Palestinian artists stifled as Israel 'weaponizes fear and fame'
Death threats, arrests, and self-censorship are creating a repressive environment for Palestinian cultural figures and institutions in Israel.
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Death threats, arrests, and self-censorship are creating a repressive environment for Palestinian cultural figures and institutions in Israel.
Walid Daqqah saw the “little prison” where he spent most of his life mirrored in the “big prison” that housed the rest of his people. His challenge to us and to himself was to free ourselves from the prison inside of us.
Imprisoned since 1984, Walid’s work on the inside resembled the path of “total resistance” attributed to Kanafani.
Daka died at the age of 64, less than a year before he was scheduled to be released in March 2025.
Walid Daqqa, 62-year-old Palestinian activist and novelist who spent 38 years in Israeli jails and battled cancer, dies of medical negligence and custodial torture.