Opinion 'Fauda' Creators Think Arabs Are Stupid
In the Israeli TV series there are no rulers or ruled, no occupation, no historical background, no checkpoints, no poverty, no home demolitions, no expulsions, settlers or violent soldiers
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Sayed Kashua Bids Adieu The Perils of Being an Israeli-Arab Writer
The longer I stay abroad, the more I feel this column isn't fulfilling its primary purpose: Testing the limits of a Palestinian Israeli's freedom of expression. So I've decided to take a break
'Do I Have Time to Shave?' I Pondered as I Waited for the Ambulance to Pick Up My Wife
My wife felt as if she was about to die, so I called an ambulance. I got really stressed out, because I didn’t think I’d have time to dress appropriately before the paramedics showed up
Opinion Thinking About Stephen Colbert and Amos Oz With the Meter Running
Reflections on political humor, violence, kids and even squirrels during a nighttime taxi ride from the airport
Sayed Kashua When ISIS Meets Netflix on an Israeli Author's Smartphone
A writer friend who has arrived in the United States makes a shocking discovery when she goes to buy a smartphone
Opinion An Arab and a Jew Walk Into the Israeli Consulate in Chicago
Even while waiting in line, Arab and Jew quarrel over the eternal question: ‘Who was here first?’
Sayed Kashua Am I Being a Racist to Show Concern Because My Daughter Is Hanging Out With White People?
My boys have somehow become friends with immigrant children; their best friends are of Italian, Brazilian, Greek and Israeli origin. It’s my daughter that I’m most worried about
Opinion What Happened When I Tried to Write a Column About Rosh Hashanah
The slightest change in plans knocks me for a loop
Sayed Kashua The Most American Thing This Israeli Arab Writer Has Ever Done
The myth of the American dream sometimes seems to be stronger outside the U.S.
Sayed Kashua I Joked About Racism and Caused a Student to Drop My Class
Sometimes I forget that being a part of the Arab minority in America doesn't give me license to resort to offensive humor
Sayed Kashua Harvey Is Too Nice a Name for a Devastating Hurricane
The weather forecasters must have picked 'Harvey' only because they were certain it would be a mild hurricane, professional and caring
Sayed Kashua Fascism, Terrorism, the Occupation? Who Cares? There's an Eclipse!
Will my old, existential political rage come back once I return to Israel from the U.S.?
Sayed Kashua 'But Sir, I Heard Arabs Lead Wonderful Lives in Israel'
I never thought I would miss my Jerusalem university – until I heard how much I'd have to pay for my daughter to go to college in the U.S.
Sayed Kashua Nukes and Nikes: Why I Didn’t Want My Son to Play Soccer
It all started with a pair of ill-fitting Adidas cleats
Sayed Kashua In Vermont I Realized How Different Life Is Without the Occupation
In Israel, every stranger is a threat; I take extra care to show that I'm not like all the other Arabs, in hope of avoiding violence. Things are different in the U.S.
Sayed Kashua That Moment When You Have to Bribe Your Kid to Come on a Family Road Trip
My teenage daughter knows me too well
Sayed Kashua Are Things in Jerusalem Really as Bad as Everyone Says?
My friends tell me I should be glad I'm not in back in Jerusalem, but is it just because they don't want to see me?
Sayed Kashua I Wanted to Sabotage My Kid's Driving Lessons but My Wife Wouldn't Let Me
'No one in this house drives a car before they’re 18,' I declared. Next thing I know, my daughter texts me she passed her driving test
Sayed Kashua What I Thought and Said When a White Boy Took My Daughter to Prom
My daughter is ashamed of me, my son refuses to read books, my doctor doesn’t predict a rosy future for me. But we're living in America, and that's what counts
Sayed Kashua Donald Trump Travels to Middle East, Giving America a Break
Is it possible that Arab spies provided the information that Trump shared with the Russian foreign minister?
Sayed Kashua Lighting an Independence Day Torch for Israel's Palestinian Citizens
For those who persevere despite the land expropriations, the education system, the rickety infrastructure and the attempts to make people forget and to bend them
Sayed Kashua At Fox News, It's Always Racist Amateur Hour
For the amateur American racist, a Muslim is someone who has some sort of head covering; it makes no difference whether it’s a hijab or a turban
Sayed Kashua The Real Reason I'm Scared of 'Meet Your Muslim Neighbor' Day
We’d begun to blend into our Midwestern U.S. neighborhood; then our lawn gave us away
It's No Consolation That Arabs in Israel Have It Better Than in Syria
Why I'm dreading going back to Israel for Ramadan
Sayed Kashua Why I Forced Myself to Look at Uncensored Photos of Kids Gassed in Syria
Each camp levelled charges against the other. In the TV studios, commentators debated what needed to be done. But I kept hoping it's a ruse – that the Syrian children weren’t really dead
Sayed Kashua Face It, Israel's Best Propaganda Comes Out of Its Film Industry
Madame Culture Minister, your attacks on the feature-film institutions – as though they are liberal bodies interested in the lives of the Palestinians – only heighten their prestige internationally.
Sayed Kashua You Know It's Time to Change When You're Mistaken for a Beggar
Contrary to what a certain Israeli mayor may believe, I am not living like a king from all the money I got 'from the Jews' in America.
Sayed Kashua Why I Asked My Neighbor to Yell anti-Arab Slurs at My Kids
I can't let my kids return to a country that hates them unprepared.
Opinion Israeli Arab Educators Aren't Teaching Hebrew Out of Love. They're Coerced
A viral video of an Arab teacher reciting a Hebrew nursery rhyme illustrates Israeli oppression in a heartbreaking way.