Kundiman Community

We're a group of fellows and community members holding the @kundimanforever Board of Trustees and Co-Founders accountable.

#PACBI #BDS

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

We look forward to rebuilding @kundimanforever together.

#PACBI

[PACBI - BDS movement @PACBI]

Palestinians salute the more than 5,500 writers and book workers worldwide refusing complicity with Israeli publishers, festivals and other literary institutions.

[PACBI - BDS movement @PACBI]

These thousands of writers join tens of thousands of other cultural workers and artists who have endorsed the Palestinian call for ethical disengagement from apartheid Israel’s complicit cultural sector.

[PACBI - BDS movement @PACBI]

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, including the cultural boycott of Israel, targets complicity, not identity, and institutions, not individuals.

[PACBI - BDS movement @PACBI]

Since 2004, Palestinians including the absolute majority of writers and cultural organizations have called on artists, writers and cultural figures, as well as cultural institutions, to refuse to work with complicit Israeli institutions.

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

Since launching 24 hours ago this has risen to a total of 4,500 writers and publishing professionals pledging to boycott all complicit Israeli institutions.

Names are coming in faster than we can process them.

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people.

This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history.

https://t.co/SGewfi4DYn

[Writers Against the War on Gaza @wawog_now]

Suzanne Nossel's resignation is a victory for the Palestine solidarity movement. There is no place for Zionism in our cultural institutions.

[Writers Against the War on Gaza @wawog_now]

Suzanne Nossel's commitments to Zionism destroyed the reputation of PEN America. This is an opportunity to build an organization that serves writers.

Read our statement on Nossel's resignation from PEN America

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

As new Board President of @kundimanforever, Rana Tahir invites you to connect at [email protected] with feedback and ideas about best ways to move forward.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

We look forward to rebuilding @kundimanforever together.

#PACBI

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

We move forward with a series of goals for @kundimanforever, which include developing a transparent process for adopting PACBI.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

Please donate to this fundraiser — launched by @TranslatingPali and @sameerproject — providing food, water, diapers, milk, medical aid, and other necessities to families in North and Central Gaza:

https://t.co/G7JaqhDa38

This can also be accessed at:

https://t.co/JWIOmWm6hR

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

"Everything genuine reminds me of you, Heba."
— Somaia Abu Nada

“Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist” was published in @lithub earlier this week.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

Join us in reading “Not Just Passing” by the poet and novelist Heba Abu Nada (1991-2023), translated by Huda Fakhreddine (@FakhreddineHuda), originally co-published in @arablit and @Mizna_ArabArt last year.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

Dr. Refaat used to volunteer for and manage the social media account of the Municipality of Gaza.

To honor him, please donate to the fundraiser to ensure clean water access for the people of Gaza:

https://t.co/4PZ67apmtp

https://t.co/anzx5KMjF4

@munigaza @Workshops4Gaza

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

Today we’re reading “Over the Wall” from the late Dr. Refaat Alareer (1979-2023), originally published in @Mondoweiss.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

“Remembering Dr. Refaat Alareer” by his student and friend Nadya Siyam was published in @wwborders.

Read: https://t.co/SCgdYP0FlS

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

Today we’re reading “Over the Wall” from the late Dr. Refaat Alareer (1979-2023), originally published in @Mondoweiss.

[Kundiman Community @KundimanUnity]

"It's chilling to see these lies take hold in the last place they should—a community of writers with ties to Palestine, or ties to lands that have survived similar occupations."

—Ryan Lee Wong, "The End of a Love Song: On Kundiman"

https://t.co/ZB2gXVaab6