Palestinian culture

Members of Canaan Wellspring and leaders of the St. Louis Arts Fair agree the Palestinian dance troupe won’t perform at the annual event this weekend. Why not? That’s where they differ.

Washington University creative writing graduate Fatima Elkabti is writing a book to preserve her family’s history of displacement in historic Palestine — while drawing parallels to today.

A showcase of Palestinian culture gets underway at noon this Sunday at the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park. Palestinians are often portrayed in the…