AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoLiterature: M. John Harrison became the Booker Prize’s oldest winner at 81; the British author has also backed a boycott of Israel. Ibtisam Azem’s The Sleep Thief, a novel exploring Palestinian identity and culture, is also drawing attention in a new review. Film: Palestinian stories are reaching festival screens, with Culture Resource-backed films selected for Doha and IDFA, and the documentary ACLAÍ Palestine set to premiere in Cork. Heiny Srour’s Leila and the Wolves, a striking portrait of women in Palestine’s and Lebanon’s struggles, stood out at the Refocus Film Festival. Music: Macklemore says nine US arenas rejected his Palestine benefit tour; U2 has defended his right to speak out. Craft: Palestinian artisan Fayez Abu Amneh is renewing the ancient mosaic tradition amid the crisis.
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