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[The Caine Prize for African Writing @CainePrize]

The Board of Trustees of the Caine Prize for African Writing confirms 2026 Winner following suggestions of AI use.

To read the full press release, visit: https://t.co/6sQNUA32Ml

[Sharif Abdel Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous]

"These are the substances of political living that we are fighting not to lose"—Read this piece by Mada Masr chief editor @Linaattalah 2 days ahead of her trial, where she faces up to a year in prison as authorities in Egypt move to quash independent media
https://t.co/s7ZBaBjX2v

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

The first biography of Sudanese writer and inaugural Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela is here! Bhakti Shringarpure's LEILA ABOULELA: WRITING AS REFUGE traces her life from Khartoum to Scotland, and launches at SOAS in London on November 10! 📚 https://t.co/IhfxiHUOze

[Publishers for Palestine @pubforpalestine]

🔗Save the link.

The fourth global 24-hour reading for Palestine, at the start of #ReadPalestineWeek, coming soon, hosted by @pamenarpress:
https://t.co/cQsHglpe3J

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Great news though sickening to know that California has the highest number of people on death row in the U.S.
https://t.co/ez0rtGah3l

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Hypocrisy and racism much⁉️ Goncourt prize given to Philippe Janaeda who admits to using AI even though they disqualified Haitian writer Thelyson Orélien only weeks ago for allegedly using AI.
https://t.co/vNeUh4mBNj

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

El-Sayed on a Palestinian homeland: "Only on Gaza and the West Bank? ... the parts that have been like now annihilated, and the parts that are being encroached upon by settlers? ... It's like, 'Hey, listen, after I eat, then you can have my seconds.'"

[darryl li @dcli]

new essay in saq on the open letter genre — its stakes, it dynamics, its occasional silliness — in the shadow of genocide

open access link: https://t.co/TQ8O4dMQez

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Journacide, Mediacide and the Assault on Truth
Our two recent livestreams focus on the news media industry, and the ways in which genocide in Palestine has exposed a collapse of journalistic ethics.

https://t.co/0kVm7Vmb0q

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Bhakti Shringarpure and Madhuri Sastry take a close look at the report “Truth Under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide” by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Now on YouTube

https://t.co/KqBd6PCP1C

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Debrief --> Join Bhakti Shringarpure & Madhuri Sastry for a discussion about Francesca Albanese's brilliant report on Palestine and "mediacide."
12pm New York -- Watch it Live here👇🏾 https://t.co/TXYfE5IlI6

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Debrief --> Join Bhakti Shringarpure & Madhuri Sastry for a discussion about Francesca Albanese's brilliant report on Palestine and "mediacide."
12pm New York -- Watch it Live here👇🏾 https://t.co/TXYfE5IlI6

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

MACKLEMORE and friends take Paris❤️‍🔥🇵🇸 Thank you @macklemore for this extraordinary Free Palestine tour ❤️🇵🇸

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

The best of us.

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

November book club is creeping up! Join Bhakti Shringarpure for a conversation with Sahra Noor on Nov 15th about her gorgeous memoir Salt in the Snow. But first buy your copy @catalyst_press

https://t.co/rFCCrvIDev

[Catalyst Press @catalyst_press]

Read our Q&A with Sahra Noor, author of Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/YtIEIl6IcE

Buy the book here: https://t.co/B7SOVkJ0n3

#catalystpress #authorinterview #sahranoor #saltinthesnow

[Fady Joudah @FadyJoudah]

Towards a more serious reading of Palestinan literature
@LAReviewofBooks

https://t.co/bEvZCmtttH

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

📰 My new report “Truth under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide” is out

🔗 Available in all official UN Languages: https://t.co/D6whnBEhW4

🇺🇳 FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION
@ the UN General Assembly, New York
>Monday 26 October
2pm EST/ 7pm CET

Livestream details will follow.

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

This was an incredible conversation with @sean_murray1 about his documentary Journacide: The War on Truth that investigates Israel's slaughter of journalists in Gaza and Lebanon.
https://t.co/5ZfNJmotjB

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Film club is live now!
https://t.co/EA9nPaCFeW

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

Filmmaker @sean_murray1 and historian Sherry Zane discuss Murray’s documentary Journacide: The War on Truth alongside Ireland’s long history of solidarity with Palestine. Join online on Sunday, Oct 25th

https://t.co/rrsedJYbMY

[Kholood Khair @KholoodKhair]

This is the single biggest story in #Sudan right now and it's not getting anywhere near enough attention

Sudan faces the Four Horsemen: War, Famine, Death and Conquest - in an apocalyptic spiral while authorities deny the issues & global response budgets shrink.
#KeepEyesOnSudan