Blogs in March 2026

A Mask the Colour of the Sky 20th March 2026

A novel of identity and resistance from one of Palestine’s most striking literary voices―written entirely from behind bars  Nur, a Palestinian refugee from a camp near Ramallah, is often mistaken for an Ashkenazi Jew. Fluent in Hebrew and with...

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Style and the Solitary: A Jerusalem Murder Mystery 4th April 2023

An unexpected murder. A suspect with a motive. The power of unwavering belief. A murder has been committed in an office in Jerusalem. Asaf, who works there, is the suspect. But is the case as clear-cut as it seems?...

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Style and the Solitary 6th May 2022

An unexpected murder. A suspect with a reason. The power of unwavering belief. A murder has been committed in an office in Jerusalem. That’s for sure. The rest is not as clear-cut as it might seem. Asaf languishes in...

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The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land 12th April 2022

A divorced con-artist and his young daughter sell empty bottles of ‘holy’ air to credulous tourists. In a bombed-out Beirut radio station, a Lebanese Scheherazade enchants three young soldiers with her nightly tales. Ahead of a school ‘Show and...

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Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered 28th August 2021

On a night in 1999 when Sarah Tuttle-Singer was barely 18, she was stoned by Palestinian kids just outside one of the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem. In the years that followed, she was terrified to explore...

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