Join editors and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day. -------------------------------------------------------------- A love letter to Palestinian ancestors, their descendants, and their land, to all anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles, to a history that will never be forgotten, and to a future in which there thrives a free, free Palestine. Poetry has always served as a mode of resistance in Palestinian culture. In defiance of dispossession and decades of military siege, of a nakba that never ended, of historical and cultural obfuscation, of unrelenting violence and thousands of martyred people, the “power to narrate,” as Edward Said wrote, remains a necessary tool for self-determination. The poems collected here reclaim that power, bridging borders, languages, and generations to forge new conversations around resistance and liberation. Heaven Looks Like Us is a battle-cry against the annihilation of a people. As Palestinian history remains haunted by exile, violence, and grief, so, too, are the poems in this anthology. And yet, editors George Abraham and Noor Hindi present these realities alongside other themes that are also true: queer and feminist perspectives, eco-poetry, meditations on love and time, and lineages of protest. This anthology dares to imagine a future beyond a nation-state for Palestinian people everywhere. Donations to this event will go to The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA). https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ Order Heaven Looks Like Us: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2527-heaven-looks-like-us ———————————— Readers include: Rasha A. LDA A Dina Abdulhadi Leena Aboutaleb George abraham Rimona Afana Fadia Antabli Summer Awad Asmaa’ Azaizeh Farah Barqawi Sarona Bedwan Carolina Ebeid Olivia Elias Summer Farah Layla Azmi Goushey Maen Hammad noor hindi Lenna Jawdat Emily Khilfeh N Mankinem Angie Mazakis Hajer Mirwali Sara Saleh Hind Shoufani Jen Siraganian Rewa Zeinati Omar Zahzah -------------------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work. Donations to this event will go to The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA).