The PalFest Podcast

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. Subscribe to the PalFest Bookshelf here Buy a copy of Fire in Every Direction here Find us on our website or our socials: Insta: @palfest Bluesky: @palfest.bsky.social YouTube: @Palfest Sign up on Patreon for more content in the future

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. Subscribe to the PalFest Bookshelf here Buy a copy of Resisting Erasure here Find us on our website or our socials: Insta: @palfest Bluesky: @palfest.bsky.social YouTube: @Palfest Sign up on Patreon for more content in the future

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. Get your tickets for the book launch in London here Subscribe to the PalFest Bookshelf here Buy a copy of Heaven Looks Like Us here Find us on our website or our socials: Insta: @palfest Bluesky: @palfest.bsky.social YouTube: @Palfest Sign up on Patreon for more content in the future

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 Support Batool here.  Follow Batool on Insta: @batool_abu_akleen Find Wiam at her website. Subscribe to the PalFest Bookshelf here Buy a copy of 48Kg. here Find us on our website or our socials: Insta: @palfest Bluesky: @palfest.bsky.social YouTube: @Palfest Sign up on Patreon for more content in the future