Sumud

Praise

“The world cracked open and Palestine was revealed in all her beauty and pain. This book is a love letter, a prayer for survival, and a poem of resistance.”
—Nan Goldin

“If books could save the living, this one would rescue a nation. Sumūd is a vital anthology of writing and art that beats with the heart of Palestinian resilience, creativity, and resistance, much of it astonishingly composed amid an ongoing genocide.” 
—Moustafa Bayoumi, author of the American Book Award winner How Does It Feel To Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America

“This must-read anthology is an important contribution to our struggle for the truth against those who attempt to bury or distort it. Sumūd is full of heart and sets down the record of our time truthfully and eloquently, while serving as an antidote to the live-streamed Israeli horrors and US’s complicity in the genocide.”
—Michel Moushabeck, writer, editor, and founder of Interlink Publishing

“A powerful anthology that courses through Palestinian history and culture bringing together a multiplicity of voices, both academic and artistic. The desire to destroy and denigrate Palestinians and their culture predate, but are an integral part of, the Zionist project. This anthology serves as a manual of resistance; it showcases the range of fine writing on Palestine while documenting Palestinian resilience throughout the decades.”
—Selma Dabbagh, author of Out of It and editor of We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers

“The ongoing attempted erasure of Palestine and its people by Israel is shown in detail in the varied contributions to this overwhelming anthology, as well as the Palestinians’ will to survive and persist in their full humanity.” 
—Lucy Sante, author of I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

“It’s astonishing to me that, despite the blizzard of barbarism currently being visited on them, Palestinians continue to produce such stunning writing. This excellent compilation is essential reading.”
—Brian Eno, musician, visual artist, and activist for Palestinian liberation