Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A call to think differently and more concretely about the practice of solidarity, and a window into the world of possibility that true solidarity can grant us, defiantly insisting on the recognition and celebration of Palestine's past, present, and future.
How do we confront the need to take inevitable and often difficult political stances? How do we make sense of the destruction, uprooting, and pain that we witness? Given our seemingly impossible reality, how is mutuality constructed? In this anthology, thoughtfully arranged and introduced by editor and co-curator of the Palestine Festival of Literature, Madhdi Sabbagh, the essays speak to readers in any and all stages of witnessing structural violence, attempting mutuality work, and persevering against all odds.
The ten contributing authors each cover a world of ideas, bringing their diverse intellectual and geographic backgrounds to the forefront. Grouped into three sections--"Choices under Siege," "Witnessing," and "Mutuality"--the writers share their political choice-making, perceptive vision, and efforts at mutual understanding.
Synopsis
From the organizers of the Palestine Festival of Literature, this anthology of essays connects Palestinian resistance with global freedom struggles against settler colonialism and calls on us to think more concretely about the practice of solidarity.
The Palestine Festival of Literature, or PalFest, was created in 2008 as "a cultural initiative committed to the creation of language and ideas for combating colonialism in the 21st century." The annual festival brings authors from around the world to convene with readers, artists, writers, and activists in cities across Palestine for cross-pollination of radical art, ideas, and literature.
These efforts resulted in Beyond Frontiers, an anthology thoughtfully arranged and introduced by PalFest cocurator Mahdi Sabbagh. Contributors include writers and scholars such as Tareq Baconi and Dina Omar, architect Mabel O. Wilson, and filmmaker Omar Robert Hamilton, among others, each bringing their diverse intellectual and geographic backgrounds to the forefront. Each piece grapples with the questions: How do we confront the need to take inevitable and often difficult political stances? How do we make sense of the destruction, uprooting, and pain that we witness? And given our seemingly impossible reality, how is mutuality constructed?