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The Palestine Festival of Literature
United Kingdom
Приєднався 19 тра 2009
The Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is a cultural initiative committed to the creation of language and ideas for combating colonialism in the 21st century.
The festival was created as an act of cultural solidarity with Palestine by a group of international cultural figures brought together by Founding Chair, Ahdaf Soueif, in 2008. Since then PalFest has run an annual festival in which international authors combine with their Palestinian counterparts for free, public events in cities across Palestine. During the daytimes, visiting authors are taken to sites of historical and political relevance and meet with artists, authors and activists.
Our hope is that the experience of visiting Palestine with PalFest expands authors’ vocabulary and imagination, that they will draw connections between their own work and the various processes of control ongoing in Palestine.
The festival was created as an act of cultural solidarity with Palestine by a group of international cultural figures brought together by Founding Chair, Ahdaf Soueif, in 2008. Since then PalFest has run an annual festival in which international authors combine with their Palestinian counterparts for free, public events in cities across Palestine. During the daytimes, visiting authors are taken to sites of historical and political relevance and meet with artists, authors and activists.
Our hope is that the experience of visiting Palestine with PalFest expands authors’ vocabulary and imagination, that they will draw connections between their own work and the various processes of control ongoing in Palestine.
Melissa Barrera: THE INTIFADA OF THE FREE YOUTH by Haidar al-Ghazali
Melissa Barrera reads THE INTIFADA OF THE FREE YOUTH by Haidar al-Ghazali, a 20 year old poet in Gaza.
This reading is part of FREEDOM TO WRITE FOR PALESTINE - LA EDITION, at @2220arts on June 4.
Tickets are sold out but you can join the waiting list, or tune in for the livestream here on our UA-cam channel at 7PM PST.
This reading is part of FREEDOM TO WRITE FOR PALESTINE - LA EDITION, at @2220arts on June 4.
Tickets are sold out but you can join the waiting list, or tune in for the livestream here on our UA-cam channel at 7PM PST.
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Nicholas Glastonbury: 'The Case of Palestine'
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"You think of the authors of Palestine exercising, in writing, the right of return. A return to land, but also to author and authority." A powerful new piece of writing from Nicholas Glastonbury: The Case of Palestine. Performed 7/5 in New York City at the event Freedom to Write for Palestine - an event organised as an alternative to PEN America, for authors who have withdrawn from PEN America’...
Omar Barghouti: 'BDS: Ending Complicity in Genocide and Apartheid'
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A rousing, rallying and practical speech by Omar Barghouti, one of the founders of the transformative Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement: “In the face of the world's first televised genocide Palestinians are not begging the world for charity. We're calling for meaningful, impactful solidarity. And before both, we are demanding ending complicity as a profound ethical obligation. . ...
'Not in Our Name: On Jews Rejecting Zionism' - Passionate speech by Morgan Bassichis of JVP
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Watch this powerful speech given by the artist, writer and anti-imperial organiser, Morgan Bassichis (@morgankindof), at our recent event in London, where they told the audience about the latest in Jewish anti-Zionist organising in the United States. “American media tries to characterise the massive growth of anti-Zionism amongst American Jews as merely a marginal position amongst young people ...
'Empire: A Ghost Story' - Kamila Shamsie | Palestine Festival of Literature London Dec ‘23
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Kamila Shamsie's reflections on EMPIRE: A GHOST STORY at a Palestine Festival of Literature event in London, December 2023. “The question for us is this: what does it mean to live in a nation that remains attached to a myth with racism at its heart? It is not actually a historic irony that British politicians of Indian descent, Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, should be among the most enthusia...
Max Porter’s stunning soliloquy on the weapons industry, ‘WILD WEST' | Palestine Fest of Literature
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Best-selling author Max Porter reads his powerful piece “Wild West” on the British arms trade. From our event, How Empires End, London, December 2023.
Jehad Abu Dayya 'Drowning in Love's Stories' / PalFest 2023
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Jehad Abu Dayya, medical student and poet, is homeless now in south Gaza and needs help. Please check his GoFundMe page to send him some money: gofund.me/aac450f3 Jehad is twenty-years-old and was one of the top-scoring high school students nationwide, but his university has now been destroyed. His dream is to become a doctor. He used to live next to al-Shifa Hospital, but his home has been des...
John Berger reads Ghassan Kanafani's 'Letter from Gaza'
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In an address to the inaugural Palestine Festival of Literature in 2008, John Berger gave a moving reading of Ghassan Kanafani's "Letter from Gaza", written in 1956. Film: Perry Ogden Photographs: Stefano Massimo & Rula Halawani Title Cards: Yves Berger English Translation originally published by The Committee for a Democratic Palestine, New York, 1972 & The Tricontinental Society, London, 1980.
From Rafah, Gaza: a new poem by Mohammed al Qudwa | Arabic w Eng subtitles
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A new poem from our friend and colleague Mohammed al-Qudwa. Thank you to the hundreds of people that contributed to his GoFundMe campaign. He has not been able to access that support yet, or get out of Gaza. He asked us to publish this new poem. Press the Subtitle button in the player for the English translation. To check the latest donation appeals to help writers and artists in Gaza please ch...
Israeli Officials’ Genocidal Statements | Part 12 of South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide
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Israeli Officials’ Genocidal Statements | Part 12 of South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide
Measures Imposed by Israel to Prevent Palestinian Births | Part 11 | South Africa's Charges Israel w
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Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon, Sepideh Moafi, Maxine Peake & Aida El-Kashef read the final section of evidence from South Africa's dossier charging Israel with genocide: MEASURES IMPOSED TO PREVENT PALESTINIAN BIRTHS This is the 11th video in our in-depth reading of the urgent case file. The entire cast: Khalid Abdalla, Tunde Adebimpe, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adam Bakri, Kathleen Chalfant, Steve Coog...
Destruction of Palestinian Life in Gaza 2 | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 10
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Liam Cunningham, Carice van Houten & Khalid Abdalla read from the section: "Destruction of Palestinian Life in Gaza" from South Africa's dossier charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice. This is the 10th video in our in-depth reading of the urgent case file. The entire cast: Khalid Abdalla, Tunde Adebimpe, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adam Bakri, Kathleen Chalfant, Steve Coogan,...
Destruction of Palestinian Life in Gaza | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 9
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Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Aida El-Kashef and Paapa Essiedu read from the section: "Destruction of Palestinian Life in Gaza" from South Africa's dossier charging Israel with genocide at the International Court of Justice. This is the 9th video in our in-depth reading of the urgent case file. The entire cast: Khalid Abdalla, Tunde Adebimpe, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Adam Bakri, Kathleen Chalfant, Steve ...
Deprivation of Medical Assistance 2 | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 8
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Deprivation of Medical Assistance 2 | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 8
Deprivation of Medical Assistance | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 7
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Deprivation of Medical Assistance | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 7
Deprivation of Access to Shelter | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 6
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Deprivation of Access to Shelter | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 6
Deprivation of Water | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 5
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Deprivation of Water | South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Part 5
Deprivation of Food to Palestinians in Gaza | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 4
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Deprivation of Food to Palestinians in Gaza | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 4
Mass Expulsions from Homes & Displacement | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 3
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Mass Expulsions from Homes & Displacement | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 3
Causing Serious Bodily & Mental Harm | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 2
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Causing Serious Bodily & Mental Harm | South Africa Charges Israeli with Genocide | Part 2
South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Major Actors Read the Case File | Part 1
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South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide | Major Actors Read the Case File | Part 1
Brian Cox reads IF I MUST DIE, the last poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrike
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Brian Cox reads IF I MUST DIE, the last poem by Refaat Alareer, killed by an Israeli airstrike
Julie Christie reads from the Palestinian novel, the Children of the Dew | London October 27th 2023
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Julie Christie reads from the Palestinian novel, the Children of the Dew | London October 27th 2023
Three Poems by Mosab Abu Toha, performed by Isabel Adomakoh Young
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Three Poems by Mosab Abu Toha, performed by Isabel Adomakoh Young
Harriet Walter Reads from Ahdaf Soueif's 'Jerusalem' at a Palestine Festival of Literature Event
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Harriet Walter Reads from Ahdaf Soueif's 'Jerusalem' at a Palestine Festival of Literature Event
Author & Activist Ahed Tamimi Arrested by Israeli Army November 5 | PalFest Recent Visit to Her Home
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Author & Activist Ahed Tamimi Arrested by Israeli Army November 5 | PalFest Recent Visit to Her Home
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Rashid Khalidi & Michelle Alexander in Conversation on Palestine
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Rashid Khalidi & Michelle Alexander in Conversation on Palestine
Rev. Raschaad Hoggard at PalFest NYC: "But We Must Speak: On Palestine & the Mandates of Conscience"
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Rev. Raschaad Hoggard at PalFest NYC: "But We Must Speak: On Palestine & the Mandates of Conscience"
Noura Erakat Speaks at PalFest NYC: "But We Must Speak: On Palestine & the Mandates of Conscience"
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Noura Erakat Speaks at PalFest NYC: "But We Must Speak: On Palestine & the Mandates of Conscience"
مصر العظيمة دمتي بخير
Incredibly passionate and heartfelt speech by a great humanitarian. How can anyone not be touched and changed after hearing this?
Shame on all the people who fight for "women safety" especially in european countries for years but now exactly these people are staying silent ... because women in palestine do not have the same worth than every other woman ? shame on you.
We all Muslims Jews and Christian’s are brothers and sisters in humanity we all have the same blood if one needs blood my blood can save them we as Muslims lived together in peace with Jews and Christian’s Politics is sick
Thank you for standing up for the truth Powerful speech
I can’t stop crying but all I’m thinking is if ghassan is seeing from heaven what is happening now in Gaza….. He must be heart broken 💔
Yuck
I love the way you reading the letter, we human are lost>
what a powerful speaker
❤❤❤❤ Thank you!!!!
Publication is key All so-called sovereign states profit from Apartheid. They all profit from militarily enforced Exclusive Economic Zones, monopoly currency, and Apartheid concentration camps. They profit from the forced separation of people from markets and thereby profit from an artificial and criminal disparity in the value of people. Is the Israeli Shekel legal tender in Palestine? Are all so-called sovereign state diplomats paid with Dollars? Publish, _MONOPOLY = SLAVERY,_ on so-called sovereign monopoly money. Completely de-register as a voter. End Global Apartheid. Remember that a statement of sovereignty is not secular.
She is our queen, our sweetheart, our talented actress. Mad respect for her fierceness.
Melissa is such a beautiful woman inside and out 😍. She sacrificed a lucrative career in the film industry to speak the truth about one of the worst injustices in our lifetime
আল্লাহ তায়ালা যেন তামিমি কে হেফাজতে রাখেন 🇵🇸🇧🇩❤️💯
Uncle Argyle still dropping wisdom. R.I.P Refaat Alareer. Inna lilahi wainna illayhe rajiuun (From Allah we come, to Allah we return)
CVH: Activist, Loser Has Been and is converting her baby daddy so he will diminish his career to hers. Oct. 7th 2023: Don't poke the bear if you don't want it to bite back. All war sucks.
omfg. losers.
Thank you!
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god bless you melissa ...
Melissa is amazing, God bless her ❤
the power of words
I like Carice. "Blackbook" is one of my all time favourite films. But it's kind of ironic that a Dutch person. Specifically one who starred in that movie. Is castigating people for resisting and repelling a nation. That was attacked first.
So she is also gullible enough to believe the numbers of the Hamas Health Ministry?
فلسطين لا يوجد كلام يوصف شعور الغصه اللي في القلب علي احوالك ما اجملك وما اقبحنا لكي الله يا قضية الشرفاء 🇪🇬✌🏽🇵🇸
Incredible, so powerful, tragically so true! Man without ethics has no future.
I love him❤
I love his directness and audacity to state the facts in an uncompromising manner. I love that he refuses to apologize to be the perfect victim and hurt the sensibilities of his oppressors. We need more of this!
Thanks Mr Cox for remembering us
You will be loved and revered for decades to come, sir.
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"Issraelis" can murder as much palestinians as they like, but they never kill their spirit, their hope for liberation
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No one should support the horrors withessed and verified in Israel perpetrated by Palestinians or those who do not show any pity for the poor victims and their families.
An activist stirring up hatred no doubt.
فلسطين أقدم عن إخولنجيّة بريطانيا بآلاف السّنين
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70 percent dead we man and children estimated by a terror organization. Are you listening to what you are saying. You support Nazis.
Where are the hostages?
Where are the hostages you Nazis? Where are the red head baby taken from his home ?
Israelis has right too
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What kind of regime kills poets?
Why is America paying for weapons to Israel? They have taken all your tech. Research you have paid for and call it their own and Netanyahu boasting about all the latest knowledge in his hand and does not need Americas help. .What’s going on, sending America to war with Iracq. On a pretence only for their protection, The lies go on and on.and having a Zionist president makes things worse. He cannot even find the simple truth to call out genocide and do something about it.
Don’t blame your govt too much ,their hands are tied behind their backs because they are controlled by Israel , all their guidance comes from the Israeli lobbyists in America. Now even their tongues are tied with fear of them. Losing their jobs, even their lives
Come back my friend, we are waiting for you
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Oh wow, what a reading. This hit me really hard