Nael El Toukhy
 

Nael El Toukhy is a novelist and translator from Hebrew to Arabic.

 
Opinion
Nael El Toukhy
We just feel it: On Jerusalem and the power of ideology
"We feel Jerusalem is our capital, so it is. Other people and complex narratives do not exist."
31 January 2018
Nael El Toukhy
So what do I do if I meet an Israeli abroad?
Nael El Toukhy on how decades of no debate about normalization led to the Olympic hand-shaking debacle.
14 September 2016
Nael El Toukhy
Eye to eye: Palestinian-Mizrahi dialogue
In the video for his first song in Hebrew, To be an Arab, released last summer, Palestinian singer Jowan
10 April 2016
 
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features
archives • 1 min read
Video: How can we fit the world into folders?
Lara El Gibaly, Nael El Toukhy and Rowan El Shimi | This Alexandrian bookseller has independently created a massive scholarly archive
14 February 2017
freedom of expression • 12 min read
1st lesson learned from Ahmed Naji’s jailing: Individuality
Nael El Toukhy | Many hated Naji because individuality is thorny, lonely and uncomfortable, even for those claiming to
26 November 2016
 
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