A groundbreaking anthology amplifying queer Palestinian voices through art and storytelling that reclaim identity, resist erasure, and challenge stereotypes.
Homosexual Intifada is a powerful and groundbreaking anthology spotlighting the voices of queer Palestinian writers from both the diaspora and homeland. This first-of-its-kind collection features a dynamic range of LGBTQ+ Palestinian perspectives through deeply personal essays, short stories, poetry, comics, photo essays, and memoir.
Centering queer Palestinian identity and experience, this essential volume explores themes of displacement, assimilation, belonging, and love across geographies--from Jerusalem and Ramallah to New York, Beirut, and beyond. These stories, often silenced or misrepresented in Western media, challenge false narratives, boldly reclaim agency, and dismantle stereotypes.
Contributors include celebrated and emerging queer Palestinian authors such as Noor Hindi, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Elias Jahshan, Randa Jarrar, and more.
More than just a literary work, Homosexual Intifada is a radical act of visibility. It challenges the pinkwashing of queer identities in service of imperial agendas and affirms the existence, resilience, and diversity of LGBTQ+ Palestinians worldwide. This collection is a vital contribution to queer literature, Arab identity, and decolonial thought.
Praise for Homosexual Intifada:
"Through essays, stories, poems, photos and art of this timely anthology, there runs the painful realization that one freedom cannot be cancelled with or for another freedom. One needs to fight for both - and all - freedoms at the same time."--Tabish Khair, award-winning author of Nameste Trump and Other Stories
"By turns enchanting and erudite, humorous and heartbreaking, this collection of folktales, poetry, and memoir provides a fascinating look at queer Palestinian culture and resistance. Boldly addressing the false belief that queerness does not exist in Arab or Middle Eastern culture...For queer Palestinians, the joint liberation struggle is unstoppable, "Intifada--the refusal to disappear. Intifada--our love of the land and one another. Intifada--our future inevitable." A unique and outstanding anthology. "
"Interlink's recent publication, Homosexual Intifada, is the perfect encapsulation of our mission of truth-telling and representing Palestine beyond the headlines. It is the first-ever queer Palestinian anthology to be published in the United States. We brought [together] voices from the diaspora, but also from the homeland, with everything from poetry to memoir and speculative fiction. We even have a little bit of fine art in the book as well." From the interview: Publishing Pride 2026: Hannah Moushabeck, Interlink Publishing--Sam Spratford
George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern's Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.
Hannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker who was raised in a family of publishers and booksellers and learned the power of literature at a young age. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books, The Quarto Group, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
