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We look forward to rebuilding @kundimanforever together. #PACBI

Palestinians salute the more than 5,500 writers and book workers worldwide refusing complicity with Israeli publishers, festivals and other literary institutions.

These thousands of writers join tens of thousands of other cultural workers and artists who have endorsed the Palestinian call for ethical disengagement from apartheid Israel’s complicit cultural sector.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, including the cultural boycott of Israel, targets complicity, not identity, and institutions, not individuals.

Since 2004, Palestinians including the absolute majority of writers and cultural organizations have called on artists, writers and cultural figures, as well as cultural institutions, to refuse to work with complicit Israeli institutions.

Since launching 24 hours ago this has risen to a total of 4,500 writers and publishing professionals pledging to boycott all complicit Israeli institutions. Names are coming in faster than we can process them.

BREAKING: Today, more than 1000 authors are launching a mass boycott of Israeli publishers who are complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people. This declaration amounts to the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history. lithub.com/hundreds-of-au…

Suzanne Nossel's resignation is a victory for the Palestine solidarity movement. There is no place for Zionism in our cultural institutions.

Suzanne Nossel's commitments to Zionism destroyed the reputation of PEN America. This is an opportunity to build an organization that serves writers. Read our statement on Nossel's resignation from PEN America

As new Board President of @kundimanforever, Rana Tahir invites you to connect at rana@kundiman.org with feedback and ideas about best ways to move forward.

We move forward with a series of goals for @kundimanforever, which include developing a transparent process for adopting PACBI.

We look forward to rebuilding @kundimanforever together. #PACBI

Please donate to this fundraiser — launched by @TranslatingPali and @sameerproject — providing food, water, diapers, milk, medical aid, and other necessities to families in North and Central Gaza: chuffed.org/project/help-u… This can also be accessed at: linktr.ee/thesameerproje…

"Everything genuine reminds me of you, Heba." — Somaia Abu Nada “Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist” was published in @lithub earlier this week.

Join us in reading “Not Just Passing” by the poet and novelist Heba Abu Nada (1991-2023), translated by Huda Fakhreddine (@FakhreddineHuda), originally co-published in @arablit and @Mizna_ArabArt last year.

Dr. Refaat used to volunteer for and manage the social media account of the Municipality of Gaza. To honor him, please donate to the fundraiser to ensure clean water access for the people of Gaza: gaza-city.ensany.com/campaign/6737 workshops4gaza.com/bookstore @munigaza @Workshops4Gaza

“Remembering Dr. Refaat Alareer” by his student and friend Nadya Siyam was published in @wwborders. Read: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2…

Today we’re reading “Over the Wall” from the late Dr. Refaat Alareer (1979-2023), originally published in @Mondoweiss.

"It's chilling to see these lies take hold in the last place they should—a community of writers with ties to Palestine, or ties to lands that have survived similar occupations." —Ryan Lee Wong, "The End of a Love Song: On Kundiman" mailchi.mp/5259cb672a42/o…