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TMR Book Club Discusses “Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader” with the editors and special guests
March 30 @ 19:00 - 20:00
Free
Join us to discuss Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader online with special guest speakers Zeina Azzam and Saleem Haddad on Sunday, March 30th at 1 pm Eastern/19:00 CET. Moderated by co-editors Malu Halasa and Jordan Elgrably.
When governments around the world enable the genocide of a people and the dilapidation of a sacred homeland, the Palestinian people stand fast and resist. The fifty-eight contributions in this collection remind readers that just as love perseveres, so do the Palestinians, and their struggles and triumphs.
Sumūd stands for a rich riposte to those who would denigrate Palestinians’ aspirations for a homeland. It also serves as a timely reminder of culture’s power and importance during occupation and war. This anthology spans the 20th and 21st centuries of Palestinian cultural history, and highlights writing from 2021–2024. It also includes twenty-five black-and-white illustrations by Palestinian artists. Published by Seven Stories Press, 2025.
This event is online and free to the public. Donations are welcome to support The Markaz Review.
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About the speakers:
Malu Halasa is a Jordanian Filipina American writer and editor, Literary Editor at The Markaz Review, and co-editor of Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader (Seven Stories Press, 2025). Her latest edited anthology is Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art From the Women’s Protests in Iran (Saqi Books, 2023).
Jordan Elgrably is a Franco-American and Moroccan writer and translator, whose stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous anthologies and reviews, including Apulée, Salmagundi, and The Paris Review. Editor-in-chief and founder of The Markaz Review. His latest edited anthology is Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction (City Lights, 2024).
Zeina Azzam is a Palestinian American poet, writer, editor, and community activist. Her books include the collection of poems Some Things Never Leave You (Tiger Bark Press, 2023) and the chapbook Bayna Bayna, In-Between (The Poetry Box, 2021). She is the poet laureate of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, for 2022–2025.
Saleem Haddad is a novelist and writer. His critically acclaimed novel, Guapa (Europa Editions, 2016) was awarded both a Stonewall Honour and the 2017 Polari First Book Prize. He also writes nonfiction and short stories, and his story for the Palestinian sci-fi anthology Palestine +100 (Comma Press, 2019) was selected as one of the best sci-fi stories of 2019. His directorial debut, Marco, premiered in 2019 and was nominated for the 2019 Iris Prize for Best British Short Film. He is currently based in Lisbon, with roots in London, Amman, Beirut, and Palestine.