Queers for Palestine: A Conversation with Sim Kern
Witness Hannah Moushabeck, George Abraham and Sim Kern in conversation as they discuss Palestine, Anti-Zionism, and queerness.
$50 / ticket. Includes a signed deluxe edition of Genocide Bad and a donation to the Interlink Foundation. Saturday, May 3rd. Doors at 5:00 p.m. Limited tickets available.
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
In Genocide Bad, Kern blends their signature humor, scathing wit, and far-reaching research, taking readers on an eye-opening journey from Biblical promises to modern-day apartheid. Drawing bold connections between medieval dress codes and contemporary struggles, as well as historical origins of misunderstood concepts and personal stories, Kern dismantles the distorted myths that have shaped public perceptions of Israel and Palestine for decades.Sim Kern’s previous work, The Free People’s Village, was a USA Today bestseller and an Indie Next Pick. As a beloved figure on social media with a combined following of over 500,000 followers across platforms like BookTok and Bookstagram, Kern’s voice has become essential in demystifying complex topics like Palestinian liberation, colonial history, and anti-Zionism. In a time when the political climate surrounding Israel and Palestine is more volatile than ever, Kern’s message resonates. With Genocide Bad, Sim Kern is once again leading the charge in educating and mobilizing a new generation of activists ready to take action and fight for a world free from oppression, violence, and injustice.————
Sim Kern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Free People’s Village, an Indie Next Pick. As a journalist, book influencer, and anti-Zionist Jewish activist, Kern has used their social media platform to share educational content about Palestine and raise more than half a million dollars in direct mutual aid for families in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
Hannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books, The Quarto Group, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, and performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.
Witness Hannah Moushabeck, George Abraham and Sim Kern in conversation as they discuss Palestine, Anti-Zionism, and queerness.
$50 / ticket. Includes a signed deluxe edition of Genocide Bad and a donation to the Interlink Foundation. Saturday, May 3rd. Doors at 5:00 p.m. Limited tickets available.
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
In Genocide Bad, Kern blends their signature humor, scathing wit, and far-reaching research, taking readers on an eye-opening journey from Biblical promises to modern-day apartheid. Drawing bold connections between medieval dress codes and contemporary struggles, as well as historical origins of misunderstood concepts and personal stories, Kern dismantles the distorted myths that have shaped public perceptions of Israel and Palestine for decades.Sim Kern’s previous work, The Free People’s Village, was a USA Today bestseller and an Indie Next Pick. As a beloved figure on social media with a combined following of over 500,000 followers across platforms like BookTok and Bookstagram, Kern’s voice has become essential in demystifying complex topics like Palestinian liberation, colonial history, and anti-Zionism. In a time when the political climate surrounding Israel and Palestine is more volatile than ever, Kern’s message resonates. With Genocide Bad, Sim Kern is once again leading the charge in educating and mobilizing a new generation of activists ready to take action and fight for a world free from oppression, violence, and injustice.————
Sim Kern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Free People’s Village, an Indie Next Pick. As a journalist, book influencer, and anti-Zionist Jewish activist, Kern has used their social media platform to share educational content about Palestine and raise more than half a million dollars in direct mutual aid for families in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
Hannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books, The Quarto Group, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, and performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.
Witness Hannah Moushabeck, George Abraham and Sim Kern in conversation as they discuss Palestine, Anti-Zionism, and queerness.
$50 / ticket. Includes a signed deluxe edition of Genocide Bad and a donation to the Interlink Foundation. Saturday, May 3rd. Doors at 5:00 p.m. Limited tickets available.
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
In Genocide Bad, Kern blends their signature humor, scathing wit, and far-reaching research, taking readers on an eye-opening journey from Biblical promises to modern-day apartheid. Drawing bold connections between medieval dress codes and contemporary struggles, as well as historical origins of misunderstood concepts and personal stories, Kern dismantles the distorted myths that have shaped public perceptions of Israel and Palestine for decades.Sim Kern’s previous work, The Free People’s Village, was a USA Today bestseller and an Indie Next Pick. As a beloved figure on social media with a combined following of over 500,000 followers across platforms like BookTok and Bookstagram, Kern’s voice has become essential in demystifying complex topics like Palestinian liberation, colonial history, and anti-Zionism. In a time when the political climate surrounding Israel and Palestine is more volatile than ever, Kern’s message resonates. With Genocide Bad, Sim Kern is once again leading the charge in educating and mobilizing a new generation of activists ready to take action and fight for a world free from oppression, violence, and injustice.————
Sim Kern is the USA Today bestselling author of The Free People’s Village, an Indie Next Pick. As a journalist, book influencer, and anti-Zionist Jewish activist, Kern has used their social media platform to share educational content about Palestine and raise more than half a million dollars in direct mutual aid for families in Gaza since October 7th, 2023.
Hannah Moushabeck is a second-generation Palestinian American author and book worker. Hannah has worked in publishing for over a decade at companies such as Chronicle Books, The Quarto Group, and Simon & Schuster. She now runs Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned publisher in the United States, alongside her family. Her debut picture book Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine (Chronicle Books) won The New England Book Award and The Arab American Book Award. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts on the homelands of the Pocumtuc and Nipmuc Nations.
George Abraham (they/هو) is a Palestinian American poet, essayist, critic, and performance artist. They are the author of When the Arab Apocalypse Comes to America (Haymarket, 2026) and Birthright (Button Poetry, 2020), which won the Arab American Book Award and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They are the executive editor of Mizna, and co-editor of HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry (Haymarket, 2025). They are a graduate of Northwestern’s Litowitz MFA+MA program, and teach at Amherst College as a Writer-in-Residence.