On the 50th anniversary of Land Day, Palestinians remain unbroken in our struggle for liberation.
This must not be a moment of resignation - it must be one of escalation.
Channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action and pressure.
https://loom.ly/K1gdgOc
The newest @palfest.bsky.social pod features Alaa Abd el-Fattah, in his first extended conversation since being released from prison in Egypt, with Palestinian poet and performer Farah Barqawi thepalfestpodcast.podbean.com/e/alaa-abd-e...
Sally Shalabi on genres of storytelling in Palestine that open up imaginaries of “what liberation from a settler colonial reality might look like, which is the first step towards building alternative futures.” tarwida.simplecast.com/episodes/zag...
Get Summer Farah’s new book here, all proceeds to Sameer Project! open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
Palestine at the Movies: A Triptych
On a big year for Palestinian cinema and the importance of culture work in the war over historical narrative. By Bhakti Shringarpure
www.radicalbookscollective.com/p/palestine-...
repost from Sameer project IG: Help us provide 2,500 families with groceries this Ramadan. for every $32/23.50 raised we can provide one family with these items: For $32 they can provide one family with: 1kg orzo 1 pack pasta 1kg sugar 1kg dates 2kg rice 1 can ghee 1 l oil 450g tahini 3 packs cheese 2 cans tomato sauce 1 pack spaghetti 2 cans beans
Let's help Sameer Project feed 2,500 families this Ramadan. Can you donate and repost?
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For $32 they can provide 1 family with:
1kg orzo
1pack pasta
1kg sugar
1kg dates
2kg rice
1can ghee
1 l oil
450g tahini
3packs cheese
2cans tomato sauce
1pack spaghetti
2cans beans
NYC 3/3 @ Giorno Poetry Systems: Playwright Ismail Khalidi and writer Isabella Hammad in conversation, with a reading from Khalidi's works by Hind Shoufani & John Early
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Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!
Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton & other Berlinale alumni: “Many int'l film festivals have endorsed the cultural boycott of apartheid Israel … We call on the Berlinale to fulfil its moral duty and clearly state its opposition to Israel’s genocide."
variety.com/2026/film/gl...
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
UPDATE ON THE BOYCOTT OF PEN AMERICA: The Writers Won. The boycott is lifted. Fuck yeah.
"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as “dual-use” items."
www.dropsitenews.com/p/winter-col...
NYC 1/22: Opening reception for Eyes in Gaza II, a collection of first-hand accounts from Palestinian photojournalists on the ground in Gaza.
The collection will be on view through 2/12 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (St. James Chapel)
www.eventbrite.com/e/eyes-in-ga...
The fascists don't have the culture. And THIS absolutely enrages them.
Icymi, when writers organize, they win.
As Writers Against the War on Gaza lifts its PEN America boycott, it looks back at the power of collective pressure, and looks ahead toward the work to come.
lithub.com/the-boycott-...
writersagainstthewarongaza.com/statements/p...
Join the boycott of Australia's Adelaide Festival!
Already 50 writers have withdrawn after the festival's egregiously racist cancelation of Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah's appearance.
bdsmovement.net/boycott-adel...
From Palestine to Venezuela: We call for unity in the struggle for self-determination and for collective solidarity against the genocidal US-Israel axis.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/0PcQonE
“All we hear are warplanes in the sky, and there is a constant threat of a military operation in Jenin”
Update from Rawand Arqawi
TAKE ACTION
https://
theculturalintifada.com
MAYDAY >>> #Jenin #JeninUnderAttack #Palestine #Theatre #جنين #Mayday
http://
artistsonthefrontline.com/mayday
Imaage of a boy wearing a kaffiyeh holding a slingshot and wrapped in flowering vines.
The Compelling Artistry of Marah Khaled
#Gaza
baladimagazine.com/the-compelli...
A small but concrete task for today:
Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm.
Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?
The Palestinian filmmaker Mohammad Bakri, who directed the documentary “Jenin, Jenin”, has passed away aged 72.
Read Suha Arraf’s piece from 2021 on how Israel stifles Palestinian filmmakers like Bakri, and how they continue to resist through their art.
Suha Arraf
www.972mag.com/censorship-m...
Books as Breath: Gaza’s Living Story
Salah and Abdullah's small bookshop in Nuseirat is a testament to the power of literature. A model of Palestinian endurance.
Over 600 artists have signed an open letter to Live Nation urging the company to cut ties with its Israel subsidiary.
"We cannot stay silent while Live Nation Israel glorifies the genocidal Israeli military that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza."
600+ musicians and music workers call on Live Nation to drop Live Nation Israel
musiciansforpalestine.net/live-nation/
Palestinian singer, flutist, and composer Nai Barghouti on re-imagining Palestinian folklore through a blend of jazz, blues and tarab styles tarwida.simplecast.com/episodes/the...
Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities.
lithub.com/you-can-help...
