/sanctuary Editor of Sanctuary Working Group. Also a writer, curator, and image-maker. Nehad Khader is the managing editor of the quarterly academic publication The Journal of Palestine Studies. She is also the co-curator of the DC Palestinian Film & Arts Festival, founded in 2010. With a background in Black and Palestinian literature and media, Nehad has published critical articles about narrative and the politics of art in Al-Jazeera, The Huffington Post, and Jadaliyya, as well as interviews with Palestinian luminaries, including filmmaker Elia Suleiman. Nehad serves on the staff of the Blackstar Film Festival.