Art of Defiance: Protest Graphics and Poetry for Palestine (English-Arabic Edition) 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 brings together both acclaimed and emerging 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, poets from the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) project, 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 serve as enduring records in a long and ongoing history of dissent.
Alongside their poetry is the work of LOUDER THAN WORDS - an intergenerational, cross-cultural team wielding 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 Israel's genocidal campaign, advocate for an end to state violence and occupation, the obstruction of humanitarian aid, arms embargoes, the right of return, and the global campaign for 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.
