Book Launch:'Everything We Thought Was Beautiful': Interviews With Radical Palestinian Women

Join writers' co-op Shoal Collective for the launch of 'Everything We Thought Was Beautiful': Interviews With Radical Palestinian Women.We will be reading excerpts from the book and will be in conversation with some of those interviewed via video-link, followed by Palestinian nibbles.Three years since Israel began its genocide in Gaza and the headlines have vanished.

The Israeli regime continues to systematically erode the possibility of Palestinians to live with dignity, enjoying less scrutiny since the start of its supposed 'ceasefire' a year ago.

World leaders pay lip service to the regime's crimes against humanity while remaining full participants in genocide.

Western media still invites Palestinians to comment only on the humanitarian situation and the horrors they endure, while no space is made for their political agency and experience.

Within this, women are often portrayed as passive victims of violence.As Israel expands its deadly colonial project across Palestine and Lebanon, it's never been a more important time to hear from Palestinian female activists.

Edited by Shoal Collective, 'Everything We Thought Was Beautiful' features 13 interviews with Palestinian women spanning continents and years.

Women who are not only active in the struggle for the freedom of their people but in globally connected struggles for liberation.

Interviewees include Ayah Al-Ghazzawi, a BDS activist in Gaza, Shatha Abu Srour, a disability rights advocate in Bethlehem, and Samah Fadil, an Afro-Palestinian writer and poet in Tiohtia:ke/Montreal, Canada.Children of all ages are welcome and there will be an unsupervised kidspace.

Please note that the themes of the book centre around settler colonialism, violence, apartheid, and genocide.The venue is fully accessible.Free entry but donations are appreciated to help us cover costs.For more details about the book or to buy, please see PM Press UK: https://pmpress.org.uk/product/everything-we-thought-was-beautiful/Fifty percent of author royalties that Shoal Collective receives from the publisher are being donated to Palestinian fundraisers and organisations chosen by the women interviewed.

The remainder go towards book-related expenses.

For more on Shoal Collective, see https://shoalcollective.org/