Randa Abdel-Fattah talks to Sara Yasin about "Discipline"
For episode 5 of The PalFest Podcast, we are thrilled to bring you the award-winning author, lawyer, human rights activist and community volunteer, Randa Abdel-Fattah in conversation with PalFest's own Sara Yasin, a Palestinian-American journalist who was managing editor at the LA Times and Buzzfeed News. They discuss, among other things, Fattah's new book, Discipline, which is the PalFest Bookshelf pick for December & January 25.
This episode was recorded between Palestine and Australia on November 17th, 2025.
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Tareq Baconi in conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates about "Fire in Every Direction"
In this special live recording of The PalFest Podcast, direct from Middle Church NYC we bring you the launch of Fire in Every Direction: A Memoir, Tareq Baconi’s singular coming-of-age story about queer and political awakening from within the Palestinian diaspora. Baconi was joined by Ta-Nehisi Coates in a conversation about personal and political memoir.
Date of recording: October 26th, 2025.
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Laleh Khalili talks to Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadeh about "Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine"
In the third instalment of The PalFest Podcast we are excited to bring you Laleh Khalili, the esteemed professor and writer in conversation with the authors of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine; Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox & Rafeef Ziadah.
Date of recording: October 13th, 2025.
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Noor Hindi & George Abraham talk to Rachael Allen about "Heaven Looks Like Us"
Ahead of the UK launch of the new anthology of Palestinian poetry, Heaven Looks Like Us, on October 29th, we are thrilled to bring you George Abraham and Noor Hindi, the co-editors, in conversation with Rachael Allen, the poetry editor at Fitzcarraldo Editions.
Date of recording: October 6th, 2025.
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Batool Abu Akleen talks to Wiam El-Tamami about "48Kg."
For our very first conversation, we are incredibly lucky to have Batool Abu Akleen, brilliant young poet from Gaza, in conversation with Wiam el-Tamami, Egyptian writer and one of Batool’s translator, speaking from Berlin. They will discuss Batool’s landmark debut collection of poems, 48Kg., which critics have described as ‘profound’, ‘vital’, ‘haunting ‘and ‘an extraordinary book of poetry’.
This episode was recorded live between Gaza City & Germany.
Date of recording: September 13, 2025
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Welcome to the first podcast from the Palestine Festival of Literature – a format we’ve been wanting to bring to you for a long time.
The PalFest Podcast will highlight new books from and about Palestine, bringing writers together in conversation across borders to discuss new ideas and dig into vital histories.
Each episode will feature a different pairing of writers, presented by our co-hosts Beesan Ramadan and Mirza Waheed who, together, will guide us through these unique, essential conversations.
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