By Louis Brehony “Our songs are swords when we brandish them.” – Mahmoud Darwish Descriptions of assassinated Palestinian writer and leader Ghassan Kanafani are not merely superlative. A novelist, political theorist, Marxist-Leninist, newspaper editor, visual […]
By Peren Birsaygılı Mut “Unlike the narrative in Zionist literary texts, Palestinian writers defended their cities with an ancient heritage, a living population, a strong faith, and deeply rooted culture, upholding the dignity of the […]
By Romana Rubeo In this episode of The FloodGate podcast, Baroud and Brehony explore four key elements of Ghassan Kanafani’s legacy—from his unwavering commitment to guerrilla resistance to his revolutionary vision for Palestinian unity. […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The episode sheds new light on Kanafani’s revolutionary Marxist politics and his lasting influence on global movements for liberation. In a new episode of the FloodGate podcast, Palestine Chronicle editor […]
By Haidar Eid What would they have said about October 7 and the subsequent ongoing Genocide? How would they have positioned this particular historical moment within the world of “representation and historical narrative”? Ghassan […]
By Benay Blend When asked why the Front refused to engage in peace talks, Kanafani retorted that such talks resulted in “capitulation,” a form of “conversation between the sort and the neck” that ended in […]
By Benay Blend In a move that highlights Kanafani’s call for breaking boundaries, students from various associations in Gaza issued a statement calling for a global student bloc. Shortly after October 7, students at Columbia […]
By Louis Brehony Ghassan’s leadership went “far beyond” his official positions, according to his Syrian friend and comrade Adnan Badr Helou, author of ‘The Airport of Revolution in the Shade of Ghassan Kanafani.’ Witnessing the […]
By Benay Blend Kanafani’s ability to transform the suffering of the Palestinian people into resistance literature proved a serious threat to the Zionist state. Assassinated in Beirut on July 8, 1972, by Israeli agents, Ghassan […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian farmers in Gaza began the process of harvesting their crops in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestine Chronicle recently reported on the harvest of strawberries. Yesterday, Palestine Chronicle correspondent […]
By Ramzy Baroud & Romana Rubeo On Monday, October 31, Palestinians in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Occupied East Jerusalem, observed a general strike. The strike was declared to be part of the community’s […]
By Haidar Eid This song has been released at a cultural event in Gaza titled ‘A World of Our Own: Besiege Your Siege’, celebrating Palestinian culture and emphasizing its organic relation with resistance. Palestinian […]
By Benay Blend “While it is of its time, specific to the political and economic circumstances of Kanafani’s era,” writes Steven Salaita in the introduction to Ghassan Kanafani’s On Zionist Literature (2022), “it speaks to […]
By Haidar Eid Bodies fall, but not the idea. (Ghassan Kanafani) The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Ghassan Kanafani coincides with the passing of 15 years of the Fatah-Hamas rift, instigated by the […]
By Palestine Chronicle Staff On this day, 50 years ago, Palestinian militant intellectual Ghassan Kanafani, 36, was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad, who planted a bomb in his car in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. […]
By Benay Blend In the run-up to the elections, Joe Biden declared that what unites the United States and Israel goes beyond the exchange of weapons, though that is a major part of his agenda. […]
By Ramzy Baroud (To the memory of Ghassan Kanafani, an iconic Palestinian leader and engaged intellectual who was assassinated by the Israeli Mossad on July 8, 1972) Years before the United States invaded Iraq […]
By Haidar Eid (Kanafani, Ghassan . Men in the Sun. (Trans. Hilary Kilpatrick). London: Heinemann, 1978. —. All That’s Left to You. (Trans. May Jayyusi and Jeremy Reed). Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 1990.) […]
By Nicholas Vincenzo Barney (Wild Thorns. Sahar Khalifeh. Interlink Books, New York, 1985) For decades Palestinian literature has shown promise of making the leap from cult to major religion. There have been three leading prophets: […]
By Yves Engler Toronto church Trinity-St. Paul’s shameful suppression of a Palestinian youth cultural event highlights anti-Palestinian rot festering in the United Church of Canada. It ought to also shine a light on a little […]
By Yves Engler The Jewish Defence League and B’nai Brith are boasting that they convinced the Trinity-St. Paul Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts to cancel a room booking “to celebrate the artistic and cultural contributions of Palestinians in the diaspora.” […]
Israel removed a memorial statue in the city of Acre this week dedicated to Palestinian intellectual and writer Ghassan Kanafani. The statue was set up in a cemetery by Palestinians in the northern Israeli city […]
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