“Baconi has shown me that revolutions begin in the self; I am forever changed after reading [his] book.” —Javier Zamora, author of Solito
Tareq Baconi is a Palestinian writer, scholar, and activist. He is the grandson of refugees from Jerusalem and Haifa and grew up between Amman and Beirut. He is the author, most recently, of Fire in Every Direction, a literary memoir about Palestine, queerness and intergenerational resistance. He is also the author of Hamas Contained: A History of Palestinian Resistance (Stanford University Press), which was shortlisted for the Palestine Book Award.
Tareq’s writing has appeared in, among others, The New York Times and The Baffler, and he contributes essays to The New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books. He has also written for film; his award-winning BFI short One Like Him, a queer love story set in Jordan, screened in over thirty festivals.
Tareq was previously the Senior Analyst for Palestine/Israel and Economics of Conflict at the International Crisis Group, based in Ramallah. He is a chemical engineer by training and has a doctorate in international relations, with a focus on Middle East politics.
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