Brigette Lundy-Paine Instagram – clips from last nights Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest livestreamed event in London, “How Empires End.”
1. Gaza born Palestinian journalist and human rights advocate Yara Eid @eid_yara speaks on individual responsibility, “every single free human on this planet needs to fight for justice and peace of Palestinians and our dignity and a free Palestine”
2. British-Egyptian poet, playwright performer and writer Sabrina Mahfouz reads an excerpt from her play A History of Water in the Middle East
3. Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed el-Kurd @mohammedelkurd eulogizes his friend Refaat Alreer, the Palestinian writer, poet, professor and activist assassinated in Gaza by Israel last week on December 7. el-Kurd describes Alreer, (who is still under the rubble in Gaza), as a voice of courage and satire, and encourages us to be the same. “Over there they are subjected to a genocide, but here we are at war and each one of us has an active role to play”
Other speakers include journalist Ahmed Alnaouq @ahmed_alnaouq poet Raymond Antrobus @raymond_antrobus , author Omar Barghouti, activist and performer Morgan Bassichis @morgankindof and writer Kamila Shamsie @kshamsie
The event is opened with a beautiful piece on the sax/poetry by Soweto Kinch @sowetokinch
highly recommend watching the entire event and following @palfest | Posted on 15/Dec/2023 04:54:56
