A Palestinian poet insisting on poetry that overcomes the most horrific timelines, Nima Hasan’s voice shames and exposes the politics of necromancy that pass as solidarity, a necromancy that requires a compromised Palestinian voice or a broken Palestinian body to hold up.
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“my many eyes open/close / in the dark that you’ll never / master or capture.” Read “Because You Wished For It,” a poem by Ahmad Almallah.
Read Yasmin El-Rifae's review of the following books:
-[...], by Fady Joudah.
-Border Wisdom, by Ahmad Almallah.
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In “Poetry Begins at STOP: Etel Adnan & Arabic,” Huda Fakhreddine examines place, time, and anti-colonial memory in Arabic literature, concluding that “A poem in itself is survival, and a poem written post-extermination is a victory.”
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"It certainly takes chutzpah to make another’s suffering about you—but it’s outright pathological to recast another people’s obliteration at the hands of your religion as a chance to redeem yourself." proteanmag.com/2025/01/31/b...
Despite the judge’s dismissal of our lawsuit, Penn’s failure to protect students, faculty, and staff standing for justice in Palestine remains clear. We refuse to be silenced. We will continue to fight for our right to teach and learn without fear. We are appealing.
Working with Ahmad Almallah on his forthcoming collection Wrong Winds has been a sort of North Star during many dark months of witnessing the US-backed genocide in Gaza. Wrong Winds is out on March 18th from @fonografeditions.bsky.social and available for pre-order now.
"As colonized subjects, we address a more powerful other, constantly seeking validation from it, even as we claim to reject and resist its power over us. Gaza demands of us a redirection … "
@hudafakhreddine.bsky.social & Yasmeen Hanoosh on language, power, and Gaza
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Thoughtful piece unpacking politics of translation under oppression by @hudafakhreddine.bsky.social & Yasmeen Hanush: "Gaza is no longer just a place; Gaza is a locus and ethos; it is a signpost in place that has also become a source point of time."
It takes mind-numbing depravity to try to kill as many civilians of your enemy before the ceasefire begins which you have agreed to. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
MLA members in support of BDS resolution with their hands raised in support of resolution as organizers disrupt the delegate assembly by reading it out since the Executive Council refused to let it to be discussed and voted upon.
A nearly empty room with half or more people missing from each section of the Delegate Assembly seating area after members and delegates walked out of the assembly in protest.
When you claim “quorum was maintained,” but👇🏽 before / after of room @MLAforPalestine
& allies incredible action at #MLA25 Delegate Assembly.
Then again MLA leadership has shown a penchant for cruelest calculus, “fiduciary responsibility” in exchange for abandoning Palestinians.
As a journalist & scholar, I’m inspired by @srseikaly.bsky.social’s words on @democracynow.org: “The way forward is not to be passive & obedient. The way forward is to be ethical & to stand for what is just & to stand against this Israeli genocide which—again—is armed & abetted by the United States”
قريبًا عن #مرفأ_للثقافة_والنشر
الغلاف للفنان الفلسطيني بشار الحروب
وقد صار العالم كله فلسطين
Mary of Gaza, Ibrahim Nasrallah
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It was an incredible honor to be in conversation with @hudafakhreddine.bsky.social and @palumboliu.bsky.social for the Speaking Out of Place podcast
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A fifth baby displaced by Israel died of the cold in Deir el Balah, Gaza today. This is not a natural disaster, this is a crime against humanity committed with the full support of the US government.
This is the last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, walking toward Israeli tanks before being detained by Israeli forces after they destroyed the last hospital in northern Gaza. His current condition is unknown.
60 Minutes ran an infomercial for Israeli terrorism & it sparked zero outrage in liberal circles. I wish there was a constituency for caring about this stuff anywhere near what there is for CNN being insufficiently critical of Trump or w/e but racist cheerleading of US-backed violence is bipartisan
#FreePalestine #BDS. This episode of Speaking Out of Place contains two brilliant readings, and much discussion of #Palestinian #poetry and #resistance Please share.
“Something looms there beyond these heights. / I need a prophet’s tears / for sight.” Read “What Zarqaʾ al-Yamama Didn’t Say,” a poem by Mohamed Abdelbari (translated and introduced by @hudafakhreddine.bsky.social).
من "زمن صغير تحت شمس ثانية" دار النهضة، بيروت، ٢.١٩
الترجمة نشرت في مجلة بنيبال
WATCH: This is how Israel uses food to colonize Palestine and erase Palestinian culture and identity.
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BREAKING: The AAUP condemns today’s faculty arrests at NYU.
“This crackdown on NYU faculty is part of a distressing pattern of repression of pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses nationwide.” — AAUP President Todd Wolfson.
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THE UNIVERSE ALL AT ONCE by Salim Barakat and PALESTINIAN by Ibrahim Nasrallah on World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2024
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فرحة المظلوم كلمة حق لا مردّ لها
ونظلّ محكومين بالأمل
