Love in a Time of Genocide: A Palestinian Litany for Survival
Keywords: 
Gaza
genocide
war
Love
feminism
Abstract: 

This essay centers the affective insights and pedagogies of transnational Palestinian feminism through a conversation and friendship that emerged between Mona Ameen, a young feminist scholar trapped in Gaza, and the author, during Israel’s latest military assault, which is still ongoing at the time of writing. It argues that practicing decolonial love in a time of genocidal war is a life-affirming practice of critical Palestinian feminist consciousness.

Author biography: 

Sarah Ihmoud is a Chicana-Palestinian anthropologist who works to uplift the lived experiences, histories, and political contributions of Palestinian women and Palestinian feminism. She is a founding member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective and an assistant professor of anthropology at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.