Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology

by George Abraham (Editor), Hannah Moushabeck (Editor)

Genres: Queer, Nonfiction, Anthologies, Poetry, Indigenous

248 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2026

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Aditi · Rating 5 out of 5]

omgggg first rating for this book! Ty Interlink Publishing for letting me read a copy in advance.

This book is one of the first anthology of its kind published in the US. It features poetry, essays, and stories from queer Palestinian authors. I absolutely loved it, especially specific stories such as Hannah M's "Procreation in the time of Genocide." There were a few stories even featuring stunning art work.

I hope everyone picks this up and learns from it. The Palestinian struggle for liberation is intimately tied with Queer liberation. This is the case not only for Palestine but for anti-oppression in general. The feminist struggle, the LGTBQ movement, the civil rights movements, and anti oppression movements in India, DRC, Sudan are also spearheaded and connected with Queer liberation.

Some of these stories were heartbreaking and devastating, but I am grateful to receive the opportunity to listen to and learn from Queer voices. We MUST see a Free Palestine in our lifetime. We MUST see Queer liberation in our lifetime. We MUST see liberation, anti-oppression, and the downfall of capitalism in our lifetime.

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA PALESTINE WILL BE FREE.

I'll be posting about this great book as we get closer to the release date on my bookstagram, follow me! https://www.instagram.com/aditisbooki...

Once again, TY Interlink, Edelweiss and to all the wonderful contributors of this anthology <3

[dobbs the dog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Received from Edelweiss, thanks!

This was a great read.

I don't read a lot of anthologies, but this one felt quite different, because there was no set genre to the writing. There was fiction, non-fiction, essays, poems, and more. Having that mix of genres and types of writing really made the reading go by very quickly. I really liked all but one of the pieces that are included, which I think is pretty fantastic! That out of so many writings I really liked virtually all of them.

This certainly isn't an easy read, but it's also not an overly heavy read. Some of the pieces are, but with the variety, it didn't feel as heavy as some works I've read on Palestine.