Palestine Festival of Literature

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[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

London: Nov 17 we launch CONFRONTING ZIONISM with Noura Erakat, John Reynolds & Rafeef Ziadah.

This will be the *only* UK event.

Don't miss this chance to hear from some of the most influential thinkers on Palestine working today and their new work.

https://t.co/y2Dj3h6mTQ

[Richard Sanders @PulaRJS]

Watch this.

Lubna Speitan, author of the Greens4Palestine motion “Zionism is racism”, spells out the central obscenity of our age – the grotesque inversion whereby the victims of ethnic cleansing, Apartheid and genocide must constantly fend off accusations from their tormentors that it is they who are the racists.

“We as Palestinians are being silenced and gaslit and vilified [as we] witness the annihilation, the cold-blooded murder of our families, of our people… our children burnt with phosphorus, having to endure amputations with no anaesthetic, having their limbs torn and shredded, their bodies burnt by phosphorus, being starved to death … And to have to sit here … and try to bury my feelings so I can eloquently and diplomatically shield my anger, my rage, my anguish that every Palestinian is feeling, is an insult.” /1

[Bulaq @bulaqbooks]

1000 Forgotten Photographs from Gaza | Kegham Djeghalian

A new podcast episode discovered through the @palfest weekly update.

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[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

CNN: Look at these numbers on Israel! They're all negative! NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE!

"The general electorate has turned against Israel. This isn't just a left issue, it is an American issue when it comes to opinions on Israel."

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

Kanafani’s writing was ‘so dangerous’ to Zionism he was assassinated for it in 1972.

Read Rashid Khalidi’s new intro to Kanafani's translated work in The Key: https://t.co/vSA9m3hyVj
https://t.co/vSA9m3hyVj

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

‘Why did God bind me to this city if it was destined to disappear in such horror?’

Read Bisan Nateel’s diary from Gaza on The Key. https://t.co/8R9ngBDYZO
https://t.co/8R9ngBDYZO

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

كيف ترى فلسطين والسودان إحداهما الأخرى، وكيف تخاطب كلٌّ منهما الأخرى وتتحدث عنها؟ وأين تلتقي تجاربهما ونضالهما وأين تفترق؟ وكيف نفهم هذه الروابط في سياق السياسات الإقليمية والإمبريالية اليوم؟

نسرين مالك وليان كايد. 7:30 مساءً في مركز خليل السكاكيني

[Hamzé Attar @hamzattar]

On Sudan and Palestine, tonight.
This is an important session, please join if you can and share the link so others can join, too.

[Mada Masr مدى مصر @MadaMasr]

ألسنا محظوظين -من الناحية النظرية على الأقل- بكوننا صحفيين؟ نعلم أنكم قد لا تتفقون معنا في هذه اللحظة.

لمعرفة السبب، اطلع على النص الموجود على موقعنا الإلكتروني.
https://t.co/0z7TBurSWB

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

كيف ترى فلسطين والسودان إحداهما الأخرى، وكيف تخاطب كلٌّ منهما الأخرى وتتحدث عنها؟ وأين تلتقي تجاربهما ونضالهما وأين تفترق؟ وكيف نفهم هذه الروابط في سياق السياسات الإقليمية والإمبريالية اليوم؟

نسرين مالك وليان كايد. 7:30 مساءً في مركز خليل السكاكيني

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

Tonight at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah. 7.30pm. Simultaneous translation will be available.

https://t.co/opSjaFBOwK

[Mada Masr مدى مصر @MadaMasr]

Isn’t one fortunate, theoretically speaking, to be a journalist? We know you might not agree with us.
Read the full text from Mada Masr
https://t.co/jMhlGzI7Wj

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

"How well do we know him or ourselves, then or now?"

A multi-part feature by Fady Joudah, including an essay and 3 translations of renowned Palestinian writers Mahmoud Darwish and Ghassan Kanafani. Read more: https://t.co/iekWAhnltn

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

London: Nov 17 we launch CONFRONTING ZIONISM with Noura Erakat, John Reynolds & Rafeef Ziadah.

This will be the *only* UK event.

Don't miss this chance to hear from some of the most influential thinkers on Palestine working today and their new work.

https://t.co/y2Dj3h6mTQ

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Benjamin Moser, author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, told Rashid Khalidi that his 80-year-old mother, who had all but called him a Hamas member, apologized after reading his book: “I’m ashamed I ever said I was a Zionist.”

His book traces Jewish opposition to Zionism over the past century and challenges their exclusion in discussions over Palestine. “No, you don’t get to set the rules anymore. We’re setting the rules now,” Moser said.

Khalidi added that he had never seen so many people change their views so rapidly, noting that major publishers are now embracing books on Palestine that would have been virtually unpublishable just three or four years ago.

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous]

PalFest events in Palestine this week. Don’t miss.

https://t.co/VRKB0ZHSbZ

[Artists for Palestine UK @Art4PalestineUK]

Join @PalFest for an opportunity to hear from Noura Erakat in her only UK event for 2026.

She will present her new book 'Confronting Zionism' alongside its co-author John Reynolds, followed by a conversation with Palestinian poet & academic Rafeef Ziadah https://t.co/nZqpExTaAn

[Mirza Waheed @MirzaWaheed]

The most important festival of literature in the world is back!

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

Announcing our 2026 public program in Palestine with events coming up in Ramallah and Gaza City, starting tomorrow: Monday October 26th.

https://t.co/CibDapK2sQ

[Nimer Sultany @NimerSultany]

A reminder:

27 October, 6pm @SOAS

[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

Subscribe to the PalFest Bookshelf and the first book you'll receive in the mail is Tareq's WHAT NOW?

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[Palestine Festival of Literature @PalFest]

We hosted a landmark conversation between Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tareq Baconi and Nesrine Malik at London's Southbank Centre this week.

You can watch the whole event here: https://t.co/zCZ6T6Z46h