Writing Palestine

Saturdays
5 p.m. to  8 p.m.
26 April to 10 May

Seventy five years of settler-colonialism, and a year of pronounced genocidal violence we have witnessed.

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The voices of Palestine are all the more necessary. From Edward Said to contemporary poets to journalists. New forms emerge which speak to the present crisis.

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Writing Palestine is a chance for writers, poets, journalists to reflect on the form of writing. Alongside Palestinian writers, each member will workshop a specific work. Ibtisam Azem – Novelist, journalist, author of The Book of Disappearance (International Booker Prize 2025 longlist. el-Kurd. At the border, Nassar Ibrahim turns practical jokes into metaphorical truths, Azmi Bishara sets the checkpoint to music, and Mahmoud Shukair inspects a guard at both professional and domestic crossroads. Adania Shibli suspends us in a fever dream of silence. Mahmoud Darwish’s diary considers enemies, blood, stones, and death. Zakaria Mohammad asks if an exile can ever go home again; Atef Abu Saif sets his emotional watch to “Gaza Time.” The young poet Hala Shurouf depicts a city, and a woman, constrained, while the grand dame of Palestinian poetry, the late Fadwa Touqan, bears the gravity of loss. Antoine Shulhut and Faisal Darraj provide contextualizing essays. 

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This is an intensive writing seminar course by application. Applicants are asked to submit a writing sample and a brief account of what they hope to write about.