George Abraham
(USA) is a Palestinian American poet, performance artist, and writer. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket Books, 2026) and Birthright (2020) which won the Arab American Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. They edit for Mizna, a Southwest Asian and North African diasporic literary journal, and are co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket Books, 2025). Their current projects also include Eve, a performance project with Fargo Tbakhi re-imagining Milton's Paradise Lost through the lens of Palestinian resistance. They currently teach in Amherst College's English department as a Writer-in-Residence.
Past events
Speech, Silence
Poetry reading, with new work, with and by George Abraham, Asta Olivia Nordenhof, Pelumi Adejumo, Yasmin Namavar, Rešoketšwe Manenzhe and Maureen Ghazal.
Movies that Matter x Writers Unlimited Festival Special: 'Conflict and Identity'
Poet George Abraham and filmmaker Beri Shalmashi read and show excerpts from their work. Discussion leader: Margje de Koning.
Book of My Life: George Abraham in conversation with Ellen Deckwitz
About Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury.
