Queers For Palestine book club! 🇵🇸🍉📚
It's time for the third meeting of Queers For Palestine.
On Thursday 11 July, we will be discussing ‘Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women's Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System,’ a book written by Nahla Abdo. If you don’t have the book, Common Press will be having a 10% discount on the title for the month – just show the ticket for the event at the till. Otherwise, please email us at queersforpalestine@proton.me and we’ll find a way to get you the book!
Have you been wanting to do more reading about Palestine but you feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start? Join a book club with fellow queers!
We meet on the second Thursday of every month at 6.30pm at the intersectional queer bookshop The Common Press in Bethnal Green. No prior knowledge is necessary and all are welcome to join. We will be reading one book each month, and we will be discussing it in person in
the meetings.
❗Please arrive at 6.30 PM. The Common Press is wheelchair accessible but sadly the wheelchair-accessible toilets are not available due to construction work in the building.
- There are limited free tickets. The ‘Pay what you can’ tickets start from £4 and support Common Press’s staffing. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, please get in touch with @thecommonpress
About the book:
‘Nahla Abdo's Captive Revolution seeks to break the silence on Palestinian women political detainees, providing a vital contribution to research on women, revolutions, national liberation and anti-colonial resistance. Based on stories of the women themselves, as well as her own
experiences as a former political prisoner, Abdo draws on a wealth of oral history and primary research in order to analyse their anti-colonial struggle, their agency and their appalling treatment as political detainees.
Making crucial comparisons with the experiences of female political detainees in other conflicts, and emphasising the vital role Palestinian political culture and memorialisation of the ‘Nakba’have had on their resilience and resistance, Captive Revolution is a rich and revealing addition to our knowledge of this little-studied phenomenon.’
Poster design: @ahealthylevelofdissent
Upcoming dates
Thu 9 May
Thu 13 June
Thu 11 July
Thu 8 August
Otherwise, please email us at queersforpalestine@proton.me and we’ll find a way to get you the book!
- Please arrive at 6.30 for a 7 pm start.
- The Common Press is accessible and has wheelchair accessible toilets.
*No one will be turned away due to lack of funds, please get in touch with us.