George Abraham 🍉
@intifadabatata.bsky.social
Palestinian Poet | Editor @ Mizna | Teaching @ Amherst | 📖 BIRTHRIGHT (Button Poetry) & 🇵🇸 poetry anthology (Haymarket Books) | Bookings @TSP_Writing | they/هو
Excited to release HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry with @haymarketbooks.org, coming to your nearest bookstore in May 2025. The cover is from Palestinian artist Jumana Manna & features brilliant poetry from Palestinian comrades all over the world. @intifadabatata.bsky.social
New poems from Margaret Ross, Ben Garcia, and @intifadabatata.bsky.social: www.thebeliever.net/excerpt-when...
Excerpt: When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America - Believer Magazine
Shall I condemn myself a littlefor you to forgive yourself —Fady Joudah, […] I condemn the blooded river that became a sea we cannot crawl out of. I condemn the bulldozers That, as if silkworms, shove...
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Extremely moving memorial video for Gaza Soup Kitchen’s beloved Chef Mahmoud, assassinated by Israel as he was headed to north Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital. “With the grace of God I’ll continue this work. I swear what I wish from the bottom of my heart is to feed the entire north.”
Layla Azmi Goushey@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social · 2y ago
Grateful to have this new poem in the new issue of @thebeliever.net with thanks to habibi Fady Joudah whose book has helped get me through this past year, & to @sallywenmao.bsky.social for the support ❤️🙏🍉
I just received this. Haunting, powerful and heartbreaking words. I can’t wait to dive in and hear the poets at the reading next Monday. Free Palestine.
George Abraham 🍉@intifadabatata.bsky.social · 2y agoMIZNA 25.1: CATASTROPHE HAS ARRIVED! This issue is gorgeous and breathtaking beyond words. I hope you'll hold these words of our community, who have gathered here despite an impossible time for so many of us 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/product/mizn...
Some news, with a heavy heart and gratitude for the people who fight to keep Palestinians alive, despite. My next poetry collection, WHEN THE ARAB APOCALYPSE COMES TO AMERICA will be published by @haymarketbooks.org in 2026.
NPR also edited out the many times NBA poetry award finalists Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and Fady Joudah very intentionally used the word "genocide" in their interviews. As @intifadabatata.bsky.social notes, Palestinian permission to narrate remains "nonmetaphorical." mizna.org/mizna-online...
Jehad Abusalim@jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 2y agoIsrael killed 100 people in Gaza today. I listened to NPR this evening, and this wasn’t even reported in passing. There was even a report about an initiative to save endangered wolves somewhere, but no mention of the 100 people who were killed in less than 24 hours.
Throughout #ReadPalestineWeek, there are a selection of free ebooks available through the publishersforpalestine.org website, as well as events & actions you can take now.
BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
1/ 🧵 Now more than ever, our team at Institute for Palestine Studies (@palestinestudies.bsky.social) needs your support. Since the genocide unfolded, IPS has launched key documentation projects and ensure facts and stories are not erased. Here’s what we’ve been working on: 👇
“The nonmetaphorical nature of our permission to narrate can be seen in the details of the post-National Book Award Nomination trajectory for both poets, with NPR censoring words such as ‘genocide’ in their coverage.”
George Abraham 🍉@intifadabatata.bsky.social · 2y agoFor Mizna, I reflect on this moment of honoring Palestinians at the National Book Awards @nationalbook.bsky.social & sit more deeply with @lenakt.bsky.social & Fady Joudah's earth-shattering books. An honor to publish both finalist readings, including Fady's new poem 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/mizna-online...
For Mizna, I reflect on this moment of honoring Palestinians at the National Book Awards @nationalbook.bsky.social & sit more deeply with @lenakt.bsky.social & Fady Joudah's earth-shattering books. An honor to publish both finalist readings, including Fady's new poem 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/mizna-online...
Honoring Palestinian Poets in a Time of Genocide: Poems from National Book Award Winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha + Finalist Fady Joudah - Mizna
Love takes the form of rain clouds: we accumulate despite our im/possible wounds, gather even in miraculous conditions. We join our kin in the swarm, all of whom gathering, like us, as waters from unk...
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MIZNA 25.1: CATASTROPHE HAS ARRIVED! This issue is gorgeous and breathtaking beyond words. I hope you'll hold these words of our community, who have gathered here despite an impossible time for so many of us 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/product/mizn...
🔴 Gaza’s Civil Defence has released a statement detailing the extensive damages and losses it has suffered in Israeli attacks: 🔺87 personnel killed 🔺304 staff injured 🔺21 detained LIVE Updates ⤵️
Israeli forces kill 88 in Gaza; US Senate rejects bid to block arms sales
No respite for civilians in Gaza, Lebanon as US Senate blocks bid to halt arms sales to Israel.
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha wins the National Book Award for Poetry for her collection, Something About Living! Congrats to the National Book Awards for this honor. 🇵🇸 #BookSky
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD @lenakt.bsky.social WON THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN POETRY IVE BEEN CRYING FOR 5 MINUTES STRAIGHT
Ok be honest how many of you mofos fled here bc you're tired of hearing about the genocide in Gaza you're still funding, which is all i see on x these days, be honest
We’re hosting a workshop with the incredible Steven Thrasher, author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS, on media literacy—an amazing opportunity to learn from a brilliant scholar! All proceeds go to the Sameer Project. Sign up at the link below ⬇️ December 13, 7pm EST ✨
Lmao I guess ppl are here now? Gonna try and be more active on this app ig 😭
