Palestinian cultural historian, archivist and educator based in London. He is the lead editor at the publishing house Safarjal Press. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine was published by 1804 Books and won the 2024 Palestine Book Award. His translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s novel No One Knows Their Blood Type was published by the CSU Poetry Center in 2024. His translation of Jawad Al-Aqqad’s poetry collection Leading Songbirds from the Slaughter (edited by lisa minerva luxx) is forthcoming from Safarjal Press.
For younger Palestinians, most of them diasporic, the heroics of the past are no compensation for the absence of an organized liberation movement. Abandoning the myths of statehood through negotiated settlement, they are defining the goals of liberation and return anew.
