This year, during Read Palestine Week (November 29-December 5), we are focusing on raising funds for writers who are in Gaza or recently left Gaza. Send us a note at publishersforpalestine@gmail.com if there is a writer you think should be added to this list.
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Batool Abu Akleen is a 20-year-old Palestinian poet and translator, born and raised in Gaza City. Her collection 48kg came out this year from Tenement Press, and she also contributed to Comma Press’s Voices of Resistance and edited the anthology Sea Shells for Modern Poetry in Translation. Batool also was the force behind the 2025 Gaza Literary Translation Workshop Series, for which sixteen Gaza-based Palestinian translators were selected. Find more about Batool and donate to her campaign.
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Heba Al-Agha is a mother, amateur writer, and creative writing educator at the A.M. Qattan Foundation in Gaza City; she was a key mentor to Batool Abu Akleen and other poets in Gaza. Find out more about Heba and donate to Heba’s GoFundMe.
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Samar Al Gussien is a Palestinian writer from Gaza, a distinctive voice in contemporary poetry that reflects life under war and resistance, capturing the cries and resilience of Palestinian girlhood. Her work has been published in Modern Poetry in Translation and Al-Ayyam newspaper, and her texts have been translated into multiple languages. She is currently contributing to an upcoming poetry anthology in Italy and is working on publishing her independent book, which continues to explore themes of resistance, loss, and beauty in the face of trauma. Find out more about Samar and donate to Samar’s GoFundMe.
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Marah Muhammad Al-Khatib is a student in data science in Gaza who is one of the laureates of ArabLit’s Summer 2025 Gaza Literary Translation Series; her work has appeared in Spanish with Elvantodelsuimangr and Gaza Tarevista. Find out more about Marah and donate to her through PayPal here; put “For Marah” in the comments.
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Mahmoud Alshaer is an editor, curator, and poet who, until October 2023, was deeply involved in cultural work in Gaza, leading initiatives such as Majalla 28 and Gallery 28 and coordinating the cultural program at Al Ghussein Cultural House in Gaza’s old city. Mahmoud is currently in Bilbao, you can follow his updates via his Go Fund Me page. Learn more about Mahmoud here.
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Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a Palestinian writer, poet, and editor from Gaza, and a 19-year-old English literature student at the Islamic University of Gaza. Through her writing, she aims to amplify Gaza’s voice and bring to light stories that are too often left untold. Find out more about Taqwa here and support her work through this PayPal account.
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Basman Eldirawi’s work is also featured in the Publishers for Palestine collections Poems for Palestine and And Still We Write and in the “Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!“ issue of ArabLit Quarterly.
Bassem Hussen Al Diwari is an accomplished playwright and theatre artist.
Learn more about Basman & Bassem, and donate to their joint GoFundMe.
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Omar Hamad is a pharmacist, writer, and tailor from Gaza and he — along with friends — is working to rebuild the first library in Gaza after all libraries were destroyed in the last two years. Donate to the fundraising campaign now.
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Yahia Al Hamarna is a young poet from Gaza who wrote and published his first poetry collection, My Voice Cannot Be Bombed (Iskra Books, UK). Find out more about Yahia and donate to his campaign.
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Husam Maarouf is a poet and journalist from Gaza. He has published two poetry collections, Death Smells Like Glass and The Barber Loyal To His Dead Clients, and the novel Ram’s Chisel. He is also co-founder of a new publishing house, Gaza Publications. Find out more about Husam and you can contribute to Husam & his work here. You can also help out his publishing house by buying one of their books.
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Baraa’h Qandeel is a writer and translator who participated in the 2025 Gaza Literary Translation Workshop Series mentioned above. She is fundraising both to survive and for grad school. You can donate here and learn more about Baraa’h here.
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Wasim Said is the author of Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza, published in October 2025 by 1804 Books in collaboration with Liberated Texts and the People’s Center for Palestine.Written from Gaza after multiple displacements from his home in Beit Hanoun, the book offers a firsthand account of the genocide through collective testimony. Wasim, who remains in Gaza, has recently launched a collective fundraiser for a group of families. You can also learn more about Wasim here.
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Mohammed Zaqzooq is a writer, editor, and researcher born in Khan Younis in 1990. He studied Arabic language and literature at Al-Aqsa University and is a contributor to various Palestinian and Arab platforms. Learn more about Mohammed and donate to Mohammed’s Go Fund me.
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