Randa Abdel-Fattah reflects on the fragmentation she has felt since October 7, caught between daily life and the normalization of live-streamed annihilation of Arab and Muslim lives.
Randa Abdel-Fattah responds to the gaslighting, censorship, and repression she faced, leading to her cancellation from the Adelaide Writers’ Week festival over her support for Palestine.
October 7 showed that Palestinians and Arabs remain the rightful heirs of our story. We remain the primary witnesses to testify to our past, present and future. We remain the owners of our narrative.
The feelings and fragility of Zionists are used as a rhetorical shield to deflect from the reality of Palestinian genocide. I refuse to provide reassurances to placate and soothe Zionist political anxieties.