Art of Defiance: Protest Graphics and Poetry for Palestine is both an artistic intervention and a historical record of resistance. This groundbreaking 270-page volume, featuring over 50 full-color images, unites protest graphics and poetry to document and amplify the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. 

 

Art of Defiance gathers acclaimed writers who confront occupation, colonialism, displacement, state violence, and liberation while forging transnational solidarity. Contributors include Refaat Alareer, susan abulhawa, Saul Williams, Huda Skaik, Nour Aldeen Hajjaj, Khaled Mattawa, Hiba Abu Nada, meital yaniv, Yousef Dawas, Basman Aldirawi, Ibrahim Yaghi, Omar Faris Abu Shaweesh, Ahmad Alsouq, Saleem Al-Naffar, DEF Sound, Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, and others. Several of these poets — Alareer, Abu Nada, Dawas, Abu Shaweesh, Aldeen Hajjaj, and Al-Naffar — were martyred after October 7, 2023, their final words serving as enduring records in a long history of dissent.  

 

Alongside these poets is the work of LOUDER THAN WORDS, an intergenerational, cross-cultural team that wields posters as weapons against Israeli settler colonialism, U.S. imperialism, and the systemic erasure of Palestinians by Western corporate media. Their visually arresting graphics, created in the wake of October 7, 2023, advocate for an end to state violence and occupation, the obstruction of humanitarian aid, arms embargoes, the right of return, and boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS).  

  

Art of Defiance testifies to the enduring power of artistic ingenuity in the face of oppression and stands as a powerful reminder that resistance is, above all, an act of imagination.

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Hardcover and e-book. For inquires, contact artofdefiance@yahoo.com

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100% of the  proceeds from this book will be donated to the families of the martyred poets and poets, Sulala Animal Shelter, Playgrounds for Palestine, and Plant the Land.

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