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October 13, 2024
Shereen Malherbe’s new novel, Yassini Girls features in The Muslim Book Corner!
Yassini Girls, the new Palestinian novel from author, Shereen Malherbe is listed in the Book Corner for the Muslim 500.
Here is the entry alongside some incredible titles…
If you haven’t read it yet, you can buy Yassini Girls from your favourite bookstores anywhere in the world.
You can also buy direct from Beacon Books.
Have you read Yassini Girls? Add your thoughts to the comments below.
October 10, 2024
Frankfurt Book Fair Update
Frankfurt Book Fair omits Palestine genocide from programming, celebrates awarding of German Peace Prize to writer who called Palestinian media ‘a legitimate target’ for military attacks.
Frankfurt Book Fair Update
October 8, 2024
PAL FEST BOOK LAUNCHThe Question of Palestine by Edward SaidPresented in cooperation with Fitzcarraldo Editions and Southbank Centre
The Question of Palestine by Edward SaidPresented in cooperation with Fitzcarraldo Editions and Southbank Centre
To mark the re-publication of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine, this landmark event on November 20 gathers eight key authors to reflect on the enduring legacy of Said’s work and its role in the ongoing Palestinian struggle for self-determination.
Saree Makdisi, Tamim Barghouti, Budour Hassan, Jehad Abusalim, Avi Shlaim, Ahdaf Soueif, Jacqueline Rose and Max Porter will consider what The Question of Palestine has become today, and the painful contradiction that Said himself would observe: that Palestinian gains in international moral and cultural standing since the book’s publication have done nothing to prevent the continuous losses of land and life; and that the establishment of Palestinian histories and narratives in the broader public imagination has led not to equality, but to dehumanisation and death on a scale previously unimaginable.
20 November, 7:30pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Can’t make the event? Preorder your copy of the book here.
October 7, 2024
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September 27, 2024
Top filmmakers urge New York Film Festival to drop sponsor complicit in Israel’s war crimes
Ahead of the opening of the 62nd New York Film Festival this evening, dozens of this year’s featured filmmakers, including Mike Leigh (Hard Truths), Julia Loktev (My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow), Neo Sora (Happyend), Basel Adra, Hamdam Ballal and Yuval Abraham (No Other Land), Truong Minh Quý (Viet and Nam) and Carson Lund (Eephus) have published an open letter saying that in the face of Israel’s near year-long “brutal onslaught of killing, maiming and displacement” of Palestinians in Gaza, they are “acting collectively towards ending the complicity of our institutions”.
Top filmmakers urge New York Film Festival to drop sponsor complicit in Israel’s war crimes
Top Artists Join Campaign to End UK Arms Sales to Israel
Award winning British artists – Juliet Stevenson, Khalid Abdalla, David Calder, Charlotte Church and Maxine Peake – have released a series of short films, ‘Stop Arming Israel’, calling for “an end to Britain’s role in killing Palestinians”, ahead of the UK elections.
Top Artists Join Campaign to End UK Arms Sales to Israel
September 21, 2024
September 20, 2024
The Markaz Review : Special September Book Club
Reposted from The Markaz Review
Join us for a special book club discussion of “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction” (published by City Lights in May) with readings from editor Jordan Elgrably as well as contributing writers Malu Halasa, Leila Aboulela, Farah Ahamed and Tariq Mehmood.
Sunday, September 29th at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET on Zoom.
The Markaz Review presents GATEKEEPERS:Arab Writers, Editors & Publishers Confront Mainstream Opposition
Reposted from The Markaz Review
TMR presents GATEKEEPERS: Arab Writers, Editors & Publishers Confront Mainstream Opposition, a roundtable with Palestinian authors/publishers/editors Michel Moushabeck and Hannah Moushabeck, and author/publisher/editor Ammiel Alcalay. Hosted by Jordan Elgrably and Malu Halasa.
Thursday, September 26th at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET on Zoom.
