The film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is a sophisticated and devastating period piece set during the British ...

Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s sweeping period film tackles a moment of profound change: the year 1936, when the Great Palestinian Revolt broke through the complacency of British rule.

Resisting imperial modes of telling history and pushing back against empire today, this volume highlights the ways in which imperial power continues to shape our world. It moves away from the imperial ...

Nov. 29 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1877, Thomas Edison demonstrated a hand-cranked phonograph that recorded sound on grooved metal cylinders. Edison shouted verses of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" ...