As my friends Ibrahim, Hossam, and I were walking among the rubble of the houses, we came across a library. We entered and found many books—it was like discovering a precious treasure. In this thread, I’d like to write a brief paragraph about each book we found. The first book

Some (highly recommended) 2024/2025 🇵🇸📚

‘Nearly 90 per cent of school buildings have been destroyed or damaged by Israeli attacks. Some of those still standing have been used as temporary accommodation.’ Malaka on the need to rebuild education in Gaza, from the blog: lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/febr…

In this policy brief, Ali Abdel-Wahab explains how Israel’s stranglehold on the Palestinian digital infrastructure strengthens its political and economic hegemony, which is one of the most important features of the Zionist settler colonial project ow.ly/BAtK50UUKmf

I talked to Mohammed El-Kurd about his brilliant new book Perfect Victims, which is out now: jezebel.com/on-trial-for-c…

I reviewed Mohammed El-Kurd's brilliant non-fiction debut 'Perfect Victims' (published by Haymarket Books) for Literary Hub and finally put my hatred for the New York Times into words. Read the book and boycott divest and unsubscribe from the Times. lithub.com/looking-the-pa…

“I once watched a fly drown in the blood of a one-year-old child whose limbs had been blown off.” Doctor Seema Jilani is one of the most inspiring, courageous people I have ever known. What a privilege it is to be able to publish her words. Literary Hub lithub.com/a-war-zone-ped…

My brother Abdullah called me and said: “There’s a library that was destroyed by the occupation, and there are many important books that can be saved — instead of being taken by the displaced to be used as firewood for cooking.” I immediately went and managed to rescue many

ONCE UPON A TIME IN TENT. 🇵🇸

“He who remains silent in the face of injustice is a mute devil.” I have not found a saying more powerful than this to bring me back. I am not returning by choice, but out of obligation—obligated to resist this occupation, even if only with words. And in some cases, words are

This essay is a translated and edited version of the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature lecture delivered by Elias Khoury in May 2021. The talk, on the uprising sweeping every Palestinian geography from the river to the sea, was constructed as a series of illustrative stories.

The claim that Ms Rachel is antisemitic is absurd, but it is also irrelevant to the fact that Zionists are killing children and they must be stopped. That is the most important aspect of the story: they are killing our children.

The free people will make our lives and world brighter. What a beautiful day! I am so speechless and want to cry as I am writing this. Gaza loves you. We love you 🇵🇸❤️

Rice prices are increasing. We now pay 35% commission for a plate that costs $8.5, so ends up being $11.5. This is a 12.5% increase from three days ago. Donate here: chuffed.org/project/113222… In the South, we continue to distribute 250 plates of rice everyday, each plate is enough

Israel has committed 'domicide' for decades. In 2023, I reported 60,000 civilian structures destroyed over nearly 50 years—mostly homes. Add extrajudicial killings, mass arrests/detention, Gaza massacres, constant theft and humiliation. Sanction Israel. Stop arming atrocities.

“Gaza is not an anomaly. It is a mirror. A reflection of our world as it really is today. And for many, a preview of what is to come.” Read my latest for Mondoweiss. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/humani…

What is the meaning of life? What is the true value of life? What is the meaning of this life that could be taken at any moment without warning? This question always shakes me to the core after every traumatic event, after every massacre I survive, after every narrow escape

I was immensely happy when I rescued The Master and Margarita from among the burned books. Since childhood, I have been deeply in love with Russian literature. This novel is, without a doubt, one of the greatest ever written, for it planted in my heart a genuine struggle between

An extraordinary (& longstanding) failure at the BBC to provide basic context in it's reporting. Check out the whole thread. 👇

You might wonder how someone living through a genocide could read all those books. But reading, once my refuge and habit, has become my escape from everything I live through. When I feel fear, I take shelter in books. When I feel hunger, I devour a novel. When I feel joy, I read