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Excited to launch “Global Queer Lit”, 6 two-hour seminars that will be held online beginning on October 15th, facilitated by myself (Saleem Haddad) and Michael Langan. saleemhaddad.com/global-queer-l…

Join our partners @outonthepage for Global Queer Lit, a groundbreaking online seminar series led by Saleem Haddad سليم حداد & @mlanganwriter 🏳️‍🌈 Designed for writers and readers of LGBTQ+ fiction worldwide. Sessions start on Sunday 15 October. Book now: buff.ly/3sWwYsc

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A labour vote is drenched in the blood of Palestinians. Do not vote Labour.

Our May issue on FORGETTING is live! BOOKFABULOUS Lina Mounzer @MGeracoulis @Sultans_Seal MaluHalasa nashwa nasr eldin♠️ Mai Al-Nakib Saleem Haddad سليم حداد

That a writer should be about protesting for the rights of the disenfranchised and using their gifts of language toward justice—I learned this from the moment I learned what a writer was. You can be an “apolitical” writer all you want but don’t expect to be taken seriously.

Thankful to The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social for giving a home to my essay on reading Jean Genet during a genocide. With thanks to the wonderful edits of Lina Mounzer themarkaz.org/palestine-poli…

A beautiful essay by Saleem Haddad سليم حداد on Genet's Prisoner of Love. At a certain point, Haddad notes that "there is no second-guessing, no fear of cancellation, only a raw honesty and love that is thrilling and comforting all at once." Genet felt something similar about the Palestinians: 1/2

- “Palestine, Political Theatre & the Performance of Queer Solidarity in Jean Genet’s ‘Prisoner of Love’” - in which Saleem Haddad (Saleem Haddad سليم حداد) writes that Jean Genet’s latest book acknowledges the limitations of language in capturing the reality of the Palestinian revolution.

Proud to have signed this groundbreaking declaration, in fantastic company.

Now is a good time to support Palestinians in Gaza. Here are some organisations that are doing great work:

This was instantaneously my deepest fear as the news of the ICC arrest warrants came in. It is noticeable that as of January, at every move at the int'l justice level, there has been an immediate intensification of lethal violence against the Palestinians in Gaza. This also

In August, I revealed former British FCDO official, Mark Smith, resigned over the govt's refusal to halt arms sales to Israel. Today in the Guardian he claims senior officials illegally skewed legal assessments of human rights abuses & acuses ministers of complicity in war crimes