Donors to Penn and Harvard angered by pro-Palestinian activity on campus catalyzed pressure to take down the schools’ presidents. Their message is clear and helps explain Joe Biden’s passivity in the face of Israeli war crimes too.
Like pieces of your heart will forever be in more places than one. Always in search of another Palestinian to ask, “where are you from?”
As a former political prisoner in Egypt, and dissident writer in exile, Palestinian culture and literature have inspired and shaped my work. When I attended the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, my heart came full circle.
The Palestine Writes Literature Festival was a liberated space for Palestinians to speak and dream freely. It was an unequivocal display of love for a land and her people, their history and their future.
ADL, you do not speak for “The Jewish People”. Organizations that deem Palestinians as inherently threatening to Jews, solely because of who they are as human beings, do not represent a growing number of Jews who cannot tolerate the disinformation surrounding the mythology of the State of Israel.
Palestine Writes responds to racist attacks on the literature festival: “Palestine Writes is a small moment for us to exist with agency in the fullness of our brilliance, ancient heritage, stories, music, dance, and other art forms. This also includes our defiance against our colonizers.”
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is pressuring Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania to censor pro-Palestine sentiment on their campuses.
Louis Allday’s introduction to the newly reissued biography of Ghassan Kanafani outlines the choice Kanafani made between being an organic participant in the resistance and his life as a writer. Kanafani chose, and in doing so, chose his fate.
Writer Isabella Hammad discusses her approach to history as a novelist, her sense of political commitment as an artist, and her thoughts on the prospects for Palestinian liberation.
The Palestine Writes Literature Festival returns in September to celebrate Palestinian literature and culture and end the silencing of Palestinian cultural workers.