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We are honored to host a special online reading and discussion of a powerful new poetry collection written by Shukri Abu Baker, a Palestinian political prisoner who has spent the last 17 years unjustly incarcerated, and who remains behind bars today.

His daughter, Nida Abu Baker, a nationally known speaker and advocate, will read and share select poems from her father’s collection while also speaking about the Holy Land Foundation (then and now) along with reflections on her father’s life behind bars.

Nida will also speak about how this book became her father’s way of coping and surviving, as well as his way of sharing his message with the world. These poems are more than words; they are resistance, memory, and love in their rawest form.

Nida will be joined in conversation by scholar and writer Zarefah Baroud. Join us for an evening of truth, art, and the enduring power of the human spirit as we reflect on Nida’s father’s words and raise funds to support Palestinians in Gaza

Nida Abu Baker is a nationally recognized speaker and advocate. Bold, driven, and unapologetically creative, she channels the fire of being a Palestinian political prisoner’s daughter into a force for justice. Now a nationally known speaker and advocate, her voice carries the weight of lived experience and the power to move hearts. Her story weaves resilience, activism, and purpose into everything she does. She’s dedicated her life to making sure her father’s voice reaches far beyond the prison walls built to silence him.

Zarefah Baroud is a PhD Candidate at the University of Exeter’s European Centre for Palestine Studies, where her research examines the application of carcerality under colonial and settler-colonial formations in Palestine. Baroud’s writing has appeared in Al Jazeera, Mondoweiss, Middle East Monitor, CounterPunch, The Palestine Chronicle, and other prominent outlets.