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The Storyteller, Or, the Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf

Arab Americans in Fiction

49 books — 25 voters

Perking the Pansies - Jack and Liam move to Turkey by Jack Scott

LGBT in the Middle East

65 books — 70 voters

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

Palestine syllabus

95 books — 11 voters

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani

Twenty Two Years to Life by Mohammed Massoud Morsi

Tales from an Israeli Storyteller by Uri Kurlianchik

Arab-Israeli Conflicts in Fiction

47 books — 42 voters

Best Palestinian Fiction

5 books — 1 voter

Guardian of the Gold Breathers by Elise Stephens

Palestinian Speculative Fiction

37 books — 4 voters

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“ he says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and part… I have two languages, but I have long forgotten— which is the language of my dreams ”
― Mahmoud Darwish's farwell to Edward Said

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“ Statement on Hamas (October 10th, 2023) When Israel strikes, it's "national security" - when Palestine strikes back, it's "terrorism". Just like over two hundred years ago when native americans resisted their homeland being stolen, it was called "Indian Attack". Or like over a hundred years ago when Indian soldiers in the British Army revolted against the empire, in defense of their homeland, it was called "Sepoy Mutiny". The narrative never changes - when the colonizer terrorizes the world, i Statement on Hamas (October 10th, 2023) When Israel strikes, it's "national security" - when Palestine strikes back, it's "terrorism". Just like over two hundred years ago when native americans resisted their homeland being stolen, it was called "Indian Attack". Or like over a hundred years ago when Indian soldiers in the British Army revolted against the empire, in defense of their homeland, it was called "Sepoy Mutiny". The narrative never changes - when the colonizer terrorizes the world, it's given glorious sounding names like "exploration" and "conquest", but if the oppressed so much as utters a word in resistance, it is branded as attack, mutiny and terrorism - so that, the real terrorists can keep on colonizing as the self-appointed ruler of land, life and morality, without ever being held accountable for violating the rights of what they deem second rate lifeforms, such as the arabs, indians, latinos and so on. After all this, some apes will still only be interested in one stupid question. Do I support Hamas? To which I say this. Until you've spent a lifetime under an oppressive regime, you are not qualified to ask that question. An ape can ask anything its puny brain fancies, but it's up to the human to decide whether the ape is worthy of a response. What do you think, by the way - colonizers can just keep coming as they please, to wipe their filthy feet on us like doormat, and we should do nothing - just stay quiet! For creatures who call themselves civilized, you guys have a weird sense of morality. Yet all these might not get through your thick binary skull, so let me put it to you bluntly. I don't stand with Hamas, I am Hamas, just like, I don't stand with Ukraine, I am Ukraine. Russia stops fighting, war ends - Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Israel ends invasion, war ends - Palestine ends resistance, Palestine ends. However, I do have one problem here. Why do civilians have to die, if that is indeed the case - which I have no way of confirming, because news reports are not like reputed scientific data, that a scientist can naively trust. During humankind's gravest conflicts news outlets have always peddled a narrative benefiting the occupier and demonizing the resistance, either consciously or subconsciously. So never go by news reports, particularly on exception circumstances like this. No matter the cause, no civilian must die, that is my one unimpeachable law. But the hard and horrific fact of the matter is, only the occupier can put an end to the death and destruction peacefully - the resistance does not have that luxury. ...more ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

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