats itself today on college campuses where support for Palestinian liberation has resulted in charges of antisemitism and ties to terrorism. “Values voter;” “Single-issue voter;” “So you want Trump to win?”—these […]
By Benay Blend None of these issues could be resolved through using only a rights approach, as there are very few human rights guaranteed to a population under occupation. On July 17, 2024, Human Rights […]
By Benay Blend Storytelling has long been a tactic in the toolbox of colonized people. For survivors of genocide, it validates their experience against those who deny that the horror ever happened. When I taught […]
By Benay Blend In 2020, the rallying cry for Democrats was “lesser of two evils,” meant to signify that Biden might be problematic, but Trump was even more so. For those of us who did […]
By Benay Blend Mainstream history of the United States begins with the American Revolution, an event, the story goes, that initiated the country’s experiment with democracy. There is no mention of enslaved people who built […]
By Benay Blend Calling for Palestinians to decide their future is the only suitable form of peace with justice, with an emphasis on the latter to ensure that the former is sustainable and self-determined. In […]
By Benay Blend The mainstream women’s movement in the United States has a long history of being less than inclusive of women whose history differs from their own. Several weeks ago I submitted a chapter […]
By Benay Blend At the core of the novel there is a central question: What do we inherit from our ancestors, and what do we leave behind? At first glance, Steven Salaita’s Daughter, Son, Assassin […]
By Benay Blend For Palestinians, existence is resistance, as it is for other colonized cultures. On May 15, 2024, Palestinians will commemorate Nakba 76 during what some are calling worse than the first disaster in […]
By Benay Blend In a move that highlights Kanafani’s call for breaking boundaries, students from various associations in Gaza issued a statement calling for a global student bloc. Shortly after October 7, students at Columbia […]
By Benay Blend With Earth Day approaching, it is important to recall how Zionists developed myths relating to the land. “Since October 7, Zionists have wielded atrocity propaganda to justify genocide,” Mary Turfah writes, “while […]
By Benay Blend Israel’s escalation of prisoner abuse replicates its broader assault against the Palestinian people, their land, property, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. In early September 2021, six Palestinian prisoners escaped from Gilboa […]
By Benay Blend This year Land Day occurs during genocide, Israel’s destruction not only of people’s lives but also of the land. By March 30, 2024, Gaza will have undergone nearly six months of brutal […]
By Benay Blend During her time in Gaza, Corrie stayed with a family in Rafah. In her letters home, she referred to the difference between there and here as a “virtual portal into luxury”. In […]
By Benay Blend The larger problem in which apartheid remains a part is Zionism. For a sustainable peace to exist, Zionism must be dismantled, along with its racist structure. This year, the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions […]
By Benay Blend For Palestinians, the term sumud translates as steadfastness, including a strong attachment to the land, even in exile, but also a mental state that leads to determined action. Defining sumud as inherently […]
By Benay Blend There are many external plans for Gaza on “the day after,” most of which take no notice of Palestinian agency or desire. Just as there are various possible outcomes, there are several […]
By Benay Blend Palestine has long been home to resistance music, too. In Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance (2023), Louis Brehony chronicles the history of Palestinian music in refugee camps close to Palestine, […]
By Benay Blend These wolves in sheep’s clothing are a continuation of the imperialist West’s desire to deny Palestinians any agency that would thwart Israel’s claim to the land. According to this fable, a wolf […]
By Benay Blend Like other revolutionaries in this country, King’s memory has been sanitized, reduced to a few lines in his “I have a Dream Speech”. Martin Luther King Day, on January 15, has come […]
By Benay Blend Whatever happens, Palestinians will continue to build an alternative to the defunct Zionist notion of two states. On October 29, 1979, the poet Audre Lorde participated in a panel at a New […]
By Benay Blend To be in solidarity with the oppressed, whoever that might be, means to be wary of sensational media that transforms the victim into a victimizer for the sake of inflaming public opinion. […]
By Benay Blend Shortly before the ceasefire, Israel continued to murder as many Palestinians as possible. This hardly bodes well for lasting peace. In the past few weeks, there has been an outpouring of global […]
By Benay Blend Like for Palestinians, existence is resistance. Narratives change, and our understanding of the truth changes over time. Since October 7, the news from Palestine has been bleak. Bombing and raiding of hospitals, […]
By Benay Blend Different from the heroic narrative that values individual heroism, sumud is a collective response to hardship, a stance that Zinn would have understood. In his autobiography, ‘You Can’t Be Neutral on a […]
By Benay Blend The parallels with Palestine are clear. Ongoing Occupation by settler-colonial regimes but also continuous resistance mark both struggles. On September 28, 2023, a man wearing a MAGA hat (Make American Great Again, […]
By Benay Blend Not all Palestinians share the same experience and voice, but they are united under the commonality of multiple displacements. This theme exists in recent literature written for children and young adults, a […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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