DECEMBER 6, 2024 — This year’s Read Palestine Week is over, but we encourage you to continue to read and take action to end genocide year-round.
More than 20 new ebooks — by Palestinian writers, about Palestinian history, and about organizing for a free Palestine — were free for the duration of Read Palestine Week 2024, from November 29 – December 5. Some of these continue to be accessible, and we continue to encourage you to take action, refuse complicity in Israeli literary institutions, practice BDS, and get in the gears of genocide.
You can find a list of books that remain free below.
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Categories: Fiction | Literary Anthologies | Palestinian Lives | Organizing, Resistance, and Solidarity for a Free Palestine | Magazines | Zines
FICTION
Out of Time: The Collected Stories of Samira Azzam, by Samira Azzam, translated by Ranya Abdelrahman. (ArabLit Books, 2022). IBSN: 979-8362585235. (English)
NOTE: This title is pay-what-you-can. To get it free, set the price to $0.
LITERARY ANTHOLOGIES
A Party For Thaera: Palestinian Women Write Life In Prison, ed. Haifa Zangana, translated by Salam Darwazah Mir (Women Unlimited, 2021) ISBN: 978-93-85606-38-0 (English)
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, and Mike Merryman-Lotze (Haymarket Books, 2022) ISBN: 9781642597257. (English)
PALESTINIAN LIVES
Who Will Speak for the Men of Gaza, by Taiba Abbas, from Ala Books & Authors
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, from Verso Books, in collaboration with Haymarket Books.
ORGANIZING, RESISTANCE, AND SOLIDARITY FOR A FREE PALESTINE
Third World Approaches to International Law: Writings on Palestine, 2019-2023,by Noura Erakat, Victor Kattan, Steven Salaita, Ata R. Hindi, Shahd Hammouri et al (TWAIL Review, 2023) ISBN: 978-1138040724. (English)
Menguak Hubungan Dagang Indonesia-Israel, by Angga Aulia Akbar (Marjin Kiri, 2013) ISBN: 978-979-1260-18-3. (Indonesian)
Una tierra con gente. Voces de Palestina de Sofia Caamaño i Sònia Bajona.(Editorial Descontrol, 2020). ISBN: 978-84-17190-95-8. (Castellano)
Zapiski o okupaciji: Nablus, Kalkilija, Hebron, by Eric Hazan, translated by Katarina Rotar. (Založba, 2017). ISBN: 978-961-257-082-8. (Slovenian)
Gaza Stay Human, by Vittorio Arrigoni. (Kube Publishing, 2010). IBSN: UK9781847740199. English.
(Sefsafa Publishing House, 2021) اساطير الصهيونية، المؤلف: جون روز، المترجم: د. قاسم عبده قاسم
Weaponized Architecture: The Impossibility of Innocence, by Léopold Lambert (dpr-barcelona, 2012) IBSN: 978-84-615-3702-0. (English)
Organizing for Palestine! A #ReadPalestineWeek Sampler. (Between the Lines, 2012-2020). (English)
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, by Omar Barghouti (Haymarket Books, 2011) ISBN: 9781608461158 (English)
MAGAZINES
Mizna has made their Palestine issue available for free.
La Platica del Norte has made this issue free.
ZINES
From Publishers for Palestine
“And Still We Write: Recent work by Palestinian poets & actions you can take to stop genocide now” (Publishers for Palestine)
“Poems for Palestine“ (Publishers for Palestine)
From Pleasure Pie
“A Gazan Young Man Dreams of a Peaceful Death,” by Mo. Alkrunz in Gaza. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“We [Palestinians] Are Not Going Away,” a series of first-person accounts. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“Sex Education in Gaza”; an interview with a Gazan sex educator on the state of sex education under occupation. (Design by Pleasure Pie, 2023)
“Queer Voices from the Fight for Palestinian Liberation” (Created in November 2023 and updated in January 2024)
“BDS: What It Is, Why It Matters,” a visual on BDS by acclaimed graphic novelist Leila Abdulrazzaq
“Israel-Palestine Explainer,” a zine by the writers at Jewish Currents
“Palestinian Artists in History & Today” (Made by Gliese Art Collective)
“Tkhines for a Free Palestine,” an illustrated collection of anti-Zionist Jewish prayers
“Free Palestine: Resources Inside!,” a zine with resources for supporting a free Palestine.
From Librarians and Archivists with Palestine:
“The ABCs of Occupation & Resistance,” a zine by Rachel Mattson, 2014.
“Human Geography in Nablus, ‘Mountain of Fire,’” a zine by Vani Natarajan and Melissa Morrone, 2014.
“Overdue Books: Returning Palestine’s ‘Abandoned Property’ of 1948,” a 2014 zine by by Hannah Mermelstein
“Prisoners’ Books at the Nablus Public Library,” a 2014 zine by Maggie Schreiner
“Handala,” a 2014 zine by Josh MacPhee.
“Wall: Palestine,” a zine by Josh MacPhee with various delegates, 2014.
A the pay-what-you-want Palestinian Fashion Zine:
“A Palestinian Fashion Zine that explores the fashion of different Palestinian cities, while drawing attention to the cultural heritage of Palestinians around the globe.” Available here.
A free zine from the CUNY Graduate Center:
A zine on advocating for Palestine:
Available in English, Arabic, German, French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese.
Two zines in Romanian:
Veganx în solidaritate cu Palestina (Un interviu cu Laura Schleifer, de Dr. Leila Dehghan). Translated by the Queer Vegan Community. Published by Pagini Libere, 2023. (Romanian)
Queerș pentru Palestina (luări de poziție, eseuri și poeme). Edited by Blocul Roz. Published by Pagini Libere, 2023. (Romanian)
Publishers for Palestine 