Palestinian women are an essentialoften silencedpart of global struggles for freedom. They are at the forefront of the anti-colonial struggle against Israels occupation of their lands, as well as being comrades in intersecting movements worldwide.
This series of interviews with Palestinian women living across Palestine and in the diaspora include a journalist on the front line of resistance against settlers and the Israeli army in the West Bank, a BDS activist, a doctor exposing Israels deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure as part of its genocidal assault on Gaza, an organiser who critiques the Palestinian Authoritys repression of social media and those making their voices heard in the diaspora, and others.
Everything We Thought Was Beautiful: Interviews with Radical Palestinian Women broadcasts these womens struggles in their own words and on all frontsagainst colonialism, white supremacy, conservatism, patriarchy, state controland Israels occupation. They discuss their politics, the fight for freedom, and their hope for the future.
Complied by Shoal Collective, a co-operative of independent writers and researchers writing for social justice and a world beyond capitalism, the voices include Ayah AlGhazzawi, Lina Nabulsy, Samah Fadil, Diana Khwaelid, Shahd Abusalama, Sireen Khudairy, Lama Suleiman, Shrouq Aila, Rana Abu Rahmah, Shatha Abu Srour, Ghada Hamdan, Mona Al-Farra, and Faiza Abu Shamsiyah with a Foreword by Huwaida Arraf.
