Join writers' co-op Shoal Collective for the launch of 'Everything We Thought Was Beautiful': Interviews With Radical Palestinian Women.

Some 2.5 years since Israel began its genocide in Gaza, Western media continues to invite Palestinians to comment only on the humanitarian situation and the horrors they endure, while no space is made for their political agency and experience. Within this, women (and children) are often portrayed as passive victims of violence.

As Israel escalates and expands its deadly colonial project across Palestine and Lebanon and bombards Iran - with the full participation of the US, UK and others - it's never been a more important time to hear from radical Palestinian women.

Edited by Shoal Collective, 'Everything We Thought Was Beautiful' features 13 interviews with Palestinian women spanning continents and years. Women who are not only active in the struggle for the freedom of their people but in globally connected struggles for liberation.

Interviewees include Ayah Al-Ghazzawi, a BDS activist in Gaza, Shatha Abu Srour, a disability rights advocate in Bethlehem, and Samah Fadil, an Afro-Palestinian writer and poet in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada.

We will be reading excerpts from the book and will hear from some of the women via recordings and video.

Please stay for Palestinian drinks & nibbles from 5.15pm until close. These will be vegetarian and vegan.

This will be a family friendly event with some low-key toys available for younger children.

No graphic content or imagery will be shared but please note one of the themes of the book is violence of the Israeli regime, i.e. genocide, occupation, and settler colonialism.

Venue is wheelchair accessible.

For more details about the book or to buy, please see PM Press UK: https://pmpress.org.uk/product/everything-we-thought-was-beautiful/

Fifty percent of royalties that Shoal Collective receives will be donated to the Palestinian fundraisers and organisations chosen by the women interviewed. The remainder will go towards our book-related expenses.

For more on Shoal Collective, see https://shoalcollective.org/