About this Event
Join co-editors George Abraham and Hannah Moushabeck, alongside contributor and journalist Afeef Nessouli, for an evening of readings, conversation, and community as they explore themes of identity, resistance, and love.
This special event offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from the queer Palestinian writers and artists that challenge dominant narratives, confront erasure, and affirm the richness and resilience of queer Palestinian life. A book signing will follow the discussion.
Publisher proceeds of this book will be donated to Palestinian LGBTQ+ human rights groups.
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About the Book:
A groundbreaking anthology amplifying queer Palestinian voices through art and storytelling that reclaim identity, resist erasure, and challenge stereotypes.
Homosexual Intifada is a powerful and groundbreaking anthology spotlighting the voices of queer Palestinian writers from both the diaspora and homeland. This first-of-its-kind collection features a dynamic range of LGBTQ+ Palestinian perspectives through deeply personal essays, short stories, poetry, comics, photo essays, and memoir.
Centering queer Palestinian identity and experience, this essential volume explores themes of displacement, assimilation, belonging, and love across geographies—from Jerusalem and Ramallah to New York, Beirut, and beyond. These stories, often silenced or misrepresented in Western media, challenge false narratives, boldly reclaim agency, and dismantle stereotypes.
Contributors include celebrated and emerging queer Palestinian authors such as Noor Hindi, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Elias Jahshan, Randa Jarrar, and more.
More than just a literary work, Homosexual Intifada is a radical act of visibility. It challenges the pinkwashing of queer identities in service of imperial agendas and affirms the existence, resilience, and diversity of LGBTQ+ Palestinians worldwide. This collection is a vital contribution to queer literature, Arab identity, and decolonial thought.
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George Abraham (they/he) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.
Hannah Moushabeck (she/her) is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker who was raised in a family of publishers and booksellers and learned the power of literature at a young age. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books, The Quarto Group, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
Afeef Nessouli is a journalist and host of "With Afeef Nessouli" and is a journalist with The Intercept. He has previously worked for Spotify and The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and CNN. He focuses on queer and Arab stories. Afeef spent 9 weeks in Gaza as a humanitarian aid worker in 2025, and just came back to the United States from covering the war in Beirut, Lebanon.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, 208 West 13th Street, New York, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 22.00
