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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا
@deenahelm.bsky.social
· Dec 15
this is up for preorder now :)
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
Super excited to say that my horror short story, The Blood Remains, was a finalist for the AAEF short story writing contest! 🖤
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Super excited to say that my horror short story, The Blood Remains, was a finalist for the AAEF short story writing contest! 🖤
Statements made by politicians cannot unmake a victim of ICE just as they cannot rebuild Gaza. These are lives killed and disappeared, over and over and over again
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Statements made by politicians cannot unmake a victim of ICE just as they cannot rebuild Gaza. These are lives killed and disappeared, over and over and over again
What makes a house haunted in Palestine? Is it the ghosts that linger - or is it something far more sinister?
Our Cut of Salt is about a haunted house in Palestine and the 3 generations of women who must discover the answer to this question for themselves. Preorder now: linktr.ee/deenahelm
Our Cut of Salt is about a haunted house in Palestine and the 3 generations of women who must discover the answer to this question for themselves. Preorder now: linktr.ee/deenahelm
January 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
What makes a house haunted in Palestine? Is it the ghosts that linger - or is it something far more sinister?
Our Cut of Salt is about a haunted house in Palestine and the 3 generations of women who must discover the answer to this question for themselves. Preorder now: linktr.ee/deenahelm
Our Cut of Salt is about a haunted house in Palestine and the 3 generations of women who must discover the answer to this question for themselves. Preorder now: linktr.ee/deenahelm
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What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
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Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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December 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
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No donations for 6 days. Please share & give to help Heba's family survive Israel's continuing genocide. They've been left homeless, starving, & sick as winter rains flood the camps. They urgently need shelter, healthcare, & food:
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
No donations for 6 days. Please share & give to help Heba's family survive Israel's continuing genocide. They've been left homeless, starving, & sick as winter rains flood the camps. They urgently need shelter, healthcare, & food:
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an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
Breaking: House Republicans pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize doctors that provide gender-affirming care for trans kids. Her bill imposes jail time penalties up to 10 years. Now, it's headed to the Senate where it is not likely to advance as it would need 7 Democrats to sign on
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
The New Arab (@thenewarab.bsky.social) included Our Cut of Salt for their 2026 most anticipated releases 🇵🇸 if you want to preorder your copy (which helps tell publishers that you want more Palestinian stories!!), you can do so here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The New Arab (@thenewarab.bsky.social) included Our Cut of Salt for their 2026 most anticipated releases 🇵🇸 if you want to preorder your copy (which helps tell publishers that you want more Palestinian stories!!), you can do so here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
this is up for preorder now :)
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
this is up for preorder now :)
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
if you want a palestinian haunted house that fights against its occupiers, preorder here: linktr.ee/deenahelm
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Weekend read is here: OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm. Thank you @kristintemple.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Weekend read is here: OUR CUT OF SALT by Deena Helm. Thank you @kristintemple.bsky.social @deenahelm.bsky.social
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Gaza saw its first major rainfall of the season today. Within minutes, people were submerged and tents holding families and children flooded. This is slow death. There is no justification for why proper shelter that can withstand the elements is not being allowed in.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Gaza saw its first major rainfall of the season today. Within minutes, people were submerged and tents holding families and children flooded. This is slow death. There is no justification for why proper shelter that can withstand the elements is not being allowed in.
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We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.
Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!
📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!
Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!
📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.
Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!
📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!
Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!
📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!
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New Yorkers! There’s a very real possibility Schumer & Gillibrand will throw trans people under the bus to help Trump & keep the government open. Call them & tell them no! Script below.
so: what do we need you to do? two things.
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi
what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵
![Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.
[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.
[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.
[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]
I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreih4xihrkllo4bucwiubjidhjlbjt3k7x6wtzdk776qx67tpcaizli@jpeg)
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New Yorkers! There’s a very real possibility Schumer & Gillibrand will throw trans people under the bus to help Trump & keep the government open. Call them & tell them no! Script below.
What does recognition of a Palestinian state mean when the material reality remains the same? Palestinians in Gaza are still suffering through a genocide; Palestinians in the West Bank are still under siege. Recognition is an empty gesture in the face of actual change
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What does recognition of a Palestinian state mean when the material reality remains the same? Palestinians in Gaza are still suffering through a genocide; Palestinians in the West Bank are still under siege. Recognition is an empty gesture in the face of actual change
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No but seriously where are the hundreds people that disappeared from the monstrosity of the so called “Alligator Alcatraz”? Why aren’t people talking about it? I can find very little and it’s from weeks ago!
Are we at the disappearing phase of this horror?!
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Are we at the disappearing phase of this horror?!
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
No but seriously where are the hundreds people that disappeared from the monstrosity of the so called “Alligator Alcatraz”? Why aren’t people talking about it? I can find very little and it’s from weeks ago!
Are we at the disappearing phase of this horror?!
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Are we at the disappearing phase of this horror?!
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Help email, call, and pressure media to get this story out: tinyurl.com/FREETHOXHA
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Help email, call, and pressure media to get this story out: tinyurl.com/FREETHOXHA
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I am re-opening to queries for underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY!
If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr...
I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳
If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr...
I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳
Query Alex Land at Mad Woman Literary Agency
QueryTracker.net
August 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I am re-opening to queries for underrepresented/marginalized writers ONLY!
If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr...
I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳
If you think we’d be a good fit, feel free to use this link to query me: QueryTracker.net/query/AlexBr...
I’ll try to stay open for at least a month! Can’t wait to read your work!!! 🥳
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August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This has started today - you can bid on over 380+ items now! I’ve donated three 30 page critiques but there are lots of other great items out there: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
August 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This has started today - you can bid on over 380+ items now! I’ve donated three 30 page critiques but there are lots of other great items out there: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...
Gaza is the graveyard of international law
August 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Gaza is the graveyard of international law
anyone who has a platform based on making/eating food needs to be speaking on the manmade starvation in gaza + sudan. it feels dystopian to pass by recipe videos right after videos of people being starved
August 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
anyone who has a platform based on making/eating food needs to be speaking on the manmade starvation in gaza + sudan. it feels dystopian to pass by recipe videos right after videos of people being starved
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Congratulations to @deenahelm.bsky.social on the sale of her upmarket Palestinian horror novel, OUR CUT OF SALT, exploring generational trauma, grief, and the horrors of the Israeli occupation, out in September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations to @deenahelm.bsky.social on the sale of her upmarket Palestinian horror novel, OUR CUT OF SALT, exploring generational trauma, grief, and the horrors of the Israeli occupation, out in September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
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As I said before: OMG
She's Publisher's Marketplace official! ♥️🇵🇸
If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
July 30, 2025 at 3:49 AM
As I said before: OMG
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This sounds amazing and I can’t wait!!
She's Publisher's Marketplace official! ♥️🇵🇸
If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
If you're interested in book about a haunted house that fights back against its occupiers - and the three generations of Palestinian women who are bound to it - then look out September 2026 from Tor Nightfire and Orbit UK!
July 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This sounds amazing and I can’t wait!!