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What does true global solidarity look like, and how can it help us fight for the oppressed?
Rising for Palestine is a groundbreaking anthology that reveals the deep ties between some of the world's most powerful liberation struggles.
For decades, African nations and movements have stood firmly with the Palestinian people. From anti-colonial uprisings and the Pan-African Congress of 1945 to the ongoing fight against Israeli apartheid and Western imperialism, that bond has endured.
Bringing together critical contributions from Palestinian and African scholars, intellectuals and activists, they confront the intertwined histories of genocide, apartheid and colonialism, forces that still cast long shadows over the present.
Rising for Palestine is a powerful call to action, engaging with these violent and traumatic histories while exploring new avenues for resistance.
List of contents
Introduction: Entangled Struggles, Shared Liberation: Africa-Palestine and the Architecture of Empire - Raouf Farrah and Suraya Dadoo
I. Legacies of Violence - Genocide, Colonialism, and Oppression
1. Seeing Genocide, Ending Genocide - Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
2. Growing Up Under Apartheid in Namibia: A Personal History of Genocide, Resistance, and Solidarity with Palestine - Jephta Uaravaera Nguherimo
3. From the River to the Rift: The Global Struggle for Self-Determination in Palestine and the Congo - Kambale Musavuli
4. You are being mass-murdered! Wait in line: Palestine as International Law's Breaking Point - Shahd Hammouri
II. Solidarity and Resistance - Building Shared Struggles
5. Reviving Global Solidarity for Palestinian Liberation - Fathi Nimer
6. Palestine, Hamas and the Logic of Armed Resistance (interview with Basim Naim) - Suraya Dadoo
7. Can South Africa's Palestine Solidarity Withstand its Internal Contradictions? - Roshan Dadoo
8. The 2024 ACHPR Resolution on Palestine: A Moment of Reckoning for Africa's Commitment to Ending Colonial Domination - Saleh Hijazi
9. Africa's Enduring Commitment to Palestine (interview with Amb. Abdal Karim Ewaida) - Raouf Farrah
10. Western Sahara and Palestine: A Shared History of Colonialism and Aspiration for Self-determination (interview with Amb. Malainin Lakhal) - Raouf Farrah
11. Beyond Betrayal: Hope and Renewal in Kenya - Zahid Rajan
12. Bodies In Motion: A Historical Convoy From the Maghreb to Gaza - Raouf Farrah
III. Africa-Israel Collaboration - Mapping Engagements and Complicity
13. On the Politics of Duplicity and Israeli Solutions to African Problems - Yotam Gidron
14. Weaponising Faith: Christian Zionism in Africa - Suraya Dadoo
15. Occupation by Other Means: Israeli Technologies and the Repression of African Dissent - Kribsoo Diallo
IV. Reimagining Liberation - Decolonizing Our Future
16. Africa and Palestine: Some Reflections on Decolonising Terror, Peace and Reparations - Amzat Boukary-Yabara
17. The Climate Crisis, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation- Hamza Hamouchene
18. The Rot is in the Frameworks: Exploring reactionary media models impacting Palestine and Sudan- Muzan Alneel
19. Our Struggles Are One: Pan-African Feminists Keeping Palestine Solidarity Alive - Rosebell Kagumire
20. Palestine and the Structural Limits of International Law and its Institutions - Maha Abdallah
Conclusion: No Liberation Without Action: Toward a Decolonial Practice of Solidarity - Raouf Farrah and Suraya Dadoo
Epilogue
21. [New Gaza] - Marwan Makhoul
22. [A Moment Before Death] - Dareen Tatour
About the author
Raouf Farrah is an Algerian writer, researcher and activist. His research focuses on migration and geopolitics in North Africa and the Sahel. He co-founded the Algerian independent media Twala, writes for African and international platforms, and participates in initiatives promoting the rule of law, justice and solidarity in Africa.
Suraya Dadoo is an independent writer and researcher based in South Africa, focusing on African solidarity with Palestine and Israeli diplomacy in Africa. She writes regularly for African media on these issues and is the co-author of Why Israel? The Anatomy of Zionist Apartheid: A South African Perspective.
