Palestinian book recommendations (fiction, romance, plays/poetry)

recommending books written by Palestinian women!!! (so every book I've ever read by a Palestinian author)
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Books mentioned:
- Against the loveless world
- You Exist too much
- Clandestine Affairs Series
- the twenty-ninth year
- Fireworks
- Minor Detail
- A Woman is no man
My own personal recommendation is Squire, a YA fantasy graphic novel, which I think deals really well with topics like Imperialism.
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[@foxingboarder2744]

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[@chrisz7494]

Thanks for the summary :) I'm off to add these to my goodreads

[@YRMW1983]

So good to see some people use their platforms on here to speak about Palestine! I'm new here, but just subscribed :)
Minor Detail is the only one I read from the ones you mentioned, and can only recommend it!

[@TaAw1]

Also recommend anything by Ghassan Kanafani, a Palestinian author that was assassinated by the Mossad in 1972. I particularly recommend Men in the Sun and Return to Haifa (which partially inspired Mornings in Jenin).

[@mxnmx]

he was assassinated along side his 17 year old niece, he was 36. They bombed his car. Allah yerhamhom. Ghassan is often credited as the founder of Arabic resistance literature.

[@russeljimmies3899]

I knew you were based, but I didn’t know you were THIS based ❤️🇵🇸🍉

[@Zahraa-tx1vx]

I also recommend 1) Ilan pappe's books “ the ethnic cleansing of palestine” and “ ten myths about isreal “
He is an isreali historian pro Palestinian, He wrote these books to explain the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Nakba in 1948, when the Israeli occupation occupied Palestine, and to discuss the myths on which Israel was founded.
2) Ghassan kanafani : “the men of sun” , and “return to Haifa” , “ the land of sad oranges “ He is a Palestinian novelist and poet who wrote these novels about the Palestinian issue, and the Israeli occupation assassinated him to cut off his voice.
3) morning in Jenin by suzan Abulhawa It tells the story of four generations of a Palestinian family and how their lives turn into a tragedy after the Israeli occupation and their forced deportation from their city.

[@marxinmauve]

just finished kanafani's 25 page novella at the end of return to haifa and I absolutely recommend it to anyone reading this! it's an incredibly emotional story set between the nakba in 1948 and 20 years later and deals w themes of occupation, homeland, kinship and what it means to belong anywhere or own anything. it's so beautiful. i get the sense that the translation does not do the original Arabic justice though

[@kikicat4631]

Currently I am reading the ilanes pappes book

[@noraa4009]

No such thing as pro Palestinian Israeli. If he hasn’t renounced his citizenship he’s still a Zionist

[@BunsBooks]

I’m really interested in reading Fireworks, my thesis (psych) was on the trauma and resilience of Gazan youth after the past few bombardments (written in 2019). It was interesting to learn that Palestinian youth who lose family are far more resilient than American youth who lose family, and many researchers link that resilience to Palestinian culture and community structures that have evolved naturally due to the need for collective survival in Gaza. They don’t really speak about depression and trauma in their culture but when loss occurs there is a support group available regardless. I just wonder at how all of the findings of that research in years past will hold up with the current genocide, the sheer destruction is not like anything they’ve experienced.
My church was founded by Palestinians who survived and were exiled after 1967. There are also several grannies in the congregation who were children in Jaffa during 1948, they’re so full of hope and love and life and hearing their stories is a gift and a privilege. I still read Palestinian literature as I have for years and I always recommend Mahmoud Darwish, his book The Butterfly’s Burden (poetry) made me ugly cry for 30min.

[@MysticsLibrary]

Hala Alyan also has a non-poetry historical fiction book about life as a Palestinian called "Salt Houses". If you aren't as into poetry (I'm usually not either) then I really recommend this one. It was beautifully written!

[@victoriazeccola]

I just finished this one! I really enjoyed it. I've been thinking about it a lot since I finished it.

[@galacticb4394]

Thank you for the suggestion, never knew 😊🙏🏻

[@maryamashraf6370]

Oh my god I'm obsessed with salt houses - one of the most beautiful things I've ever read

[@deanblanton6804]

Seconded - it was SO amazing!

[@hailey2475]

This video was recommended to me on my home page. I don’t know what the rest of your content is like, but I’m giving a follow. Keep speaking up!

[@sadiaprottasha6813]

Same

[@jonesie8377]

Stumbled upon this video and immediately clicked because I don't see many booktubers taking a stand. Instant subscriber!

[@Violetflyb]

AMAZING 🇵🇸🫶🍉!! Thank you for this!!

[@ghadam3407]

Palestinian woman here, who happens to also be an avid reader, and this video popped into my feed. Love everything about this video! Thank you for the solidarity ✊🏽 Definitely have a new follower now. We will one day know a free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@MakennahBristow]

I read Evil Eye by Etaf Rum and really loved it. It sounds like it has similar themes to A Woman Is No Man: inter generational trauma, trying to come to terms with being an immigrant and a woman in the US, navigating family problems and seeking independence and finding yourself.

[@oumilee966]

Again, thank you for being such a unique smart reader! Love you from Morocco & France🥰

[@thirstaefortae5057]

I’m glad for these recommendations! Definitely will be picking some of these up

[@mxnmx]

i also recommend I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti and The Woman from Tantoura by his wife Radwa Ashour and Time of White Horses by Ibrahim Nasrallah
. If you're into poetry any of Mahmoud Darwish's works are great. These are all very popular amongst Arab readers but unfortunately their English translation isn't very popular.

[@ketara1234od]

Go on ! In a world where everyone is silent it’s good to be LOUD

[@msnorah8537]

I recommend two novels by Ghassan Kanafani: Returning To Haifa, and The Land Of Sad Oranges. You will wear the oppressed shoes and they will hurt your feet.

[@PurpleSirens]

I appreciate this very much, you have no idea how much your video helps the cause!

[@Quinkerbell_3604]

This video was recommended and I’m so glad. Thank you for this! ❤

[@fatimakhalid5572]

Read Ghassan Kanafani

[@margaret2427]

i haven't read it yet but i really want to read "The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist" by Emil Habibi. the author was a Palestinian communist who (somewhat controversially) became a citizen of "Israel" after 1948, and the novel deals with the experience of Arab Israelis

[@sarahg2671]

Thank you so very much for this video 🍉❤ I'd highly recommend the work of the Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah, he has a new book out this year, but he also translates and has translated Palestinian writers Hussein Barghouti, Ghassan Zaqtan and Maya Abu Al Hayyat.
Other Palestinian-American poets include Noor Hindi, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Naomi Shihab Nye, George Abraham, Nathalie Handal, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Summer Farah and Rasha Abdulhadi.

[@maeby3258]

oh this is great! I've been wanting to read Palestinian poetry. Thank you for the list🫶

[@booksandbags]

I just finished Behind You Is the Sea, and I devoured it in one sitting. It's a collection of interconnected short stories. I also enjoyed Water and Salt (poetry), and We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I (memoir).

[@arghandewal]

Thank you for spreading awareness. This list is different form what a lot of other booktubers have shared.

[@annc699]

If The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher isn’t on your list to read, it’s one of the best book I’ve ever read. Queer Palestine writer reflecting on mythology and queer elders and displacement. Absolutely incredible.

[@FancyTuna77]

Thanks for the recs! I’ll check these out! 💕

[@princesssyazwani]

thank you for making this video and recommending great books from these Palestinian authors. ✨

[@aishachowdury7100]

Amazing! Thank you so much for the recomendations!

[@threefootpole]

Thank you so much for these recommendations!!!!!!!!!!

[@maëstvsn]

Thank you for spreading awareness and I will look forward these books !! 🫶🏽 🇵🇸🍉

[@hadeel_K]

Orientalism by Edward Said. On Palestine by Ilan Pappe… on my TBR I have books by Hala Alyan and Susan Abulhawa (Mornings in Jenin) 🥰❤

[@Rania-vh7wg]

Thank you! I need to grab me some books and readddd

[@ashleydolan1964]

Thank you for the recommendations ❤❤❤

[@Khossaexe]

thanks fpr spreading awareness sunnnyyyy

[@marriari50]

thank you! ❤️🍉🍉

[@saradawn9385]

Thank you, I love your selections!

[@ach7358]

A hero for sure, thank you for your bravery and speaking up ❤

[@staticcouch135]

Thank you for the beautiful recommendations and for calling this out right now.

[@maariamahmood2142]

Amazing compilation. Thanks for sharing their names and their work

[@justanotherdreamer7721]

omg i love this thank you for sharing!!

[@maria-aquariusunbound]

Thanks for the recommendations.

[@bro.that.is.adorable.2633]

I desperately need to read Minor Detail even though it will definitely destroy me

[@shreksvr123]

yes i need to read this book too

[@pearl3761]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@mayarwaleedsalah3629]

Thanks for your list ❤

[@maeby3258]

Saw some palestinian poetry through an instagram account I follow and this video comes at a perfect time so I can find more authors. I agree with you on how reading about somebody else's pain shouldn't be seen as some moral stance, but I do think that listening to Palestinians directly is valuable when historically colonized populations are always stripped of their voices. I also encourage anyone that can to speak up and try to act.🇵🇸
Thank you for the video!

[@samihauddin9996]

Thank you so much for this!

[@we-will-survive]

thanks for this great recommendations 💟

[@seyma3094]

Thank you so much for this!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@shreksvr123]

i read rifqa too, its good. i also read Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by mosab abu toha which is poetry book if you like poetry. if you like ya or middle grade graphic novels squire by nadia shammas and sara alfageeh is also good. i liked all of these books, very powerful and personal (esp rifqa and things you may find hidden in my ear)

[@leen9927]

Thank you for making this! ❤🍉

[@narimannaser4579]

Very informative thank you!!!

[@otaku_chan4208]

Appreciatie this soo much thankss !

[@hera5454]

Thank you for this video !!

[@exxxtraordinaryy]

Loved the video ❤

[@Charley-Charley]

Here to show you love!!! ❤

[@hollyexley]

I've only read two on your list so I really appreciate the others you mentioned - particularly You Exist Too Much - I am one for some sad girl DWM. Thank you. x

[@appaatemomo-freePalestine]

This video popped up in my recommended and I'm so glad! Thanks for highlighting a variety of Palestinian literature. I recommend the graphic novel Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazaq. Free Palestine!

[@kimlip_tree2009]

thanks for this 💓🍉

[@BlweLotus]

Love this so much

[@serendipity7921]

Thank you so much!

[@aframathari2224]

thank you so much for uploading this!!! #freepalestine
just subscribed!!!

[@samsan1914]

SO PROUD OF YOU 🤍🤍🤍🤍✨✨✨✨

[@rosanna3965]

thank you so much for this

[@galacticb4394]

New subscriber over here 😊👋🏻 AlI have to say is thank you ❤️😊

[@nihaabrar6072]

Thank you so much ❤

[@kenmakozume6705]

i recently read “queer palestine and the empire of critique”, it’s amazing and so informative

[@burculuks]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@woosamdeul418]

Thank you !!🤍🤍🤍.

[@saradawn9385]

Following after this vid, it just popped up on my recs.

[@Emma-Maze]

Thank you 💛

[@Ayshachaudhry]

Highly appreciated

[@khattabsongs7906]

Sending Lot’s of love from Palestine! ❤🍉

[@meengga]

Thank you 💓🍉

[@alexba1ley]

Thank you! I recommend the memoir Muslim Girl by Amani al-Khatahtbeh and nonfiction The Hundred Years' War On Palestine by Rashid Khalidi 🇵🇸🍉♥️

[@empuwm]

As a palestinian womani rlly appreciate this❤❤❤

[@PandanaJim]

Thanks for the recommendations. I hope these will help me better understand the experience of being Palestinian. Free Palestine!

[@Zahraa-tx1vx]

Thank you🇵🇸❤️❤️

[@karimagapal3594]

all love and respect❤✨😊

[@nerminelayan]

Thank you very much

[@el-vm9cr]

The fact I got a Starbucks ad on this video😭

[@renfielddeservedbetter]

thank you so so much for doing palestinian book recs

[@hajrahkhawar5597]

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[@rourou499]

Thank you very much ❤❤❤🍉 🇵🇸

[@maryamkj9038]

thank you

[@chocolateoreo6489]

Thank you (: this video is so important to announce Palestine voices❤

[@calipigeon]

Ilysm ❤🥹

[@sara-fy2tm]

i think you’d vibe with randa jarrar’s work

[@DeemAlanzee]

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[@RiRi-ku6xz]

I love Anything by Hassan kanafani

[@Reeeeeeeeeee33333]

GHASAN kanfani is my all time favorite

[@safasnatch1004]

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[@Hiloyflor]

I really recommend “A Party for Thaera: Palestinian Women Write Life in Prison” it’s non fiction and features the writings of 9 Palestinian women and there experiences as political prisoners.

[@alexanderwang_]

I recommend ‘The Beauty of Your Face’ by Sahar Mustafah.

[@kulsoomali5288]

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You are a beautiful human ❤

[@rawanaa6689]

Thhhhhhank u