Resistance and Hope
Resistance is palpable in every facet of Palestinian girls and young feminists’ lives. From the moment they are born they are fighting against a settler colonial, apartheid, racist, military apparatus seeking to control their bodies, mind, and ancestral land.
Yet, girls resist and dream. Dream of a new future grounded in freedom and liberation. A future in which they will no longer have to fight, no longer experience trauma and pain, and no longer fear they will be arrested or killed on a daily basis. A future they can be, live, and dream, and where resistance will no longer be a prerequisite for daily existence.
“Unless Palestine is free, everything we do and dream of will continue to be overwhelming, in light of the settler colonial, apartheid, racist, military apparatus controlling every aspect of our lives. With the constant killing, mass arrest, displacement, surveillance, and bombing, it would be very unfair or unrealistic, and certainly not durable to be thinking on the personal individual level only, because the dreams and hopes would never be fully achieved unless there’s a sustaining environment that can maintain our dreams.”
– Sandie, Palestinian feminist activist
Publications
Towards Our Liberation: Palestinian Girls and Young Feminists Weaving Resistance and Hope publication with a historical account of the occupation and oppression that Palestinians have faced for over 75 years and an analysis of the current context by documenting the experiences, memories, and strategies of Palestinian girls, young feminists, and their communities. Centring the power, courage, and creativity of their organising, it offers concrete recommendations and resources that support a practice of radical feminist solidarity.
Palestinian Girls Resistance: Towards Our Liberation is a publication curated with the experiences, wisdom, pain, dreams, and power of six Palestinian activists fighting against the occupation and systems of oppression while pushing towards liberation. Their stories were originally collected in 2019 as a part of the Stories of Girls’ Resistance, a global feminist storytelling initiative dedicated to shifting narratives by documenting a true recount of history grounded in the role of girls’ resistance across social movements and geographies.