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SUMMARY:Voices of Resistance: Toronto Launch
DESCRIPTION:Toronto friends\, don’t miss the launch of Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide by Batool Abu Akleen\, Sondos Sabra\, Nahil Mohana\, and Ala’a Obaid. The book will be co-launching with Leila Marshy’s Razing Palestine in this event hosted by Samira Mohyeddin. Books will be for sale and signing from Another Story. \nThe double launch is free to attend and will take place at It’s Ok* Studios on Monday\, November 17 at 6:30PM. \nMore details here. \nOrder a copy of Voices of Resistance here! \nABOUT VOICES OF RESISTANCE \nFor two years\, the world has witnessed image after devastating image of Israel’s genocide in Gaza: videos\, photos\, and Instagram reels showing blanket bombardment\, cities in ruin\, and entire families pulled from the rubble of their homes. Such enormity can be difficult to process\, but behind each image lie ordinary lives full of hope\, love\, and community. \nIn these diaries\, four Gazan women—Batool Abu Akleen\, Sondos Sabra\, Nahil Mohana\, and Ala’a Obaid—offer first-hand accounts of Israeli airstrikes\, forced displacement\, and engineered famine. These atrocities are documented alongside the everyday resilience of Palestinians: from the neighbour who fashions an ashtray from the shrapnel of an Israeli missile\, to the street vendor who donates his last egg for a child’s birthday cake\, to the community of displaced people who pool their resources to stage a traditional wedding. Even when homeless\, under fire\, forced to bury loved ones\, or thrown at the mercy of a devastated health system\, the writers of these diaries never abandon their humanity\, their individuality\, or their belief in the future of Gaza. \nAll proceeds from the sale of this book will go directly to the writers and their families.  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nBatool Abu Akleen is a twenty-year-old Palestinian poet and translator\, born and raised in Gaza City. She is a student of English Literature and Translation at the Islamic University of Gaza. At the age of fifteen\, Abu Akleen won the Parjeel Poetry Prize for her poem ‘I Did Not Steal the Cloud’\, which was also translated and published as part of the anthology Di acqua e di tempo. Her poem ‘I Want a Grave’ was published in Penguin’s Letters from Gaza (2025). She was the 2024 Poet-in-Residence with Modern Poetry in Translation\, for whom she collected and translated Sea Shells: An Anthology of Emerging Poets from Gaza (edited by Cristina Viti). Her poem ‘Gunpowder’ was among the winners of The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025. Her debut bilingual poetry collection 48Kg was published by Tenement Press in June 2025. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Leila Herandi at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nNahil Mohana is the author of the novel No Men Allowed\, the short story collection Life in a Square Metre and six plays including High Pressure\, which received the 2008 Abdul Mohsin Al-Qattan Prize; Ghoson\, which received the 2008 Children’s Culture Award; and Lipstick\, which was produced by the Royal Court Theatre\, London. Her writing has appeared in AGNI Online\, Literary Hub\, and The Washington Post. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Maxine Peake at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and Julie-Yara Atz at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nAla’a Obaid is a writer and a mother of three children. She has held a number of positions in various NGOs and cultural institutions in Gaza\, including Education Officer\, Creative Writing Teacher and Culture Centre Coordinator. Ala’a co-authored the books Writing Behind the Lines and Disturbing Flashbacks\, both of which document the experiences of Palestinians living through the current genocide. She has published several articles in The New Arab. Excerpts from her diaries have been performed by Hind Shoufani at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and by Zarah Sultana MP at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. \nSondos Sabra\, 25\, holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the Islamic University of Gaza and is a founding member of the Shaghaf Youth Initiative\, which organises discussions of literary works. She is a translator and writer. Her writing has appeared in Mondoweiss\, The New Statesman\, and ArabLit Quarterly. Extracts from her diaries have been performed by Yusra Warsama at the Barbican Theatre\, London\, and Sama Rantisi at the Belgrade Theatre\, Coventry. Her piece ‘We Kill Terrorism’ was read by Maxine Peake to a crowd of 15\,000 protesters outside the 2024 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
URL:https://www.biblioasis.com/event/voices-of-resistance-toronto-launch/
LOCATION:It’s Ok* Studios\, 468 Queen Street W\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V 2B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Discussion
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