The Key | A magazine from the Palestine Festival of Literature

Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”

Oct 11, 2026

•

6 min read

Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”

A new, forthcoming translation of a remarkable extended essay from one of Palestine’s most important thinkers and writers.

Rashid Khalidi

Current Issue

Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time

Bisan Nateel

Oct 11, 2026

Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time

Current Issue

Yahya Ashour

Oct 8, 2026

The Violence of English

Oct 8, 2026

Journalists in Gaza are Still Living the Headlines

“The war lives with me at home, even when I do not have a notebook, a phone or a deadline for a story.”

Sep 24, 2026

16 New Books on Palestine We’re Excited About This Fall

Mahmoud Khalil’s debut memoir, previously untranslated writing from Ghassan Kanafani, stunning photography and poetry from Palestine and more.

Sep 24, 2026

“I Couldn’t Tell My House From the Rubble”: How Israel Is Wiping South Lebanon’s Homes Off The Map

In a region where ownership is often passed down without documentation, Israel is strategically destroying villages to enable their permanent erasure, experts say.

Sep 24, 2026

Diary from Gaza: “I Dream of an Ordinary Death”

“I do not want to be missing, left under the rubble for an eternity or gathered in a black plastic bag – a collection of limbs.”

Sep 11, 2026

OPINION: Why I'm Suing Columbia University for Anti-Palestinian Discrimination

“The more I protested, the more I mourned my people, the more I made myself a target both from the university and bad faith actors allowed on campus.”

Sep 11, 2026

Searching for the Normal in... the Abnormal

“Nothing seems normal in these birth pangs where beginnings and endings play musical chairs.”

Jul 30, 2026

“Everything Is Legitimate”: How Israel Uses Rape as a Tool of Genocide

The rape of Palestinian detainees is so commonplace that it’s no longer hidden. It’s filmed, joked about, and celebrated in parliament. This is no mistake; it’s core to Israel’s colonial project.

Jul 30, 2026

Desire to Be Known by a Name

“I am no longer an intellectual. My favorite artist is Ms. Rachel.”

Jul 30, 2026

Refusing Complicity

Five writers on what comes after boycott

Subscribe Today

Get full access to the Key, the PalFest Podcast, online conversations with authors & editors, discounts at bookstores and publishers around the world & more

Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”

Diary from Gaza: A Road That Devours Time

The Violence of English

Journalists in Gaza are Still Living the Headlines

16 New Books on Palestine We’re Excited About This Fall

“I Couldn’t Tell My House From the Rubble”: How Israel Is Wiping South Lebanon’s Homes Off The Map

Diary from Gaza: “I Dream of an Ordinary Death”

OPINION: Why I'm Suing Columbia University for Anti-Palestinian Discrimination

Searching for the Normal in... the Abnormal

“Everything Is Legitimate”: How Israel Uses Rape as a Tool of Genocide

Desire to Be Known by a Name

Refusing Complicity

Subscribe Today

Reader

$2.00 / month

Subscriber

$10.00 / month

Bookshelf

$15.00 / month

Supporter

$25.00 / month

Collector

$50.00 / month

Patron

$100.00 / month