I’ve always been a storyteller, and writing is more than a passion for me. It is my creative and spiritual process, the way I make sense of my inner and outer worlds.
Over the years it has also become a way to help others make sense of theirs and I have written for and coached many people in their process.
Much of my writing stays private, but below is a selection of work that is public.
Hodaya: A Journal of Grief & Gratitude
Read excerpts from my creative spiritual practice: writing about grief, gratitude and spiritual creativity.
Waging Nonviolence. October 6, 2026 To build stronger movements we need to grieve together Argues that shared, structured spaces for mourning, like the grief circles and listening practices I have run since October 2023, help organizers steady their nervous systems, resist numbness and stay in long-term movement work.
Mondoweiss. November 19. (2023). Bassem and Ahed Tamimi are in Israeli prison because they stand for Palestinian freedom An opinion piece drawing on thirteen years of knowing the Tamimi family, arguing that Israeli authorities target peaceful Palestinian organizers.
Sternberg Press. (2019). The Tipping Point: The Leverage of Cultural Institutions. A chapter written with Jack Persekian in What About Activism?, edited by Steven Henry Madoff, alongside contributions from curators and thinkers including Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Nicolas Bourriaud and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
7th Berlin Biennale. (2012). State of Palestine A text in Forget Fear, the biennale’s reader edited by Artur Żmijewski and Joanna Warsza, which gathered artists, activists and political figures working through art.
Also published in The Guardian, HuffPost, Boston Globe, Newsweek and Yes! Magazine.
Where this comes from
Before the grief work, I spent years researching and documenting digital censorship of Palestinians. These interviews and profiles come from that period.
Toward Freedom, June 3, 2021 Cyber Censorship Hits Colombia, India and Palestine An extended section draws on my research into more than 100 cases of Instagram censorship.
Jacobin, June 1, 2021 Social Media Companies Like Instagram Are Censoring Dissent I am quoted on findings from my research on censorship of Palestinian content.
The Lever, May 31, 2021 Cyber Censorship Goes Global I am quoted as a 7amleh researcher on over-moderation of Palestinian content and the lack of transparency in platform decisions.
Orinoco Tribune, January 2021 Social Media Giants Ban Trump, but the Real Censorship is of Palestinians An interview, in my role as International Relations Manager at 7amleh, on how platforms remove and restrict Palestinian content.
The Express Tribune, December 2012 Rallying the Refuseniks. A profile of my political development and my work with Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
Selected research and reports
Contributor: Meta. (2022). Human Rights Assessment.
Lead Researcher: Carmel, A. (2020). Online Smear Campaigns and Deplatforming: The Silencing and Delegitimization of Palestinian Human Rights Defenders, Activists and Organizations. 7amleh.
Editor: 7amleh. (2020). Are YouTube’s Policies Biased Against Palestinians?
Editor: 7amleh. (2019). Silenced Networks: The Chilling Effect Amongst Palestinian Youth.
Editor: 7amleh. (2018, 2019). Hashtag Palestine: Digital Rights Situational Analysis. 2018, 2019.
Editor: European Legal Support Center. (2023). Suppressing Palestinian Rights Advocacy through the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.
Full list of research contributions available here.