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This event was sold out but has now been moved to a bigger space and more tickets are available.
You're all coming to hear Tareq Baconi & Saleem Haddad in conversation at Ibraaz on Weds 11 Feb, yes? @palfest.bsky.social x #LGBTHistoryMonth x amazingness. Free, but book fast bc tix are hottt.

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Tareq Baconi and Saleem Haddad in Conversation | Ibraaz
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February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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You're all coming to hear Tareq Baconi & Saleem Haddad in conversation at Ibraaz on Weds 11 Feb, yes? @palfest.bsky.social x #LGBTHistoryMonth x amazingness. Free, but book fast bc tix are hottt.

ibraaz.org/whats-on/tar...
Tareq Baconi and Saleem Haddad in Conversation | Ibraaz
A brave space for art, culture, and ideas from the global majority
ibraaz.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Part One, Emile Habiby’s ‘The Six-Day Sextet’

Over the next six weeks, we will be publishing installments of Emile Habiby's The Six-Day Sextet, which is available in an open-access, non-commercial translation by Invisible Dragoman. The next installment is set to appear February 9, 2026.
Part One, Emile Habiby’s ‘The Six-Day Sextet’
Over the next six weeks, we will be publishing installments of Emile Habiby's The Six-Day Sextet, which is available in an open-access, non-commercial translation by Invisible Dragoman. The next installment is set to appear February 9, 2026.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Today, as Gaza continues to be stuck in a bloody limbo, we are turning our website over to Gaza and its people in an initiative we are calling “A Day for Gaza.” There will be no pieces published on our website today that do not come directly from Gaza.
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Tune into Radio Al-Hara at 12pm Palestine time on Tuesday 3 Feb. to listen to ep 7 of the PalFest Podcast: a conversation btw. Nasser Abourahme & Edwin Nasr about the demise of Zionism & the work of solidarity.

Listen every other Tuesday on Radio Al-Hara, and subscribe on select podcast platforms.
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tune into Radio Al-Hara at 12pm Bethlehem time tomorrow 1/20 to listen to our conversation with Randa Abdel-Fattah.

A novel about the weight of silence, DISCIPLINE serves as a mirror for recent censorship campaign against Abdel-Fattah herself. Listen wherever you get your podcasts (excl. Spotify).
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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DISCIPLINE is exclusively available outside of so-called Australia through PalFest's Bookshelf subscription program - so order your copy here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf
Palfest Bookshelf — The Palestine Festival of Literature
Palfest Bookshelf is a book subscription programme run and curated by the Palestine Festival of Literature to support the publication of books about Palestine. Subscribers receive six books a year, se...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Randa Abdel-Fattah in conversation with PalFest's own Sara Yasin.

They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE, the racism at the core of Western institutions and the collapsing liberal order we are now witnessing.

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Randa Abdel-Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about her new novel, DISCIPLINE
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December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What's the point of writing in the midst of a genocide? Tune in to @radioalhara tomorrow at noon (Palestine time) to listen to Tareq Baconi grapple with many of the questions that have become central to so many of us in these past two years. He was in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Episode 8 of The PalFest Podcast out now -

In a wide-ranging discussion the two writers compare notes on their experiences of publishing debut novels in English, how their work was packaged, presented and received - and the ways in which that diverged from their intentions when writing.
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Tune in to Radio al-Hara tomorrow at noon Palestine time to listen to the third episode of the PalFest Podcast: Laleh Khalili speaking with Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadeh about their book "Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine."

Listen here: www.radioalhara.net/
Radio Alhara
Radio AlHara راديو الحارة
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December 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Isabella Hammad and Mirza Waheed discuss Palestine, Kashmir and their parallel histories. This was a live event recorded at London’s Southbank Centre and we’re glad to be able to share it with you now as the latest episode of the PalFest Podcast

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December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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We have added a new action item to the toolkit: flood the BBC WhatsApp number putting pressure on them to cover the UK hunger strike! bit.ly/P4P-Toolkit
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This week’s book of the week is Sahar Mustafah’s new novel THE SLIGHTEST GREEN, a moving and multigenerational “story of the diaspora, of the eternal calling for Palestine, that is gorgeous and illuminating.”

Powerfully etched in Sahar Mustafah’s honest and lyrical prose, THE SLIGHTEST GREEN explor
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Randa Abdel-Fattah in conversation with PalFest's own Sara Yasin.

They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE, the racism at the core of Western institutions and the collapsing liberal order we are now witnessing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddEi...
Randa Abdel-Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about her new novel, DISCIPLINE
YouTube video by The Palestine Festival of Literature
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December 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The second installment of our collaboration with Radio al-Hara will air today at 12pm Palestine time. Tune in to listen to Episode 2 of the PalFest Podcast, with the editors of the major new anthology, HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: PALESTINIAN POETRY.

Listen here: www.radioalhara.net/
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ep 5 of the PalFest Podcast is out:

Randa Abdel Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about DISCIPLINE

They discuss Abdel-Fattah's razor-sharp new novel, DISCIPLINE and the navigation of racism and censorship within Western institutions.

All your listening links are here: www.palfest.org/podcast
Palfest Podcast — The Palestine Festival of Literature
The PalFest Podcast highlights new books from and about Palestine, bringing writers together in conversation across borders to discuss new ideas and dig into vital histories. Each episode will featur...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
To All Those We Are Indebted To - a four book series in Arabic & English, each arranged around a dialogue between two critical thinkers.

First in the series, 'the light through the shards', showcased here.

We are so pleased to be working with Bilnaes Books to help distribute these -
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What is the point of writing in the midst of genocide?

In episode 4 of the PalFest Podcast, Tareq Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates consider this and other questions animated by Baconi's new memoir FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION.

Listen at: www.palfest.org/podcast
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Episode 3 of the PalFest Podcast is out! Esteemed professor and writer Laleh Khalili is in conversation with the authors of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine; Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox & Rafeef Ziadah. Listen at: www.palfest.org/podcast
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Podcast (from @palfest.bsky.social) featuring @lalehkhalili.bsky.social interviewing Adam Hanieh, @rafeefz.bsky.social and me ou our @versobooks.bsky.social pamphlet Resisting Erasure.

Some fantastic interviewing from Laleh, and I think(/hope?) a good conversation.

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Laleh Khalili talks to Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadeh about Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine
In the third instalment of The PalFest Podcast we are excited to bring you Laleh Khalili, the esteemed professor and writer in conversation with the authors of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New episode of the PalFest podcast is now live:

Episode 4 - Tareq Baconi in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION

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Our website: www.palfest.org/podcast
Palfest Podcast — The Palestine Festival of Literature
The PalFest Podcast highlights new books from and about Palestine, bringing writers together in conversation across borders to discuss new ideas and dig into vital histories. Each episode will featur...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Join us at Ibraaz for the London launch of Palestine is everywhere!

Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 6:30pm — 8pm

With Laleh Khalili, Mira Mattar, Edwin Nasr, Rahul Rao and Skye Arundhati Thomas.

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Palestine is everywhere | Ibraaz
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October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fahed Shehab writes "To be Thin in a Time of War - No Need to Worry," offering a profound and harrowing exploration of the catastrophic situation in Gaza amidst the genocide. Read the entire piece for a powerful commentary on the intersection of physical suffering and emotional despair in Gaza.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM