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Posted by Salem Al Qudwa But why is the image distorted by pixelation on my flat TV screen at my house in Gaza? Why am I getting an abstract background texture? What is the reason behind these glitches and distortion on the screen broadcast via digital TV satellite channels? For me, the TV screen distortion offers a form of generative art. Inspired by that, I made a series of abstract graphics by taking shots for the TV screen by my digital camera. But why do I consider the Four Weddings and a Funeral film as an exceptional source of the… Read more: Four Weddings, a Funeral, and many “ZZzzzZZz” in Gaza

Posted by Daniel O’Gorman Earlier this week, I attended the launch of Ahmed Masoud’s new novel, Come What May (Victorina, 2022), at SOAS, University of London. The event was chaired wonderfully by fellow novelist, Selma Dabbagh, who asked Masoud a range of searching questions about the novel, as well as about Masoud’s writing process and about his experiences of living everyday life in Gaza (first as part of the refugee community in the Jabalia camp, and later on as a member of the diaspora in London). Like Masoud’s previous novel, Vanished (Rimal, 2015), Come What May is set in Gaza… Read more: Book launch for Ahmed Masoud’s new novel, Come What May