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Everything We Thought Was Beautiful: Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women
Palestinian women are an essential—often silenced—part of global struggles for freedom. They are at the forefront of the anti-colonial struggle against Israel’s occupation of their lands, as well as being comrades in intersecting movements worldwide.
This series of interviews with Palestinian women living across Palestine and in the diaspora include a journalist on the front line of resistance against settlers and the Israeli army in the West Bank, a doctor working through the health apartheid of the Covid-19 pandemic in Gaza, another doctor exposing Israel’s deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure as part of its genocidal assault on Gaza, an organiser who critiques the Palestinian Authority’s repression of social media and those making their voices heard in the diaspora, and others.
Everything We Thought Was Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women broadcasts these women’s struggles in their own words and on all fronts—against colonialism, white supremacy, conservatism, patriarchy, state control—and Israel’s occupation. They discuss their politics, the fight for freedom, and their hope for the future.
Complied by Shoal Collective, a co-operative of independent writers and researchers writing for social justice and a world beyond capitalism, the voices include Rana Abu, Lina Nabulsy, Mona Al-Farra Zara, Samah Fadil, Lama Suleiman, Diana Khwaelid, Sireen Khudairy, Faiza Abu, Shahd Abusalama, Ghada Hamdan, and Shrouq Ail
This series of interviews with Palestinian women living across Palestine and in the diaspora include a journalist on the front line of resistance against settlers and the Israeli army in the West Bank, a doctor working through the health apartheid of the Covid-19 pandemic in Gaza, another doctor exposing Israel’s deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure as part of its genocidal assault on Gaza, an organiser who critiques the Palestinian Authority’s repression of social media and those making their voices heard in the diaspora, and others.
Everything We Thought Was Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women broadcasts these women’s struggles in their own words and on all fronts—against colonialism, white supremacy, conservatism, patriarchy, state control—and Israel’s occupation. They discuss their politics, the fight for freedom, and their hope for the future.
Complied by Shoal Collective, a co-operative of independent writers and researchers writing for social justice and a world beyond capitalism, the voices include Rana Abu, Lina Nabulsy, Mona Al-Farra Zara, Samah Fadil, Lama Suleiman, Diana Khwaelid, Sireen Khudairy, Faiza Abu, Shahd Abusalama, Ghada Hamdan, and Shrouq Ail
200 pages, Paperback
Published December 16, 2025
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March 5, 2026
Humanity has failed Palestine. These women remind us that it’s not too late. Everyone should read this book to understand the gravity of violent Israel occupation, and the role that women and children are playing to survive. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
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