Tag: Fiction

From The MuslimMatters Bookshelf: Palestinian Literature For All Ages

Published November 19, 2023 By Zainab bint Younus When mainstream media (mostly) suppresses Palestinian voices, when you don’t know how you can help, when you want to support out Palestinian brothers and sisters in occupied territories and in the diaspora – make du’a, donate, amplify your support and read Palestinian … Continue reading From The MuslimMatters Bookshelf: Palestinian Literature For All Ages

World Literature Today. A Conversation with Palestine Prize Laureate Ibrahim Nasrallah

I had an incredible opportunity to interview renowned Palestinian writer, Ibrahim Nasrallah on behalf of World Literature Today. After publishing it's landmark issue Palestine Voices 2021, Lena Jayyusi said, “Thank you for your vision and courage in producing the ‘Palestine Voices’ issue of WLT. Despite … Continue reading World Literature Today. A Conversation with Palestine Prize Laureate Ibrahim Nasrallah

The Land Beneath the Light: An interview with author Shereen Malherbe on her new Palestinian novel

“When we read classic literature we now use them as references for society despite them being fictional texts. What I want to create are representative, authentic texts that include Muslims as contributors to society. Having a Muslim narrative should not pigeonhole our work into a … Continue reading The Land Beneath the Light: An interview with author Shereen Malherbe on her new Palestinian novel