Susan Abulhawa

They will never have the streets!

The following is a transcript of a talk given by Susan Abulhawa, Executive Director of the Palestine Writes Festival, at…

October 24, 2023

Israel is on its colonial deathbed

The following article first appeared on The Electronic Intifada on Oct. 12.  After 17 years wherein Palestinians pleaded with the…

October 18, 2023

‘We never left’ – A poem by Susan Abulhawa

Internationally renowned and award-winning Palestinian author and poet, Susan Abulhawa, opened the historic Palestine Writes Literature Festival in Philadelphia, Sept.…

September 27, 2023

The West has lost all credibility

Last year, an elementary school in Birmingham, Alabama, forbade their students from discussing the occupation of Palestine, due to the…

March 7, 2022

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a friend of Palestine

Our beloved global elder, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, became an ancestor on December 26, passing peacefully amongst his family the day…

January 4, 2022

Palestinian prisoners recaptured: ‘This is not the time to despair’ 

On Sept. 6, millions around the world celebrated as news spread that six Palestinian political prisoners had liberated themselves from…

September 17, 2021

A conversation with Susan Abulhawa on Zionism

The following interview with Palestinian activist and author Susan Abuhawa was conducted by Ted Kelly, May 3, 2021.   Susan…

May 17, 2021

Free Khalida Jarrar!

In advance of International Women’s Day on March 8, Israel sentenced one of Palestine’s most prominent women to two years…

March 11, 2021

The United States has no real sense of itself

The author of this essay is a Palestinian writer, whose latest novel is “Against the Loveless World,” Atria, 2020.  Memes…

January 27, 2021

A Palestinian comments on the U.S. election

As results of the U.S. presidential election started coming in last week, the reaction across the country, at least on…

November 16, 2020