Heaven Looks Like UsHeaven Looks Like Us

"A love letter to Palestinian ancestors, their descendants, and their land; to all anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles; to a history that will never be forgotten; and to a future in which there thrives a free, free Palestine. In defiance of dispossession and decades of military siege, of unrelenting violence and thousands of martyred people, the 'permission to narrate,' as Edward Said wrote, is a necessary tool for self-determination. These poems reclaim that power, bridging borders, languages, and generations to forge new conversations around resistance and liberation. As Palestinian history remains haunted by exile, violence, and grief, so, too, are the poems in this anthology. Editors George Abraham and Noor Hindi present these realities alongside queer and feminist perspectives, meditations on land, love, and time, and lineages of protest. These poets dare to imagine a future beyond a nation-state for Palestinian people everywhere. Contributors include Refaat Alareer, Mahmoud Darwish, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mohammed El-Kurd, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Hala Alyan, Fady Joudah, Heba Abu Nada, and many others, both established and ascending"-- Page 4 of cover.