"...the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) Van Nuys Branch held #ReadPalestineWeek, which coincided with an international action that encourages people to read works by Palestinian and Palestinian diaspora authors, as well as nonfiction books about Palestinian culture, history and cuisine." 📚 🇵🇸
Van Nuys Public Library Highlights Palestinian Culture with ‘Read Palestine Week’ - The San Fernando Valley Sun
Last week, the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) Van Nuys Branch held “Read Palestine Week,” which coincided with an international action that encourages people to read works by Palestinian and […]
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December 21, 2024 at 8:46 PM
"...the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) Van Nuys Branch held #ReadPalestineWeek, which coincided with an international action that encourages people to read works by Palestinian and Palestinian diaspora authors, as well as nonfiction books about Palestinian culture, history and cuisine." 📚 🇵🇸
It has been a slow reading week as life is crazy nuts - I’m still reading #thecoin by Yasmin Zaher for #readpalestineweek - how about you?
December 6, 2024 at 11:40 AM
It has been a slow reading week as life is crazy nuts - I’m still reading #thecoin by Yasmin Zaher for #readpalestineweek - how about you?
2024 #ReadPalestineWeek is over; we encourage you to continue to read and take action to end genocide year-round.
You can find a list of books that remain free here:
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/12/06/a...
You can find a list of books that remain free here:
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/12/06/a...
After Read Palestine Week: Books and Zines That Remain Free
This year’s Read Palestine Week is over, but we encourage you to continue to read and take action to end genocide year-round.
publishersforpalestine.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:00 AM
2024 #ReadPalestineWeek is over; we encourage you to continue to read and take action to end genocide year-round.
You can find a list of books that remain free here:
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/12/06/a...
You can find a list of books that remain free here:
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/12/06/a...
If you liked this story, also check out yesterday's rec too:
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And my earlier rec for #ReadPalestineWeek:
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And my earlier rec for #ReadPalestineWeek:
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December 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
If you liked this story, also check out yesterday's rec too:
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And my earlier rec for #ReadPalestineWeek:
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And my earlier rec for #ReadPalestineWeek:
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This is a story that's just over flash length, so by the time I explain what it is about, you'd have already read it :)
So very briefly, it is a story by a Palestinian author on the present Israeli invasion of Gaza & a potential future.
It's a great way to finish #ReadPalestineWeek too.
So very briefly, it is a story by a Palestinian author on the present Israeli invasion of Gaza & a potential future.
It's a great way to finish #ReadPalestineWeek too.
December 6, 2024 at 12:49 AM
This is a story that's just over flash length, so by the time I explain what it is about, you'd have already read it :)
So very briefly, it is a story by a Palestinian author on the present Israeli invasion of Gaza & a potential future.
It's a great way to finish #ReadPalestineWeek too.
So very briefly, it is a story by a Palestinian author on the present Israeli invasion of Gaza & a potential future.
It's a great way to finish #ReadPalestineWeek too.
Finished Isabella Hammad’s Recognizing the Stranger for #readpalestineweek and it was 1000/1000 loved it 😍 #booksky
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Finished Isabella Hammad’s Recognizing the Stranger for #readpalestineweek and it was 1000/1000 loved it 😍 #booksky
Last year I participated in #readpalestineweek but remembered this year when it was ending. I was sad because the Palestinian people & other countries suffering at the hands of others are always on my mind. And readin these stories should be done year round #poetry #fiction
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December 5, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Last year I participated in #readpalestineweek but remembered this year when it was ending. I was sad because the Palestinian people & other countries suffering at the hands of others are always on my mind. And readin these stories should be done year round #poetry #fiction
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If you haven't checked Publishers for Palestine's free fiction & nonfiction ebook offerings for #readpalestineweek, this is the last day to do so!
Free Palestine Reading List for November 29 – December 5, 2024
Publishers are offering more than 20 ebooks from around the world, including several award-winners and many books that are new in 2024, free during READ PALESTINE WEEK (November 29 – December…
publishersforpalestine.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
If you haven't checked Publishers for Palestine's free fiction & nonfiction ebook offerings for #readpalestineweek, this is the last day to do so!
Last day of #ReadPalestineWeek, so today we’re celebrating our most recent Palestinian title, the brilliantly put-together BOOK OF RAMALLAH, edited by the unstoppable Maya Abu Al-Hayat. commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...
December 5, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Last day of #ReadPalestineWeek, so today we’re celebrating our most recent Palestinian title, the brilliantly put-together BOOK OF RAMALLAH, edited by the unstoppable Maya Abu Al-Hayat. commapress.co.uk/books/the-bo...
I pledged to buy Refaat Alareer’s book on its release date, this coming Tuesday Dec 10, to help make it a bestseller. And also because it’ll be a great book.
If you see this post, please sign the pledge or buy the book too.
#ReadPalestineWeek #Booksky
If you see this post, please sign the pledge or buy the book too.
#ReadPalestineWeek #Booksky
On December 10, Refaat’s book If I Must Die will be released—honoring his life, work, and the hope he inspired. Drop Site has no ties to the book, but we want to help make it a bestseller.
Sign the pledge to buy it on release day, and we’ll remind you:
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Sign the pledge to buy it on release day, and we’ll remind you:
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Send Assassinated Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer’s book to #1!
December 6, 2024 marks one year since Israel assassinated Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer with a targeted airstrike on the second floor apartment where he was taking refuge with e...
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December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I pledged to buy Refaat Alareer’s book on its release date, this coming Tuesday Dec 10, to help make it a bestseller. And also because it’ll be a great book.
If you see this post, please sign the pledge or buy the book too.
#ReadPalestineWeek #Booksky
If you see this post, please sign the pledge or buy the book too.
#ReadPalestineWeek #Booksky
It's the last day of #ReadPalestineWeek, and here are some books on my mind
December 5, 2024 at 4:26 PM
It's the last day of #ReadPalestineWeek, and here are some books on my mind
#ReadPalestineWeek Day 7: the Indonesian translation of The Sea Cloak by Nayrouz Qarmout, a journalist and women's rights activist. Short stories inspired by her experiences growing up as a refugee, her characters are ordinary people that reflect cultural tapestry.
Translated by Sasti Gotama.
Translated by Sasti Gotama.
December 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
#ReadPalestineWeek Day 7: the Indonesian translation of The Sea Cloak by Nayrouz Qarmout, a journalist and women's rights activist. Short stories inspired by her experiences growing up as a refugee, her characters are ordinary people that reflect cultural tapestry.
Translated by Sasti Gotama.
Translated by Sasti Gotama.
#ReadPalestineWeek
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
"vivid and timely account demonstrates conclusively that 'transfer' - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing - was from the start an integral part of a carefully planned strategy, and les at the root of today's ongoing conflict..."
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
"vivid and timely account demonstrates conclusively that 'transfer' - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing - was from the start an integral part of a carefully planned strategy, and les at the root of today's ongoing conflict..."
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
#ReadPalestineWeek
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
"vivid and timely account demonstrates conclusively that 'transfer' - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing - was from the start an integral part of a carefully planned strategy, and les at the root of today's ongoing conflict..."
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Ilan Pappe
"vivid and timely account demonstrates conclusively that 'transfer' - a euphemism for ethnic cleansing - was from the start an integral part of a carefully planned strategy, and les at the root of today's ongoing conflict..."
On Episode 109 of the BULAQ podcast, "Give and Take," we talk about the Kamel Daoud case, some recent big books, and the origins of "And Still We Write," the free zine for #ReadPalestineWeek.
Find the episode wherever you find your podcasts:
listen.sowt.com/Bulaq109
Find the episode wherever you find your podcasts:
listen.sowt.com/Bulaq109
December 5, 2024 at 1:27 PM
On Episode 109 of the BULAQ podcast, "Give and Take," we talk about the Kamel Daoud case, some recent big books, and the origins of "And Still We Write," the free zine for #ReadPalestineWeek.
Find the episode wherever you find your podcasts:
listen.sowt.com/Bulaq109
Find the episode wherever you find your podcasts:
listen.sowt.com/Bulaq109
It's here! @burleyfisher.bsky.social Books of the Year drops w/ #ReadPalestineWeek first glimpse!
DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social & ROCK FLIGHT @prototypepubs.bsky.social are books of the year for me!
Get ur #BOTY flyer, new tote, 24 Writing Prompts & all books in store or online.
DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social & ROCK FLIGHT @prototypepubs.bsky.social are books of the year for me!
Get ur #BOTY flyer, new tote, 24 Writing Prompts & all books in store or online.
Time for our #BooksOfTheYear 🎉 Overall #BOTY + event drops soon…
burleyfisherbooks.com/collections/...
You can:
🛍️pick up the printed list & all books IN-STORE
🖱️click thru' the list & order ONLINE
🌬️drop hints to friends & family
New tote + 24 Writing Prompts book from BF team available now
burleyfisherbooks.com/collections/...
You can:
🛍️pick up the printed list & all books IN-STORE
🖱️click thru' the list & order ONLINE
🌬️drop hints to friends & family
New tote + 24 Writing Prompts book from BF team available now
December 5, 2024 at 1:16 PM
It's here! @burleyfisher.bsky.social Books of the Year drops w/ #ReadPalestineWeek first glimpse!
DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social & ROCK FLIGHT @prototypepubs.bsky.social are books of the year for me!
Get ur #BOTY flyer, new tote, 24 Writing Prompts & all books in store or online.
DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social & ROCK FLIGHT @prototypepubs.bsky.social are books of the year for me!
Get ur #BOTY flyer, new tote, 24 Writing Prompts & all books in store or online.
Poetry is key to Burley Fisher's booklove & to #ReadPalestineWeek, so Hasib Hourani's rock flight @prototypepubs.bsky.social is a #BOTY: a "stunning debut poetry collection, an epic that is, geologically, both compressed and constantly shifting"
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/roc...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/roc...
rock flight
Author: Hasib Hourani Publisher: Prototype Paperback One of our books of the year 2024! So says: The tension between a rock and its flight, between ground and air, between the resistance of the Intifa...
burleyfisherbooks.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Poetry is key to Burley Fisher's booklove & to #ReadPalestineWeek, so Hasib Hourani's rock flight @prototypepubs.bsky.social is a #BOTY: a "stunning debut poetry collection, an epic that is, geologically, both compressed and constantly shifting"
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/roc...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/roc...
It's a double #BOTY for Isabella Hammad, as we also loved RECOGNISING THE STRANGER: ON PALESTINE AND NARRATIVE @vintagebooks.bsky.social: "She packs so much into this astonishing little book." #ReadPalestineWeek
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/978...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/978...
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Author: Isabella Hammad Publisher: Fern Paperback One of the books of the year 2024! Cat says: Recognising the Stranger was originally a speech Isabella Hammad delivered as the Edward Said Memorial Le...
burleyfisherbooks.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
It's a double #BOTY for Isabella Hammad, as we also loved RECOGNISING THE STRANGER: ON PALESTINE AND NARRATIVE @vintagebooks.bsky.social: "She packs so much into this astonishing little book." #ReadPalestineWeek
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/978...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/978...
BF also loved Isabella Hammad's ENTER GHOST @vintagebooks.bsky.social, "a clear mirroring regarding the power of performance and art making in the face of the oppressor." #BOTY #ReadPalestineWeek
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/ent...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/ent...
Enter Ghost
Author: Isabella Hammad Publisher: Vintage Paperback One of our books of the year 2024! Enya says: Enter Ghost is a deeply intelligent novel that follows 48 year old Sonia, an actress escaping an affa...
burleyfisherbooks.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
BF also loved Isabella Hammad's ENTER GHOST @vintagebooks.bsky.social, "a clear mirroring regarding the power of performance and art making in the face of the oppressor." #BOTY #ReadPalestineWeek
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/ent...
Buy it now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/ent...
It's also #ReadPalestineWeek so let's start our #BOTY 🧵 w/ DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social, ed. Mahmoud Muna of Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem: "a dazzlingly encyclopaedic work … of lyrical resistance to genocide and epistemicide."
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/day...
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/day...
Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture
Authors: Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller, with Juliette Touma and Jayyab Abusafia Publisher: Saqi Paperback One of our books of the year 2024! So says: An epic woven of many voices, Daybreak in Gaza o...
burleyfisherbooks.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:59 PM
It's also #ReadPalestineWeek so let's start our #BOTY 🧵 w/ DAYBREAK IN GAZA @saqibooks.bsky.social, ed. Mahmoud Muna of Educational Bookshop, Jerusalem: "a dazzlingly encyclopaedic work … of lyrical resistance to genocide and epistemicide."
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/day...
Buy now: burleyfisherbooks.com/products/day...
This is a doorstop but absolutely essential! Nur Masalha’s magisterial #PalestineAFourThousandYearHistory is fascinating, insightful and illuminating. It’s a book I regularly gift esp to young historians in making
#readingrecommendations
#readpalestineweek
#readingrecommendations
#readpalestineweek
December 5, 2024 at 9:43 AM
This is a doorstop but absolutely essential! Nur Masalha’s magisterial #PalestineAFourThousandYearHistory is fascinating, insightful and illuminating. It’s a book I regularly gift esp to young historians in making
#readingrecommendations
#readpalestineweek
#readingrecommendations
#readpalestineweek
For the final day of #ReadPalestineWeek, extraordinary poetry by Mahmoud Abu Hashhash tr. the also extraordinary Wiam El-Tamami.
arablit.org/2024/12/05/f...
arablit.org/2024/12/05/f...
From Mahmoud Abu Hashhash’s ‘Violation’
Poems from Violation By Mahmoud Abu Hashhash Translated by Wiam El-Tamami My friends, faraway and safe in their houses and streets their offices and parks write to me asking: Are you still a…
arablit.org
December 5, 2024 at 7:33 AM
For the final day of #ReadPalestineWeek, extraordinary poetry by Mahmoud Abu Hashhash tr. the also extraordinary Wiam El-Tamami.
arablit.org/2024/12/05/f...
arablit.org/2024/12/05/f...
December 5, 2024 at 1:45 AM
What I’ve been reading for #ReadPalestineWeek
December 5, 2024 at 12:21 AM
What I’ve been reading for #ReadPalestineWeek
I just learned that Publishers For Palestine are offering several free e-books for #ReadPalestineWeek until December 5th. Go check them out!
#BookSky
#BookSky
Free Palestine Reading List for November 29 – December 5, 2024
Publishers are offering more than 20 ebooks from around the world, including several award-winners and many books that are new in 2024, free during READ PALESTINE WEEK (November 29 – December…
publishersforpalestine.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:44 PM
I just learned that Publishers For Palestine are offering several free e-books for #ReadPalestineWeek until December 5th. Go check them out!
#BookSky
#BookSky