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Yet he also finds tenderness for the other, the dead, and the disappeared, bringing together the language of medicine with the language of desire in images at once visceral and vulnerable. A symptomatic moon. A peach, quartered like a heart, and a heart, quartered like a peach. \"Icall the finding of certain things loss.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoudah is a translator between the heart and the mind, the flesh and the more-than-flesh, the word body and the world body-and between languages, with a polyglot's hyperresonant sensibility. In \"Sagittal Views,\" the book's middle section, Joudah collaborates with Golan Haji, a Kurdish Syrian writer, to foreground the imaginative act of constructing memory and history. 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Told from the perspective of the author's brother's experience in prison and that of those in Gaza struggling to survive displacement, starvation, and attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn October of 2023, Sabaaneh went on a tour in Europe to promote his book about life under occupation in Palestine. Whether a Palestinian is inside a detention center or in any city or village, they are all in a big prison. The book ends with one message: 'we will not leave.' Upon his return to Palestine, he was trapped within the walls of his home-unable to see his aging parents, or his brother, who was locked away in an Israeli detention center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins this vital story of struggle and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohammad Sabaaneh\u003c\/b\u003e is a Palestinian cartoonist. He is the principal cartoonist for the Palestinian Authority's daily newspaper, \u003ci\u003eAl-Hayat al-Jadida.\u003c\/i\u003e Sabaaneh is a Middle East representative for the Cartoonists Rights Network International and teaches art at the Arab American University of Palestine. His graphic novel \u003ci\u003ePower Born of Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e which tells the autobiographical story of his time as a political prisoner in Israel, received the Palestine Book Award. He has also collaborated with Khaled A. Beydoun on \u003ci\u003eEyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation,\u003c\/i\u003e which chronicles recent events in Palestine. 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A landmark text for revolutionaries and activists, \u003ci\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is an eternal touchstone for civil rights, anti-colonialism, psychiatric studies, and Black consciousness movements around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside Cornel West's introduction, the book features critical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Homi K. Bhabha. This sixtieth anniversary edition of Fanon's most famous text stands proudly alongside such pillars of anti-colonialism and anti-racism as Edward Said's \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrantz Fanon\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Martinique in 1925. He served in the French Army during World War II, and later studied medicine and psychiatry in France, where he published his first book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Skin, White Masks\u003c\/i\u003e in 1952. He joined the Algerian Nationalist Movement in the mid-1950s, and published \u003ci\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e shortly before dying of leukemia in December 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45932590792764,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9780802158635_cfl.jpg?v=1785272035"},{"product_id":"if-i-must-die-by-refaat-alareer","title":"If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose by Refaat Alareer \u0026 edited by Yousef M. 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He was just forty-four years old, but had already established a worldwide reputation that was further enhanced when, in the wake of his death, the poem that gives this book its title became a global sensation. \"If I Must Die\" is included here, alongside Refaat's other poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefaat wrote extensively about a range of topics: teaching Shakespeare and the way Shylock could be appreciated by young Palestinian students; the horrors of living under repeated brutal assaults in Gaza, one of which, in 2014, killed another of his brothers; and the generosity of Palestinians to each other, fighting, in the face of it all, to be the one paying at the supermarket checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuch pieces, some never before published, have been curated here by one of Refaat's closest friends and collaborators. This collection forms a fitting testament to a remarkable writer, educator, and activist, one whose voice will not be silenced by death but will continue to assert the power of learning and humanism in the face of barbarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRefaat Alareer \u003c\/strong\u003egained his PhD with a dissertation on the poetry of John Donne. He taught English Literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, now destroyed. 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Translated from Arabic and edited by Tayseer Abu Odeh and Sherah Bloor, this collection gathers the voices of poets currently living in Palestinian territory, most of whom have never left. Yet the poems in \u003ci\u003eYou Must Live\u003c\/i\u003e refuse to cast their speakers as perpetual victims. Diverse voices and styles shine throughout-powerful, prayerful, theatrical, and even humorous-as poets write love letters to the landscape, elegies for martyrs and homes, and proclamations for the future. Negotiating the interplay between aesthetics and politics, the individual and the collective, \u003ci\u003eYou Must Live\u003c\/i\u003e sounds as an urgent call to the global community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTayseer Abu Odeh\u003c\/b\u003e is a Palestinian-Jordanian writer and translator. Among other outlets, his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review, Arab Studies Quarterly, Journal of Postcolonial Writing,\u003c\/i\u003e and Harvard Divinity School's \u003ci\u003ePeripheries: A Journal of Word, Image, and Sound.\u003c\/i\u003e He serves as an international advisor on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies\u003c\/i\u003e and as a judge for writing competitions, including the Jubilee Institute's 2022 award for creative writing. Abu Odeh is the recipient of several awards that have funded language, social activism, and literature study in Japan and the United States. He has also received a visiting scholar fellowship at the University of California, San Diego, and recognition for his outstanding contributions to research at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, from which Abu Odeh received a PhD in English literatureand criticism in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSherah Bloor\u003c\/b\u003e is a South African poet and scholar. Her first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering,\u003c\/i\u003e an epic in cantos, is forthcoming from Omnidawn in fall 2026. She is currently working on a second collection, tentatively titled \u003ci\u003eArchives of the Free World.\u003c\/i\u003e Having studied philosophy and social theory in Australia, she is completing a doctorate at Harvard University in philosophy of religion on the medical history of the mystical and poetic imagination. 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While QTBIPOC have a long and visible presence in the city, they always appear as newcomers in queer urban maps and archives in which white queers appear as the only historical subjects imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first collection of its kind to feature the art, activism, and writings of QTBIPOC in Toronto, \u003cem\u003eMarvellous Grounds\u003c\/em\u003e tells the stories that have shaped Toronto’s landscape but are frequently forgotten or erased. Responding to an unmistakable desire in QTBIPOC communities for history and lineage, this rich volume allows us to imagine new ancestors and new futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJin Haritaworn\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor at York University, focusing on issues surrounding Gender, Race, and the Environment. Holding a PhD in Sociology from London South Bank University and a master's degree in Gender \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies from Greenwich University, Haritaworn's work intersects queer theory with critical race studies, urban studies, and the intricacies of transnational gender sexuality studies. His research examines the landscapes shaped by racial colonial capitalism, particularly the celebration and pathologization of marginalized communities. Haritaworn has authored and edited several impactful publications, including the books \u003cem\u003eQueer Lovers Hateful\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBiopolitics Mixing\u003c\/em\u003e. A noted scholar in queer color formations, his research highlights collaboration within queer trans Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. Haritaworn actively supervises graduate students in the Gender, Feminist Women’s Studies, and Social Political Thought programs, fostering critical dialogue on social movements and biopolitics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeTextContainerauthor7081202\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhaida Moussa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar, educator, and dj, who is passionately drawn to creative articulations of resistance, identity, memory, and space. She holds a bi-disciplinary Master’s degree in International Development and Global Studies, and Women’s Studies from the University of Ottawa. She is currently undertaking her Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought at York University in Toronto, Canada. The past couple of years, she has been devoted to translating anti-colonial notions onto dance floors, thinking through “home” in the cracks between anchored locations and collective memory, and practicing pedagogy from the heart in the classroom and in alternate spaces of education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-9f63f94335de3d15939f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" id=\"block-9f63f94335de3d15939f\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.383333s;\" class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sqsrte-text-color--accent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSyrus Marcus Ware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts, McMaster University. His research creation practice spans drawing, installation, and performance and considers social justice frameworks and Black activist culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.4s;\"\u003eSyrus' recent curatorial projects include \u003cem\u003eAnd the Spaces Between Us Smiled \u003c\/em\u003efor Nuit Blanche, central zone (City of Toronto, 2024), \u003cem\u003eThat’s So Gay\u003c\/em\u003e (Gladstone Hotel, 2016-2019), \u003cem\u003eRe:Purpose \u003c\/em\u003e(Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2014) and \u003cem\u003eThe Church Street Mural Project\u003c\/em\u003e (Church-Wellesley Village, 2013). Syrus was co-curator of \u003cem\u003eThe Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, a two-year disability arts performance initiative of the National Arts Centre with Dr. Sarah Garton Stanley. He is part of the inaugural curatorial team for the centre’s National Creation Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.416667s;\"\u003eSyrus is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter–Canada and the Wildseed Centre for Art \u0026amp; Activism. He is the innovator of the Wildseed Black Arts Fellowship, the Put Your Roots Down Residency and the Black August Residency. Syrus is a past co-curator of Blackness Yes!\/Blockorama, the largest and longest-running programming at the Pride Toronto Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fe-block fe-block-21cd663f588ab150b499\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block\" id=\"block-21cd663f588ab150b499\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-text-block-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-duration: 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.433333s;\"\u003eSyrus has won several awards, including the Mayworks Labour Award (2017) and the TD Diversity Award (2017). Syrus was voted Best Queer Activist by NOW Magazine (2005) and was awarded the Steinert and Ferreiro Award (2012). He is a board member for the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and board treasurer for Wildseed Centre for Art \u0026amp; Activism. Syrus holds a doctorate from York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. He is the co-editor of the best-selling \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/uofrpress.ca\/Books\/U\/Until-We-Are-Free\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eUntil We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Regina Press, 2020), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenstories.com\/books\/4483-abolition-is-love\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolition is Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Triangle Square\/Penguin Random House, 2023),  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/btlbooks.com\/book\/marvellous-grounds\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarvellous Grounds: Queen of Colour Formations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Between the Lines, 2018) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/utppublishing.com\/doi\/book\/10.3138\/9781487522858\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueering Urban Justice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (University of Toronto Press, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45932659802172,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781771133647_800_1200_90.jpg?v=1785273249"},{"product_id":"tauhou-a-novel-by-kotuku-titihuia-nuttall","title":"Tauhou: A Novel by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row main-product-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"col-main\" class=\"page-product product-single\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDear grandmother, I am writing this song, over and over again, for you. I am a stranger in this place, he tauhou ahau, reintroducing myself to your land. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTauhou\u003c\/em\u003e is an inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, a writer of Māori and Coast Salish descent. This innovative hybrid novel envisions a shared past between two Indigenous cultures, set on reimagined versions of Vancouver Island and Aotearoa New Zealand that sit side by side in the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter is a fable, an autobiographical memory, a poem. A monster guards cultural objects in a museum, a woman uncovers her own grave, another woman remembers her estranged father. 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