Resources for Palestine
by Sewists for a Free Palestine
Palestine 101
Syllabi, Toolkits, and Resource Guides
News
Books and Reading Lists
Poetry
Podcasts
Film
- 1948 - Creation and Catastrophy - explains the Nakba (free on youtube)
- Gaza Fights for Freedom - shows the events of the 2018 Great March of Return (free on youtube)
- How Israeli Apartheid Destroyed my Hometown - provides a look inside apartheid in the West Bank (free on youtube)
- Tantura - tells the story of one village, Tantura, during the Nakba. Directed by an Israeli director and has lots of interviews with former Israeli soldiers who took part in the atrocities of the Nakba. Available to rent for $5 on vimeo and other services
- Born in Gaza - available on Netflix
- 5 Broken Cameras - about the destruction of filmmaker Emad Burnat’s cameras as he attempts to record his life in the West Bank - free to watch on tubi
- The Idol - *not a documentary* it's based on the true story of Mohammad Assaf - a young singer living in Gaza who competes in Arab Idol. Available to rent on youtube, prime, and vudu for a few dollars.
- Price of Love - A young Palestinian couple plans to marry in a refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. This film paints a picture of the challenges facing young Palestinians as they start their lives in refugee camps in Lebanon and across the Middle East.
- Al-Nakba - A four-part series on the 'nakba', meaning the 'catastrophe', about the history of the Palestinian exodus that led to the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948, and the establishment of the state of Israel.
- Farha - available on Netflix. After persuading her father to continue her education in the city, a Palestinian girl's dream is shattered by the harrowing developments of the Nakba.
- JVP FREE FILM LIBRARY Borrow Films for Free
Music
Textiles and Tatreez
Craft Your Solidarity
Action
- Follow & share content from reporters in Gaza
- Post - social media sharing matters!
- Keeping up a high volume of posts and encouraging others to do the same and share widely (especially sharing and saving information from those on the ground) has been explicitly requested by those in Gaza and other areas of occupied Palestine, in this immediate case.
- “I Stand With Palestine” image for social media
- Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions - is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality. BDS upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are entitled to the same rights as the rest of humanity.
