UB Editions launches a collection on Palestinian literature

Palestina en Paraules is a collection created to foster knowledge of Palestinian literature and to promote the translation into Catalan and Spanish of works by Palestinian authors that have not yet been translated. Promoted by researchers from the Arab and Islamic Studies Section at the University of Barcelona, it aims to highlight the centrality and richness of an essential literary tradition, with special attention to the voices of women. Each volume, in bilingual format, incorporates a graphic work by a Palestinian artist because the visual arts, like literature, are a language and a form of resistance, and their symbolisms dialogue with each other. In a historical context marked by colonial violence and ongoing genocide against Palestine, this collection aims to be a space for critical reading, cultural transmission and recognition of the political and poetic power of the voices of this people.

​​​​​​​Ibrahim Nasrallah (1954) is a Palestinian poet, novelist, teacher, journalist, painter and photographer. He grew up in a refugee camp in Amman, Jordan. His work, translated into numerous languages, keeps alive the historical memory of Palestine over the past 250 years. With more than 20 novels and 15 collections of poetry, he is one of the most widely read and awarded voices in contemporary Arab literature.