Othman Shahin

In Memory of Sliman Mansour: Without Love, There Is No Belonging

Loving Rituals

In Memory of Sliman Mansour: Without Love, There Is No Belonging

Othman Shahin bids farewell to Sliman Mansour by revisiting the works that shaped how generations of Palestinians saw their homeland.

By Othman Shahin

Tough Love: Shabjdeed, Saint Levant, and Rejecting the Perfect Victim

Tough Love

Tough Love: Shabjdeed, Saint Levant, and Rejecting the Perfect Victim

Shabjdeed’s Saint Levant diss exposes the pressure on Palestinians to remain legible and dignified “perfect victims.”

By Othman Shahin

Album and Single Reviews

The Warrior-Poet Never Left: On Shabjdeed and Touch’s ‘Kattal’

Othman Shahin traces the faris - the warrior-poet of classical Arab tradition - revived by Shabjdeed, Touch, and Smokaholic in Kattal.

Commentary

Storm and Season: The Senators Dreaming of Boots on the Ground

From mountains to manpower, the constraints of invading Iran reveal the gap between the war Washington imagines and the one reality imposes.

Commentary, Exclusive

Trump’s Biblical War in the Middle East

From Oval Office prayers to military briefings, biblical prophecy is creeping into the language surrounding America’s war with Iran.

Album and Single Reviews

Konstancy’s City of Angels Is a Corridor You Can Ride Through

A night drive between Los Angeles and Jerusalem, City of Angels finds Konstancy turning distance into restrained, lived-in hip-hop.

Exclusive, FEATURES

‘Youmi’ Dissected: A Breakdown of A West Bank Groundhog Day

On Fawzi, Shabjdeed and Al Nather’s “Youmi,” a song that turns routine into ritual, and repetition into resistance.