Palestinian Futurism

Names

• Palestinian Futurism
• Palestinian Futurisms
• Palestine Futurism
• Palestine Futurisms
• Pali Futurism
• Pali Futurisms (not to be confused with the other use of Pāli Futurism, relating to the Indian Language and Culture)
• Can overlap with or be a rejection of Palestinian Feminist Futurisms, Feminist Futurisms, Queer Futurisms, Arab Futurisms, Levant Futurisms, Indigenous Futurisms, etc.

Discussions and Panels

• Radical Imagining: Afro, Indigenous & Palestinian Futurisms, Part of the DC Palestinian Film + Arts Festival (DCPFAF), 2020. Speakers: Grace L. Dillon, Saleem Haddad, M. Asli Dukan, Basma Ghayalini. Moderated by M. Asli Dukan.

Publications

Books

• Basma Ghalayini (ed.), Palestine + 100: Stories from a Century after the Nakba, Comma Press, August 27 2019. Featuring works by Talal Abu Shawish, Anwar Hamed, Tasnim Abutabikh, Selma Dabbagh, Emad El-Din Aysha, Samir El-Youssef, Saleem Haddad, Majd Kayyal, Mazen Maarouf, Abdalmuti Maqboul, Ahmed Masoud & Rawan Yaghi.

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters

• Marya Hannun, "Afro, Indigenous, and Palestinian Futurisms: Writing Across Space and Time", ArabLit, December 10 2020.

• Haidar Eid, "Futuristic vision for Palestine", Human Geography: Special Issue, Spaces of Palestine Solidarity, Volume 14 (3), 2021.

• Hoda El Shakry, "Palestine and the Aesthetics of the Future Impossible", Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, March 18 2021.

• Tara Alami, Rawan Nabil, "The birds shall return: Imagining Palestinian feminist futurities", Briar Patch Magazine, May 04 2022.

Theses

• Leila Abdelrazaq, Palestinian Futurisms: A no-state (re)solution, and other new imaginaries, University of Michigan, LSA International Institute, March 03 2022.

See Also

Futurisms, Arab Futurisms, Global South Futurisms, New World