{"product_id":"blood-orange-by-yaffa-as","title":"Blood Orange by Mx. Yaffa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Orange\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They\/She), a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Their writings probe the yearning for home, belonging, mental health, queerness, transness, and other dimensions of marginalization while nurturing dreams of utopia against the background of ongoing displacement and genocide of indigenous Palestinians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection came quickly and relentlessly, drawn from the depths of the author's soul during a movement for a free Palestine and aligned with a solar eclipse. It beckons readers to re-evaluate what is perceived as immutable and to imagine pathways toward Utopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Orange\u003c\/em\u003e - the title an homage to the Yaffa Oranges (which were appropriated first by the British and subsequently by Israel) refers to the author themselves, their homeland and blood spilled in the name of settler colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis highly charged and cathartic body of work confronts the anguish and loss inflicted by genocide but also embraces a vision of a world free of it. The poems within \u003cem\u003eBlood Orange\u003c\/em\u003e were a means of working through and processing the grief caused by recent events and serve as an act of protest and defiance against settler colonialism as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMx. Yaffa(They\/She)\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed disabled, autistic, trans, queer, Muslim, and indigenous Palestinian individual who has received multiple awards for their transformative work around displacement, decolonization, equity, and centering the lived experiences of individuals most impacted by injustice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003eMx. Yaffa is the Executive Director of Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD), as well as the founder of several non-profits and community project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003eMx. Yaffa is an engineer, death and birthing doula, peer support specialist, consultant, and artist. Mx. Yaffa is a storyteller and an equity and transformation consultant, having shared their story with over 150,000 audience members at speaking events globally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46146569109564,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/51u6OF68uIL._SL1360.jpg?v=1789047950","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/blood-orange-by-yaffa-as","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}