Recording of Poets for Palestine online fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians on 30 October 2023.
We request that if you would like to watch the event, please make a donation to to MAP here:: https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
Poets for Palestine come together to express their unwavering support and solidarity to all those affected by the tragic conflict in the region. Like so many of you we feel distraught and helpless as events continue to unfold, with thousands of Palestinian civilians, half of whom are children, now dead or in desperate need of aid following Israel's breaches of international law and the Geneva Convention.
This event included short readings and pre-recordings from prominent international poets who have openly supported the rights of Palestinian people, and called to end Israeli occupation, as well as a conversation between Shareefa Energy and Nabil Al-Raee, speaking from the West Bank to what is happening there.
A document containing details of and links to the poems read, and other useful links, can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eZJ33A4yKUcRVhkwxgTBpf7-AkQwXWsBzjtmky3d_3Y/edit?usp=sharing
The evening was hosted by Hanan Issa, and readers include: Lowkey, Chen Chen, Omar Sakr, Mira Mattar, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Leone Ross, Zaffar Kunial, Natalie Shapero, Zeina Hashem Beck, Joelle Taylor, Jay Bernard, Yousif M. Qasmiyeh, lisa luxx, Shareefa Energy, Alycia Pirmohamed, Rebecca Tamás, Nuar Alsadir, Sanah Ahsan, Maryam Hessavi, Azad Ashim Sharma, Sandeep Parmar, AK Blakemore, Juana Adcock , So Mayer, Inua Ellams, Eve Esfandiari-Denney and Adam Kammerling.
Event organised by Out-Spoken Press, with the support and solidarity of our independent publisher friends at Makina Books, The 87 Press, Hajar Press, Broken Sleep Books, Haymarket Books, Saqi Books, Pamenar Press, Prototype and Bloodaxe Books.