Plestia Alaqad selects: What to read, listen to and watch
The Palestinian journalist and author shares the culture that moves her most powerfully, giving hope for the future in bleak times

This is orginially taken from the Summer 2026 Issue of Dazed.
For three weeks in March, Plestia Alaqad found a moment of serenity sailing the Atlantic Ocean with nine other young activists. “No one owns the ocean,” explains the 24-year-old journalist and author from Palestine. “So being there, it’s like we’re creating our own Nutopia.” The expedition was filmed as part of the upcoming docufilm The Ark of Change, with each person fromhellip;
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