Praise

“Palestine and Feminist Liberation is a gorgeous and incisive vision for liberation grounded in care of our shared planet, Indigenous feminisms, and the centring of community over the individual. This is essential reading for our present moment and for feminists, scholars, students, and organizers concerned with the liberation of Palestine and a future outside of settler-colonial conquest.”

– Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author of Theory of Water

“Palestine and Feminist Liberation is more than a book—it is a model for how to disrupt the ways genocidal forces strive to co-opt feminist and queer struggles. It is a call to solidarity, a roadmap for resistance, and an affirmation of life in the face of settler-colonial and racist-sexist-homophobic violence. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in decolonization, feminist accountability, and feminist self-determination.”

– Nadine Naber, professor, University of Illinois, Chicago

“Feminist struggle has always been a pillar of Palestinian liberation; and globally, feminism remains incomplete without the liberation of Palestine. From the crucible of accelerated genocide in Gaza, Nada Elia offers a searing and necessary account of the historic and ongoing role of Palestinian women in the struggle for liberation—from the homeland to the far reaches of the diaspora. Navigating the intersecting forces of Zionist colonialism, patriarchy, and the marginalization of Palestine within mainstream women of colour feminist discourses and organizing spaces, Elia centres Palestinian feminist praxis as both a site of resistance and a framework for reimagining global solidarity. This is essential reading for anyone who calls themselves a feminist—and who recognizes the urgency of centring Palestine within the worldmaking horizons of anti-imperialist feminism. A feminist anthem for the Palestinian revolution, Palestine and Feminist Liberation draws us into the heart of the matter: decolonial feminist and queer resistance is not only vital to Palestinian freedom, Palestinian liberation is indispensable to the shared future, praxis, and transformative potential of decolonial feminism itself.”

– Dr. Sarah Ihmoud, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross; founding member, Palestinian Feminist Collective

“In the struggle against genocide, dehumanization, collective erasure, and land theft, Palestinian feminists have always played a key role in the resistance against settler colonialism. Palestine and Feminist Liberation is a must-read for anyone fighting for justice from Turtle Island to Palestine.”

– Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, author of When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance

“Nada Elia’s essays on Palestine and feminism come at the exact right moment. Framed by an incisive introduction by the author and a compelling closing interview, Elia lays out with clarity and concision how Palestinian liberation is part and parcel of a feminist and queer struggle, and delivers a searing critique of how the feminism of the Global North missed the structural underpinnings of Palestinian oppression for far too long.”

– Jen Marlowe, writer, filmmaker, activist, and founder of Donkeysaddle Projects

“In Palestine and Feminist Liberation, Elia reminds us that Palestine is a feminist issue. She insists that we look to feminists in Palestine and to diaspora Palestinian feminists on Turtle Island and throughout the world so we may begin or strengthen our commitments to their liberation, as well as our commitments to collective empowerment and liberation for oppressed people everywhere.”

– Heidi R. Lewis, professor, Feminist and Gender Studies, Colorado College