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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 9d
Two New Videos from Batool Abu Akleen now on our Youtube channel.

At the age of 15, Batool won the Barjeel poetry prize. Her widely lauded debut poetry collection, 48kg, published by Tenement Press, was recently listed in the Guardian's Best Recent Poetry roundup.

Watch here: m.youtube.com/palfest
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Fitzcarraldo Editions @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 15d
To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 16d
The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.

Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.

Please watch and share widely.

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Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, 'Judgement Day'
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 16d
The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.

Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.

Please watch and share widely.

youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be
Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, 'Judgement Day'
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 16d
Watch on Instagram: Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her groundbreaking debut collection, 48kg.

Filmed just a few days ago by Ahmed Al Danaf and edited by Adam Yihia.

Gaza is once again under intense bombardment and nobody is safe.

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 19d
By popular demand: gift subscriptions to the PalFest Bookshelf are now available! Want to send your loved one a subscription? All you need is their email address and country of residence – we ship worldwide. Check the PalFest Bookshelf on our website for more information (www.palfest.org)
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 20d
BREAKING: hundreds of artists and labels announce their refusal to let their music be streamed from Israel.

Sign up here: www.nomusicforgenocide.net

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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 21d
New York - a major collection of writers are coming together this Saturday September 21 for VOICES FOR GAZA at the Town Hall.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Mosab Abu Toha, Hala Alyan, Hannah Lillith Assadi and Seema Jilani will all be in conversation with John Freeman, featuring Aasif Mandvi.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 22d
Join an evening of solidarity and song hosted by the Blend choir and Wildworks, From West Cornwall to the West Bank.

All money raised through ticket and drinks sales and additional donations will be donated to Project Hope, Nablus.

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Sold out – From West Cornwall to the West Bank – St Just Town Hall
From West Cornwall to the West Bank – St Just Town Hall, Sat 27 Sep 2025 - Join us in an evening of solidarity and song hosted by the Blend choir and Wildworks, From West Cornwall to the West Bank. W...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 23d
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After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization
Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 23d
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After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization
Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 23d
Book of the Week: After Savagery

Written during a genocide, After Savagery reveals the ethical bankruptcy of “Western philosophy” and how it undergirds the erasure of the colonized.

After Savagery publishes later this month. You can preorder the book in our Bookshop (US / UK). Links are below.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Sep 8
Watch now: Eileen Myles reads 38kg, by Batool Abu Akleen.

You can get the book from the PalFest Bookshelf, subscribe here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · Sep 2
Displaced in Gaza upholds the long-standing Palestinian tradition of storytelling, documenting both the horror of the genocide and the resilience of the Palestinian people.
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Displaced in Gaza: Stories from the Gaza Genocide Edited by Yousef M. Aljamal, Norma Hashim, Noor Nabulsi, and Zoe Jannuzi
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zism.bsky.social @zism.bsky.social · Aug 27
@palfest.bsky.social has amazing recommendations on Palestinian writing.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 26
Max Porter called 48kg "one of the most viscerally affecting collections of poems I have ever read ... No human should have to write their poetry from inside death's dominion, but Batool Abu Akleen has done it and the result is truly astonishing."

48kg is available on the PalFest Bookshelf.
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Malcolm Wilson (they/them) @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social · Aug 23
@palfest.bsky.social Thank you ☺️
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · Aug 24
Some organisations you might consider donating to in support of Palestinian people:
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@msf.ca (the global one)
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 18
Batool Abu Akleen is a Palestinian poet and translator from Gaza City. This poem is from her debut poetry collection, 48kg, just published by Tenement Press and currently on the PalFest Bookshelf. 

Max Porter called 48kg "one of the most viscerally affecting collections of poems I have ever read."
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 15
On the PalFest Bookshelf for August & September are two short, powerful books.

48kg is the debut poetry collection from Batool Abu Akleen.

Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine by Adam Hanieh, Rob Knox & Rafeef Ziadah.

Learn more & sign up here: www.palfest.org/bookshelf
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 13
palfest This week's book of the week is WE HAD MANSIONS, a luminous and unflinching debut by queer Palestinian Appalachian poet and journalist Mandy Shunnarah, published last month by @diodeeditions.bsky.social.

Get your copy of WE HAD MANSIONS from the good folks at Diode Editions.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 11
Batool Abu Akleen’s 48Kg. is now available in a bi-lingual Arabic & English edition from Tenement Press. It's one of our selections for the PalFest Bookshelf for August and September.

The collection is made up of forty eight poems, each accounting for a single kilogram.

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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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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 6
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rock flight a book by Hasib Hourani.
rock flight is a book-length poem that follows a personal and historical narrative to compose an understated yet powerful allegory of Palestine’s occupation. The poem uses refrains of suffocation, rub...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 6
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Rock Flight
Check out Rock Flight - <p> <em>One more rock thrown onto the pile to tumble the mountain on my chest</em> </p><p> <em> </em>--Hasib Hourani</p><p>Hasib Hourani's <em>rock flight</em> is a book-length...
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · Aug 6
This week's Book of the Week is ROCK FLIGHT by Hasib Hourani, a book-length poem that follows a personal and historical narrative impelled by the violent occupation of Palestine.

Hasib Hourani’s rock flight is out now. You can get your copy on our Bookshop (US / UK).

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