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How the Media Lies About Palestine | Ash Meets Mohammed El-Kurd

Palestinians rarely get to tell their own stories, and on the rare occasion they do it’s on highly limited terms. Ash Sarkar speaks to writer and poet Mohammed el-Kurd, Palestine correspondent for The Nation, about growing up in occupied territory and why journalists fail to tell the truth about Israel.

  • Published 30 April 2023

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