Thursday, May 12, 2016

Cheat-sheet: All of the possible book options for Pal Lit quiz (and where to find them)

First of all, if you haven't taken the Which Palestinian Novel Should I Read? quiz, take it here!

If you want to take a gander at all of the possible outcomes, scan below and click the links to the publishers to order your very own bit of Palestinian literature. 



Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Cairo Bag elicits travel tips from Damascus (in Istanbul)


It was not the best of times. Thunderstorms over Istanbul and raging winds diverted a budget flight from Europe, so it landed hours late at its final destination, following some in-flight lightening (which freaked out the Brazilian dance band en route to a festival), and a good long stretch parked on an Ankara runway. 

Most passengers, who were simply connecting in Turkey for flights elsewhere, were told on arrival in the terminal that their flights had left without them. 

Don't worry, the airline assured, you will be put up in a hotel for the night and shuttled back to the airport tomorrow for the same flight the next day. It was as easy as going to pay for your entry visa and checkin in with the airline hotel. 

Visa? (well, fisa) I heard the woman behind me whisper to her husband.