On May 31, 2025, we celebrated the launch of poetry anthologies Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry edited by George Abraham and Noor Hindi and The Gate of Memory both from Haymarket Books.
Anthology contributors and community artists gathered at It’s OK* Studios in Toronto, including Bassam Jamil (with translations by Nicole Mankinen), Erica H Isomura, Hajer Mirwali, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, Mona Oikawa, Nawal Serhan, shō yamagushiku, and Paper Cranes for Palestine. The day included readings, art, a print fundraiser for Hamza, and book sales by Another Story bookshop. An audio recording of the event is available here.
Photography by Yumi Numata
