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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 18m

This month, for Bookshelf subscribers outside of the US, we’re glad to include as an additional extra Mahmoud Al-Shaer’s 𝘈 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦, which collects the entries from his fundraising campaign www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-ma...
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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 6d

We are thrilled to announce that it has been selected by the @palfest.bsky.social Bookshelf as one of their October titles.

Subscribe and receive Palestine is everywhere as your first shipment, plus a postcard of Adam Rouhana’s photograph “Blood Memories” (from the book): www.palfest.org/bookshelf

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Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 1d

I've just been listening to the first (?) PalFest podcast featuring Wiam El-Tamami in conversation with Batool Abu Akleen, talking about her new book of poetry, '48Kgs'.. I found it heartbreaking yet inspiring. Do give it a listen on your podcast platform. @palfest.bsky.social

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 20h

Haidar al-Ghazali is an extraordinary young talent and one of the new generation of poets forged in the horrors of Israel’s genocide.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvoq...

Poets in Gaza #2 | Haidar al-Gahazali: "I will call you my sorrow"

YouTube video by The Palestine Festival of Literature

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 15d

Two New Videos from Batool Abu Akleen now on our Youtube channel.

At the age of 15, Batool won the Barjeel poetry prize. Her widely lauded debut poetry collection, 48kg, published by Tenement Press, was recently listed in the Guardian's Best Recent Poetry roundup.

Watch here: m.youtube.com/palfest

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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 21d

To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 22d

The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.

Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.

Please watch and share widely.

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Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, 'Judgement Day'

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 22d

The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.

Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.

Please watch and share widely.

youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be

Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, 'Judgement Day'

YouTube video by The Palestine Festival of Literature

youtube.com

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 22d

Watch on Instagram: Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her groundbreaking debut collection, 48kg.

Filmed just a few days ago by Ahmed Al Danaf and edited by Adam Yihia.

Gaza is once again under intense bombardment and nobody is safe.

www.instagram.com/reel/DO5pJky...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 25d

By popular demand: gift subscriptions to the PalFest Bookshelf are now available! Want to send your loved one a subscription? All you need is their email address and country of residence – we ship worldwide. Check the PalFest Bookshelf on our website for more information (www.palfest.org)

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: hundreds of artists and labels announce their refusal to let their music be streamed from Israel.

Sign up here: www.nomusicforgenocide.net

Share here:

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 27d

New York - a major collection of writers are coming together this Saturday September 21 for VOICES FOR GAZA at the Town Hall.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Mosab Abu Toha, Hala Alyan, Hannah Lillith Assadi and Seema Jilani will all be in conversation with John Freeman, featuring Aasif Mandvi.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 28d

Join an evening of solidarity and song hosted by the Blend choir and Wildworks, From West Cornwall to the West Bank.

All money raised through ticket and drinks sales and additional donations will be donated to Project Hope, Nablus.

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Sold out – From West Cornwall to the West Bank – St Just Town Hall

From West Cornwall to the West Bank – St Just Town Hall, Sat 27 Sep 2025 - Join us in an evening of solidarity and song hosted by the Blend choir and Wildworks, From West Cornwall to the West Bank. W...

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 29d

UK: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/afte...

After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization

Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 29d

US: bookshop.org/p/books/afte...

After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization

Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 29d

Book of the Week: After Savagery

Written during a genocide, After Savagery reveals the ethical bankruptcy of “Western philosophy” and how it undergirds the erasure of the colonized.

After Savagery publishes later this month. You can preorder the book in our Bookshop (US / UK). Links are below.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Sep 8

Watch now: Eileen Myles reads 38kg, by Batool Abu Akleen.

You can get the book from the PalFest Bookshelf, subscribe here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Sep 2

Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people.
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Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide
Edited by Yousef M. Aljamal, Norma Hashim, Noor Nabulsi, and Zoe Jannuzi

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zism.bsky.social @zism.bsky.social · Aug 27

@palfest.bsky.social has amazing recommendations on Palestinian writing.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 26

Max Porter called 48kg "one of the most viscerally affecting collections of poems I have ever read ... No human should have to write their poetry from inside death's dominion, but Batool Abu Akleen has done it and the result is truly astonishing."

48kg is available on the PalFest Bookshelf.

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Malcolm Wilson (they/them) @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · Aug 23

@palfest.bsky.social Thank you ☺️

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Aug 24

Some organisations you might consider donating to in support of Palestinian people:
@medicalaidpal.bsky.social
@msf.ca (the global one)
@amostrust.bsky.social
@palfest.bsky.social

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 18

Batool Abu Akleen is a Palestinian poet and translator from Gaza City. This poem is from her debut poetry collection, 48kg, just published by Tenement Press and currently on the PalFest Bookshelf.

Max Porter called 48kg "one of the most viscerally affecting collections of poems I have ever read."

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 15

On the PalFest Bookshelf for August & September are two short, powerful books.

48kg is the debut poetry collection from Batool Abu Akleen.

Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine by Adam Hanieh, Rob Knox & Rafeef Ziadah.

Learn more & sign up here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 13

palfest This week's book of the week is WE HAD MANSIONS, a luminous and unflinching debut by queer Palestinian Appalachian poet and journalist Mandy Shunnarah, published last month by @diodeeditions.bsky.social.

Get your copy of WE HAD MANSIONS from the good folks at Diode Editions.

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