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We are excited to share the third instalment of the PalFest Bookshelf: Heaven Looks Like Us, edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi, published by Haymarket Books. Learn more here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf?fb...

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Rosie Warren from PalFest interviews Jamjoum, in which he situates this book within Kanafani’s life and his broader political imagination. With this book, Jamjoum argues, Kanafani attempts to write a materialist history of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Read: mondoweiss.net/2025/05/inte...

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London: William Blake in Words and Song, Raising Funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. All ticket revenue and donations collected via the online fundraiser campaign and at the event go to Medical Aid for Palestinians. Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-golden-s...

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Join Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) for No Pride in Genocide, a global film event in June 2025, co-organized by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and 100+ partners in 30+ countries. Link: queercinemaforpalestine.org/2025/05/22/q...

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Join Gaza Artists and Digital Connection, a virtual tour: “This Is Not an Exhibition,” led by Amer Shomali. Wednesday, 21 May, 17:00-18:00 Location: online - events.ringcentral.com/events/pdaf-... Language: Arabic

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More #PalFest book mail, every quarter I get a Palestinian book and the email newsletter is incredible (+free!). Grabbed home grown magic from rave reviews 🌈 I don't normally buy books unless I've read first. #BookMail #PalestinianBooks #QueerBooks

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ART OF THE PALESTINIAN POSTER is a new show opening at London's P21 Gallery next week bringing together multiple generations of Palestinian and Arab artists. Link: www.shubbak.co.uk/art-of-the-p...

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PalArt Collective has partnered with Shubbak Festival - the UK's premier festival of contemporary Arab Culture - to present the PalArt Festival, a week of Palestinian theatre, comedy, and dance that celebrates resilience, creativity, & culture. Learn more: www.palartcollective.co.uk/palart-festi...

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It's great to see Kattan's 'Le Palais des deux collines,' whose launch I attended a few years ago in Montreal, now translated into English by Foundry Editions.

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Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸 Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day. RSVP to join: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

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Join Palestinian author Karim Kattan for an insightful conversation about his award-winning novel The Palace on the Higher Hill, a poignant exploration of exile, memory, and return. Link: www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

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Join Sabrin Hasbun for two events in London launching her new book Crossing: A Love Story between Italy and Palestine. On 12 May, she'll be in conversation with the writer, educator, and translator Hazem Jamjoum. On 13 May, she'll be joined by the writer, editor, and critic Lucy Popescu. Links: 👇

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I was forced to burn my books to survive in Gaza "I was raised to love books. I never thought I would have to feed them to a fire so I could have a meagre meal." -Hend Salama Abo Helow www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Join Workshops 4 Gaza's event, Against these Walls: Disrupting the War Machine from Sonora to Gaza. Link: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/aga...

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Join an evening of storytelling, memory, and identity as Sabrin Hasbun discusses her powerful family memoir Crossing—a moving account of love, grief, and the complexities of belonging. On Mon 12 May 2025 at 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM. Link: www.tickettailor.com/events/pales...

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Beautiful mail today from The Palfest Bookshelf @palfest.bsky.social Two books about Ghassan Kanafani. So grateful to have Anni Kanafani’s lovely book about her husband who was taken too soon & too brutslly, its been out of print. And bonus, a small print of artwork by Ghassan Kanafani himself ❤️✊🏾🇵🇸

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Read Yasmin El-Rifae's review of the following books: -[...], by Fady Joudah. -Border Wisdom, by Ahmad Almallah. Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Join an urgent memoir by Sarah Aziza, one of the most important new voices in contemporary literature and criticism. Sarah will be in conversation with Hannah Bae, with featured readings by Kamelya Omayma Youssef, Ghinwa Jawhari, H. Sinno, and Ladan Khoddam-Khorasani. Link: aaww.org/curation/in-...

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A Collection by the people; unveiling their stories and emotions from the year that has been. Letters from Gaza, by Mohammed Al-Zaqzooq, Mahmoud Alshaer, is officially released today. Link: www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/Moha...

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day to those who celebrate!

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Happy Publication Day, @biidaasamose.bsky.social! 💧 Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead is a genre-bending exploration of that most elemental force–water–through Indigenous storytelling, personal memory, and the work of influential artists and writers

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Last month, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory submitted a report detailing sexual violence by the IOF against Palestinians as well as attacks on reproductive health in Gaza. Kaitlyn Cook reports: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

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Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece officially releases tomorrow. You can order your copy from our Bookshop (US / UK). Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece is Rabah’s first book in English, translated by Ammiel Alcalay, Emna Zghal, Khaled Al-Hilli, and Mosab Abu Toha. US & UK links are in replies to this post.

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Each week in @palfest.bsky.social's newsletter, there's something beautiful we hadn't known about (+ many beautiful things we had). This week: "Salt Air," by Karim Kattan, tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman: www.thedial.world/articles/lit... Subscribe to the newsletter here: www.palfest.org/newsletter?s...

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"Letters from Gaza," compiled by Mohammed Al-Zaqzooq and Mahmoud Alshaer, is a collection of poetry, prose and personal narratives that document survival under siege. These are love letters to a homeland vanishing before their eyes. Read more below: www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/su...

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"The Israeli Occupation killed Fatima and ten of her family because she dreamed, because she laughed, because she's real." Haidar Al Ghazali: "Elegy for Fatima Hassouna" Fatima was looking forward to her wedding when she was killed in Gaza. Read the poem here: www.instagram.com/p/DImBGDttNs...

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"Apartheid. It's just wrong." From the UK launch of Ta-Nehisi Coates' THE MESSAGE Watch on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/reel/DIipYUu...

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Every climate justice writer belongs in their union. The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]

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Found out about the forthcoming "On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza: Remembering a Way of Life Now Destroyed," by Mohammed Omer Almoghayer in the @palfest.bsky.social newsletter; you should absolutely subscribe: t.co/JHVkEIiAht

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An invitation for film initiatives and collectives and production companies directly engaged with Palestinian film and Palestinian film festivals to be a part of the 2025 Palestine Film Directory, which will be a bilingual (Arabic/English) online resource. Learn more: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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📘 THE BOOK OF SANA'A 🗓️ Pub Apr 17 These stories demonstrate the myriad ways that war & oppressive regimes have touched the lives of ordinary Yemenis. Characters learn to navigate trauma, finding redemption in this inspiring city. Pre-Order👇 commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...

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Ala Hlehel On Power, Place, and the Palestinian Novel

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"I didn't want peace, I wanted victory. I didn't need rest, I needed victory." The award-winning poet Danez Smith delivers a fiery reading of their poem "Dear Time," a poem that wants to "take time" from oppressors and "return to them their chaos." Instagram reel: www.instagram.com/reel/DIMR_le...

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In this poem about student protests, anthropologist and teacher-poet Dina Omar grapples with the ongoing refrain of Palestinian death, the accumulating sense of futility that comes from witnessing martyrdom after martyrdom from afar. Full video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DHwBcWL...

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If @kamalaharris.com wants to talk about courage, she should talk about Hossam Shabat.

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Thanks for joining us, Mara.

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Poet Mosab Abu Toha reads his poem "Under the Rubble," a series of brief scenes of life in Gaza's ruins. Recorded at our recent collaboration with Mizna in Minneapolis: Palestine & the Urgent Word. Watch full video on Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DHeAwTq...

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Zines for Falastin Submissions: This is an anthology of indigenous Palestinian voices curated by the hearts and hands of Zines for Falastin. If this speaks to your soul and convictions, click the link below. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Join a public conversation live from P21 Gallery and online, that presents testimonies, videos, live interventions, giving accounts of the return of the people of Gaza to their homes, both from the displaced tent encampments and from the prisons and torture centres in Israel. More details below:

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This is journalist Hilmi al-Faqawi. Israel burned him alive today.

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The Rafah city and governorate don’t exist anymore. Rafah has been completely erased and destroyed.

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