Voices of Resistance: Stories from Palestine
With Comma Press
Manchester-based publisher Comma Press invite you to an afternoon of Palestinian film and literature, raising funds for Sheffield PSC’s Khan Younis Emergency Relief Fund. Short films from award-winning directors Naji Salameh and Rakan Mayasi will be followed by a reading from Palestinian writer Sondos Sabra (co-author of Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide) and a discussion covering Palestinian art, healthcare and resistance in the face of occupation and genocide with Sondos Sabra, Dr Mona El-Farra and Basma Ghalayini.
FILMS:
Hind Under Siege (2025, 25 Mins)
Dir: Naji Salameh
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Cast: Sofia Asir, Elina Askar, Dia Harb
Hind Under Siege depicts the harrowing phone call between the Palestinian Red Crescent and six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was murdered by occupation soldiers in 2024 alongside her uncle, aunt, four cousins and two Red Crescent paramedics. Hind Under Siege was awarded the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Gaza International Festival for Women's Cinema in Deir al-Balah in October 2025. Featuring Sofia Asir (Moon Knight, Palestine 36).
The Key (2023, 20 Mins)
Dir: Rakan Mayasi
Cast: Saleh Bakri, George Ibrahim, Lana Haj Yahia
Based on a story by the Palestinian writer Anwar Hamed,The Key shows us an Israeli family in a future version of the occupation, unable to escape the promise of the Palestinian right to return. Featuring Saleh Bakri (The Teacher, Palestine 36).
SPEAKERS:
Mona El-Farra is a Palestinian doctor and human rights activist. She is the former Health Chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip and a member of the Gazan Union of Health Work Committees.
Basma Ghalayini is the editor of the short story anthologies Palestine +100: Stories from Century after the Nakba and Palestine Minus One: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba. She was born in Khan Younis and raised in Gaza City. Her work as a translator includes The Book of Cairo, Banthology and The Book of Ramallah. She is Arabic Series Editor at Comma Press.
ABOUT COMMA PRESS:
Comma Press is a Manchester-based publisher with personal connections to Palestine. We specialise in short fiction, including the anthologies Palestine +100 (2018), Palestine Minus One (2025, both edited by Basma Ghalayini), The Book of Ramallah (2021, edited by Maya Abu Al-Hayat) and The Book of Gaza (2015, edited by Atef Abu Saif).
All of Comma Press’s proceeds from ticket sales will go to Sheffield PSC’s Khan Younis Emergency Relief Fund. All proceeds from sales of Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide go directly to the writers.
